Asset Strategy Lead

Our strategy is simple - We want to solve the challenges we have today as well as find answers to some of our industry’s bigger long-term challenges. Whether it's delivering water that is always good to drink, reducing waste in our processes with energy efficient technologies or improving visibility of the network, our 60+ strong team of strategic asset planners are working day in day out to make it happen. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

**EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW**

Our **Asset Strategy** team have two exciting opportunities available for you to join as an **Asset Strategy Lead**. One as a Senior Professional and another as a Strategic Business Lead.

In your new role, you’ll be responsible for ensuring our sewer network can meet the future challenges of safely taking waste water away from homes and businesses across our region. This will involve identifying, assessing and securing investment needed to ensure operational efficiency, environmental sustainability and regulatory compliance of the sewer network.

You’ll also seek and respond to a broad range of stakeholder reviews, while monitoring and influencing delivery such that the current enhancements to our asset base deliver the planned benefits.

Additionally, you’ll ensure we understand and are complying with all guidance and best practice relating to drainage and wastewater management (DWMP) plans and create a continuous improvement process to validate all assumptions used in the development of the risks, the options and appraisal of the costs and benefits of solutions. You’ll also inspire the direct and in-direct team to be creative, technically excellent and considerate of the system wide issues.

Some of your other key accountabilities will include:
**DWMP analysis and option development**:

- Understanding and developing options to meet all relevant statutory and compliance obligations (such as Environment Act requirements relating to storm overflow improvements, UWWTD and Water Industry Act requirements associated with our obligations to ensure effective drainage systems)
- Develop options to meet all requirements as set out in the DWMP framework - including completion of the data tables and narrative requirements to support the DWMP submission and annual updates.
- Set out costs and benefits of options and develop a rigorous challenge and assurance process including optimisation and developing adaptive plans.
- Create a review process which enables engagement by key internal and external stakeholders including EA, customers and relevant regional working groups.

**Price review development**:

- Responsibility for the development of business cases relating to investment needed to manage flows and performance of the wastewater network.
- Align waste water needs with wider needs as part of the company wide optimisation process.
- Ensure stakeholder and customer views are sought and considered when identifying the best value activities and pace of action.

**Technical expertise**:

- Developing asset class strategies (for example for gravity sewers and rising mains)
- Developing strategic and tactical investment plans for key long term challenges (for example managing infiltration)
- Responding to consultations and influencing policy direction on future legislation and wider policy such as on growth and planning policy.

**Overall**:

- Work closely to ensure alignment with other internal teams
- Lead engagement and manage relationship with key regulators and stakeholders
- Develop understanding of natural capital benefit and wider benefit assessments
- Grow and inspire talent within the team
- Align wastewater plans with other strategies (net zero, sustainability, climate change adaptation, accommodating population growth etc)

**WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE**

To be successful, it’s expected you’ll have detailed knowledge and experience of waste water planning and UK legislation.

You’ll also have the ability to interpret technical drainage options and communicate this to various parties at an appropriate level of details and work in a world of ambiguity, often to flexible and changing deadlines.

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you too.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involved. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. **Is that you?**

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU**

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looki