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Power Strategy ManagerThames Water • reading,South East,UK
Power Strategy Manager

Power Strategy Manager

Thames Water • reading,South East,UK
7 days ago
Salary
£80,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
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Job description
Power Resilience is critical to Thames Water's ability to provide safe, reliable services to millions of customers. We are expanding our Power Resilience capability to enhance how power is planned, maintained and improved across our operations. We are looking for talented individuals to join this growing team and help build a coordinated, data-led approach to managing Power Resilience across Thames Water.

What you’ll be doing as a Power Strategy Manager:

The Power Strategy Manager is a critical role to set the strategic direction for the new Power Resilience team. You will work closely with critical stakeholders and the Head of Power to develop our multi-AMP Power roadmap, prioritise where we target Power Resilience investment and drive future innovation, digitisation and reporting.

As Power Strategy Manager you will play a leading role in establishing Thames Water’s dedicated Power Resilience capability. You will be responsible for driving a single strategic view of Power Resilience across Thames Water operations, enabling the business to manage Power risk through interventions that reduce outages and improve system reliability.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a critical area of UK infrastructure and make a meaningful difference to customer outcomes and environmental protection. As the team grows, members will help shape future ways of working and bring their expertise to create lasting impact across Thames Water.

Base location: Location can be flexible for both London or Thames Valley (e.g., Hampton, Maple Lodge, Reading & Slough)

Working pattern or hours: Hybrid - 36 Hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Key responsibilities:
  • Team Leadership and Organisational Capability: You will lead, motivate and develop a team of professionals to achieve high performance and support future internal capability development.
  • Power Strategy and Transformation: You will work to drive creation, implementation and adoption of strategic initiatives to deliver resilient, compliant and data-driven power operations across Thames Water.
  • Data, Insight and Digital Transformation: You will drive initiatives to enable real-time visibility and analytics of power-related data that can be used to prioritise Power Resilience interventions.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Portfolio Integration: You will proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. DNOs, NESO, Ofgem) to influence infrastructure planning, delivery of business objectives and regulatory compliance.

What you should bring to the role?
  • Senior management experience in utilities or a related sector with a proven track record in leading large-scale, multi-disciplinary teams and strategic programmes.
  • Strong understanding of regulatory environments and compliance frameworks and ability to adapt to changing regulations as required.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence at senior levels and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience in driving digitisation and process improvement initiatives.
  • Experience with HV/LV systems and auxiliary power systems. (desirable)

The essential criteria to help you succeed in this role is:
  • Competence in electrical engineering design or relevant industry experience with ability to interpret and develop technical documentation and standards.
  • Advanced knowledge of digitisation, data management and analytics.
  • Supplier and contract management.
  • Full UK Driving Licence.
  • Ability to approve prepared and reviewed documentation ready for wider approval.

What’s in it for you?
  • Offering a salary between £80,000 to £90,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
  • Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
  • Car Allowance.
  • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
  • Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
  • Private Medical Health Care.
  • Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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