Head of Water Assets

Overview

City : Cardiff

Address : Cardiff, Wales, GB, CF3 0LT

Job Requisition Number 8073

Work Type Permanent

Job Function Operational

Salary Range Competitive

Base Cardiff

Closing Date 23 : 59 on 09 / 10 / 2025

What you’ll be responsible for

As Head of Water Assets, you will :

• Demonstrate outstanding technical expertise in Asset Management, crafting effective investment strategies and fostering trust and collaboration with operational and Capital Delivery teams.
• Lead the advancement of Water Asset Management strategies, processes and systems within DCWW, ensuring optimal performance and continuous improvement.
• Engage with key stakeholders to elevate asset performance and management practices, surpassing performance targets and driving excellence throughout the Water business.
• Serve as a principal liaison for Asset Planning and Capital Delivery, overseeing operational risk, and guiding the development of integrated strategic investment plans for the AMP, rooted in Operational Risk.
• Articulate the Water business's capital investment needs, collaborating with Asset Planning to shape future AMP plans and champion performance targets for the Asset team.
• Adopt a strategic approach to asset management challenges, advancing operational efficiencies and reducing Botex costs across the water sector.

Principal Accountabilities

About you

We know that if our employees are happy, our customers are happy. That’s why we offer a great benefits package. As one of the biggest companies in Wales, our reward and benefits package includes :

Who we are

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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keeps 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and takes away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office : Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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