Closing Date 2025-06-19 Role: Technical Co-ordinator Employment Type: Permanent Hours: 37 Hours a week plus a standby rota Salary: Up to £38,000 plus additional standby and call out payments. Location: Chatham/Burham It's an exciting time to join us! Here at Southern Water, we do much more than you probably think and offer a huge variety or roles, professions, and career paths. Our key teams and departments include Customer Services, Water and Wastewater Operations, Engineering and Construction and Health and Safety. Plus, we have our corporate support teams including IT, HR and Finance. So, whoever you are and whatever your background we’ve a meaningful career right here, ready for you to dive into. As a Technical Co-ordinator, you will be responsible and accountable for the management of daily site activities on our Water Service Reservoirs in the Kent area. You will be proactive in ensuring compliance standards are always adhered to. Some of which includes BSI 9001 & 14001 and water quality standards and regulations. Management of proactive site maintenance will be an essential part of the role, to help mitigate risks whilst enhancing resilience and customer security of supply. You will also be managing a small team of Assistant Process Operators The role will also involve undertaking site safety assessments as well as fire risk assessments. You will work collaboratively with other functions and stakeholders for early identification and quick resolutions of issues likely to result in operational failures. In managing the overall compliance standards on Water Service Reservoirs and sites, you will be responsible for providing an overview of all planned & reactive works within the Kent water supply area, working closely with contractors and internal Asset Maintenance. You will be supporting the Field Performance Manager to monitor H&S site equipment standards ensuring that all necessary assets are identified and certified as safe and compliant. You will be responsible for the effective running of the team in the absence of the Field Performance Manager as they will deputise for leave and delegated requirements, meeting performance continuity for an operational area and role succession. Indeed, this role can be as a fantastic platform for skilled and talented individuals to progress into management and leadership roles in the future. As such you will demonstrate a strong technical and operational background, with clear drive for continuous improvement. You will be required to work as a Field Event Coordinator on a out of hours rota as part of your contract currently working a day about rota in a team of 10 (so one evening on call in every ten days!) You will use your strong communication skills to engage with contractors, ensuring that quality work is delivered safely on time and within budget. An important element of your role will be managing spot and planned audits by our regulators and liaise effectively with them and associated governing bodies. Travel between various sites is essential, hence, it is essential for you to hold a full driving licence! This role is varied with an opportunity to work in a wide range of diverse activities across a number of water sites in Kent with a wide range of contractors and Southern Water staff. You will be an IT literate with a good level of experience in Water Supply, health & safety regulations, environmental policies, risk assessments & method statements. To be considered for this role you will have a good level of knowledge and experience in the utilities section, ideally water. Our purpose is big. Our impact is huge. And we know that every single one of us has the power, through our actions, to positively change society and the environment for good. It’s why careers with us have real meaning. Because, if you’re driven and ambitious, we can offer you huge opportunities for personal growth, professional development and constant innovation. Forever evolving. Forever focused on doing the right thing, we empower and encourage everyone to play to their strengths and to help us shape a fair and positive future for all. We believe in Water for Life. If you do too, Dive Right In. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position. Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
