Job title: Water Supply Technical Specialist
Position type: Fixed Term
Job reference: 433677
Location: Birmingham (B5 4UA) or London (E14 4HD) based with hybrid working
Salary: £38,764 - £50,000
Closing date: Tuesday 04th November 2025 at 23:55
Join Ofwat's RAPID & Environmental Planning Directorate as a Water Supply Technical Specialist
Office Location: London (E14 4HD) or Birmingham (B5 4UA) with hybrid working
About Us
We are Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales. Following the Independent Water Commission's final report, the UK government has set out a bold new direction - one that brings together expertise from across the sector to deliver better outcomes for customers and the environment.
We are working in collaboration with the government and other regulators to help establish a new body for England, combining our strengths with those of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency, and Natural England. We're also continuing to engage with the Welsh Government to support future decisions for Wales.
While these changes take shape, our mission remains the same: to hold water companies to account, drive performance, and ensure the sector delivers real value for customers, communities, and the environment. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is a unique moment to join us and help shape the future of water, and together we can continue to make a positive impact.
The Role
The Water Supply Technical Specialist role has an important and valuable contribution to enable us to deliver on our goals and regulatory commitments. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a background in engineering, water or environmental science, or operational/asset management, looking to work within a regulatory environment.
You will join the Water Quality, Resilience and Security sub-team, part of the Water Supply team within the RAPID and Environmental Planning Directorate. The team works closely with the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), Defra, Environment Agency (EA), and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) on water supply issues from source to tap, while also collaborating with colleagues from the Price Review Directorate.
You will have the opportunity to work across several key areas, which may include:
Assessing Company Delivery Plans, Price Control Deliverables (PCDs) and Annual Performance Review (APR) data to provide effective oversight of company performance.Engaging directly with water companies through the large scheme process, understanding uncertainty, risks and issues to support the cost effective delivery of schemes to time and budget.Assessing information submitted as part of the cost change process. This may involve the development of benchmarking models and undertaking detailed reviews of company proposals.Inputting into the development of the next price review framework and answering ad-hoc queries on the costing of different options relating to water quality & treatment, resilience and security.
The successful candidate may come from a variety of professional backgrounds and is likely to have experience in water supply process management, design, or delivery, water resilience scheme investment planning, design or delivery (e.g. network reinforcement, interconnectivity and water treatment works investment), or water production operations. This can also include experience in water company emergency planning, physical and cyber security activities, and investment planning.
About You
Below are some of the key essential experience, skills & knowledge required for this post:
Relevant experience within clean water sector engineering, capital or environmental programmes, asset/operational management and/or business planning.Degree level qualification in engineering, science, or similar technical specialism/discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.Experience of building and maintaining constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations, and to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver desired outcomes. Experience of designing and delivering procedures and processes.Numerate with analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience of analysing and accurately interpreting a range of data and insights to inform evidence-based decisions and solutions for complex problems.Good communication (oral and written) skills, including the ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Why You Should Join Us
People Centric: Our people are at the heart of Ofwat and everything we do - we ensure all voices are heard and treat each other with respect; you'll be given the autonomy and the support to do your role in the best way.Innovative Work Environment: We embrace agile and new ways of working and have a culture build on trust, flexibility, and collaboration.Development Opportunities: Gain valuable experience and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic setting.Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home combined with the benefits of in person collaboration in our Birmingham and London offices.Excellent employer pension contributions.25 days' annual leave, increasing to 30 with each year of service, plus bank holidays and an extra 2.5 days of privilege leave.Access to exclusive discounts on a variety of goods and services, including retail outlets, theatre tickets, holidays, insurance, and a gym membership.Fees paid for membership of relevant professional bodies.Up to 3 volunteering days per year.Recognition vouchers scheme rewarding your hard work.Generous shared parental leave and pay supporting your family life.
Follow the link to apply for full details about the role. Please ensure you have submitted your application in full before the below deadline.
Closing date: 23.55 on 04 November 2025
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