Job Description

Maintenance Manager (ICA)

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience up to £60,000 (3b role)
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£500 per month/£6,000 per year, based on full-time employment on joining the company). You can opt to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 6 months after joining the company.
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary, increasing to 15% in the 26 to 27 performance year).
• Private health care (self only)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Hybrid Working, 3 office/site days a week

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday. There will be a standby requirement

We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Manager (ICA) to join the Asset Maintenance team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Asset Maintenance are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Asset Maintenance team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of Instrumentation, Control and Automation Technicians that deliver planned and reactive maintenance and repair of ICA assets across both the Clean and Waste Water asset base.

You will provide assurance that the work carried out meets with any regulatory compliance obligations and is completed in accordance with the relevant SHEQ policies to deliver operational efficiency.

The role will involve internal and external key stakeholder liaison, supporting departments to prevent asset failure, and resolution of clean and wastewater asset risks/failures to ensure our regulatory targets and key business objectives are achieved.

Where you fit in:

As our Maintenance Manager (ICA) you will

• Lead the team to deliver excellent performance by setting clear expectations linked to business targets, having meaningful performance discussions that recognise and reward the right performance and behaviours and challenges where individual performance and behaviours do not meet expectations
• Drive excellent standards and performance in health and safety, risk management and control of work and ensure compliance with the YW Safety Policy
• Provide SME support to manage incidents in order to minimise environmental and customer impact and resolve customer impacting issues as quickly and effectively as possible
• Manage the performance of the team and individuals to increase productivity and quality outputs whilst driving consistency and implementing and sharing best practice
• Provide engineering services for assets to ensure compliance with all regulatory and quality assurance requirements through effective planning, monitoring, control, operation and optimisation
• Complete quality assurance audits of maintenance activities in regard to the standards of work of both internal resource and contracted activities
• Ensure real time understanding of key assets and operational performance, risks and priorities. Maximise asset availability through adherence to the engineering plans and procedures
• Participation in an out of hours standby rota

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of managing and leading a team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets
• MEICA based apprenticeship or Engineering degree or equivalent. (ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical, ICA or mechanical Engineering)
• Proficient in the use of a CMMS (such as SAP) to manage work activity
• Resource management to identify priorities and actions to assist in delivering results
• A full valid Driving Licence (with no more than six points)
• Experience of business planning, resource, and budget management

You will also benefit from having:

• Previous experience in a Wastewater or similar utilities, process, and manufacturing background
• Previous experience in an Engineering/operational/strategic leadership role in a commercially orientated and / or regulated environment.

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 3 days in the office/site per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea?  

If you’ve are an experience Maintenance Manager and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.  

Closing Date – 10th June

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.