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Posted Date:  26 Mar 2025
Posting End Date:  8 - April - 2025
Location:  Coventry
Company:  Severn Trent Water Limited
Department:  Asset strategy
Salary (£):  £40,000 - £50,000

Senior Asset Engineer

 

 

Our innovation strategy is simple - We want to solve the challenges we have today as well as find answers to some of our industry’s bigger long-term challenges.

 

Whether it's delivering water that is always good to drink, reducing waste in our processes with energy efficient technologies or improving visibility of the network, our150+ strong team of innovators are working day in day out to make it happen. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here. 

 

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live. 

 

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.    


EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW


Our Tactical Asset Planning team have an excellent opportunity to join as our new Senior Asset Engineer.

 

In this role you’ll strive for best-in-class principles for your respective asset class (or classes), analysing potential problems to get a better understanding of them and find a way to promote a fix to solve them to ensure we are fit for the future.
 

Additionally, you’ll be responsible for understanding and interrogating your asset class performance, creating, and developing robust investment plans. You’ll also lead the development and continuous improvement of a proactive risk methodology for the asset class.
 

Some of your key accountabilities will be: 
 

  • You’ll be accountable for competent specialist responsibilities as well leading and the coaching of entrant and competent specialists within the tactical planning team.
  • Be a key enabler of effective and consistent decision making for Operation & Maintenance as well as capital investment decisions.
  • Work closely with wider stakeholders as a project sponsor of capital schemes to ensure we deliver all our commitments in time, to cost and to the right quality.
  • Represent the business externally, actively participating and collaborating across the industry to support the continuous development of our assets and provides insights to support business strategy.


     

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE 
 

As a Senior Asset Engineer, you’ll support our Tactical Asset Planning Manager as well as Engineers within the team and will be responsible for one or more of the asset classes identified within the Waste Treatment subservice of Severn Trent.


The role will be all encompassing, allowing you the flexibility to pursue your passion for technical curiosity, whilst coaching and mentoring throughout the business to act as an asset class expert. 


You’ll ideally be technical expert in understanding water treatment processes and their associated risks and benefits, with a good understanding of financial and project management lifecycles and the business planning process.

You’ll also have the ability to present to stakeholders as well as contributing to communities of practice and steering groups meetings amongst others.


Additionally, you’ll be an expert in data management, construction techniques and risk mitigation to aid decision making. 


We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

 

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us do just that.

 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU


Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family: 
 

  • Salary between £40,000 - £50,000
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)  
  • Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)  
  • Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)  
  • Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate  
  • Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’  
  • Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers  
  • Family friendly policies and two volunteering days per year   
     

WHATS NEXT?

 

We can’t wait to hear from you. 

 

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date too - so keep an eye on your phone and emails. 

 

And, if your curiosity has peaked and you want to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.

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