Senior Innovation Technical Expert

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, our 150+ 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.

Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

Now on to the opportunity…

With that in mind we’re looking for a Senior Innovation Technical Expert to head up our exciting Net Zero Programme. Working on a range of projects form pilot to full scale, you will be working on investigating cutting edge technologies as we move towards Net Zero operational emissions. Working with a wide range of teams to support the delivery of these technologies from design, through commissioning to embedding and translating into practice. Given the scale of this challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to help translate industry leading research, into practical action at full scale.

Do you have excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels of business? And do you have the ability to write clear and concise technical reports, briefings, presentations, & business cases? Importantly, can you understand large, complex data sets and have the skills to translate this into tangible outputs on site? Or perhaps you have proven experience or a qualification in chemical and biological processes or something similar?

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

As part of this role, you will be taking on projects that have been scoped in conjunction with our strategic colleagues and turning these outline scopes into a technical trial. Following this, you will need to ensure that the trial is effective at demonstrating innovative technology or a process that is feasible, viable, scalable, and most importantly effectively meets a business challenge. Sounds exciting right?!

You will work with a wide range of other departmental teams to ensure the project is delivered to the right standard with all the necessary outcomes achieved, therefore having excellent communication and stakeholder skills are key. A critical part of this is understanding your stakeholders around the business and being skilful at presenting your findings to gain their buy-in, so that the insight you produce lands effectively and contributes to driving continuous improvement and becomes the technology or process of tomorrow.

You will need to work independently by your own initiative and, importantly, as part of a high performing team, demonstrating Severn Trent’s values of Pride, Courage, Curiosity and Care at your core and uphold excellent safety behaviours. You will be empowered to take control of your personal development and constantly seek to improve your and the team's skill set by sharing knowledge and learning.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

To be successful in this role it is expected that you will have strong scientific and technical expertise and be considered an expert in your field. We have an important task of tackling the big future challenges and ensuring we deliver the business robust, viable solutions in a timely fashion, if you want to be part of that mission then read on.

As a Senior Innovation Technical Expert you will be expected to take ownership of the technical and scientific aspects of one of our strategic programmes of work, in this instance, Net Zero, having in depth detail of your own projects but also a sound understanding of those which fall within the programme remit, including technical approvals of reports and solving appropriate escalations. You will be expected to be a role model to the rest of the Technical Team and support the upskilling and development of your colleagues.

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:

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 of base salary 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
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.

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