Closing Date 2025-06-23 Job Title: Strategic Programme Delivery Lead (Water) Location: We offer hybrid working between office and home. Base location can be flexible across our region (Hampshire, Sussex and Kent) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday Salary: Commensurate to experience + £6K car allowance and bonus up to 20%. Job Overview Due to internal promotion, we are pleased to be recruiting for a Strategic Programme Delivery Lead to join our Water Capital Delivery team! With responsibility for the delivery of our diverse and ever-growing capital programme, the Strategic Programme Delivery Lead will collaborate closely with their team of Senior Managers and external delivery partners to ensure the timely completion of our capital projects whilst achieving company business cost targets, upholding company quality standards and driving excellence in health and safety. This role offers huge scope for innovation and the potential to have a really positive impact on the local environment through your leadership and management of both direct and indirect reports and through the relationships you build within the community. You will ensure that concise plans are in place to efficiently deliver the work, communicating clear financial and schedule forecasting and motivating teams by promoting a culture of accountability, high performance recognition and development & succession planning About You We are keen to hear from applicants with extensive experience leading large-scale, complex capital projects including the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, manage complex timelines, and deliver projects within scope, time, and budget constraints. Your ability to build rapport and form effective working relationships will be demonstrable through your track record of developing high-performing teams and positive influence over internal stakeholders and supply chain partners. With a passion for Health & Safety performance and astute business acumen you will be able to negotiate solutions and costs in a way that maximises benefit to the organisation. A Degree in a technical discipline would be advantageous, as would experience within the Water industry, but these are not essential and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who feel their skills and experience would lend itself favourably to this role. Package This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our office and home. We can be flexible on base location within our region: Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. We are offering a competitive salary based on skills and experience as well as other benefits including: • Company and performance-related bonus • Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution • Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary • Health benefits through a Cash Plan • Two paid community volunteering days a year • 25 days annual holiday • Occupational health service • Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications • We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options Join Southern Water and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment. Why Southern Water? Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed. You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation. At Southern Water, diversity and inclusion are core values. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an environment where every individual is empowered to succeed. This is more than a role; it’s an opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a lasting impact. Apply now to be part of our transformational journey. 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?
