Affinity Water has a fantastic opportunity available to work within Asset Strategy.

The role:

As an Asset Specialist in Drought Planning you will have overall responsibility for the development and implementation and operation of Affinity Water's drought management plan. You will also be contributing to our asset protection and land disposal reviews, safeguarding the future needs of the business.

Responsibilities: 

The key responsibilities associated with this role are predominantly associated with the delivery of the new drought plan, in line with statutory requirements and regulator expectations.

• Keep abreast of drought planning guidance issued from Defra and Environment Agency, providing briefings on changes in guidance, regulations and statute relating to drought planning.

• Develop and deliver a robust programme for the company Drought Management plan in line with Regulator Directions, Guidance and timelines.

• Work with Asset Strategy & Capital Delivery and Customer Delivery colleagues to ensure develop all Drought Permit application readiness documents.

• Work with the Senior Asset Manager to represent the business at National Drought Group, WRSE regional drought groups, WaterUK Drought and other sub groups which we are a member of.

• Manage any active drought management activities for the company if the need should arise

• Manage Asset Strategy land disposal review process

Essential Qualifications and experience required:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline.

• 5 + years of water industry experience.

• Ability to summarise technical information and effectively support briefing of senior leaders in decision making.

Benefits:

• Salary circa £53,000 dependant on skills and experience

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.