Senior Regional Utility Manager

Full Job Description

This role will cover the North of the country with a hybrid working model and can be based from any of our Northern offices or Birmingham.

This senior role will set out the intent and lead on the collaborative delivery vision in partnership with our external Statutory Utilities and will be challenged through significant delivery constraints such as DCO Protective Provisions timescales, Utilities risk, land provisions and cost certainty.

By drawing on your recognised industry knowledge you will lead on a strategic SU integration, intent and innovative delivery approaches that supports the drive for efficiencies and de-risking of the Regional Investment Programme start of works commitments on behalf of our Stakeholders and Government Taskforce.

What you'll be leading on

• Provide expert direction on and promote all matters relating to statutory utilities and New Roads & Street Work Act in your Region.
• Provide assurance and expertise to the Development and Consent Order Programme Management team and project teams.
• Review and implement with legal services framework contract to manage specific bespoke utility works agreements
• Actively manage regional utility organisational relationships and incentivisation models moving away from transactional project-based delivery.
• Provide capability to project teams through specialist advice, flexible training and other support focused on the statutory utilities and NRSWA processes to colleagues

To be successful

• Industry leading experience in project or programme management experience in the Utilities sector within a transformation setting.
• Extensive understanding and application in a project environment of New Roads & Street Work Act in delivering complex infrastructure.
• Experienced in delivering Highways Act and Planning Act Orders in relation to Utility Works
• Extensive experience of how utilities organisations are regulated, demonstrable ability to form, influence and develop positive, helpful, responsive and supportive relationships within a regulated organisation.
• Well-rounded knowledge and understanding of utility construction, innovation and activities especially health and safety (Construction Design and Management Regulations) across main disciplines including water, gas and electricity

A bit about 'us'

Major Projects Regional Investment Programme is currently responsible for delivering 82 schemes worth in excess of 7bn that will enable economic growth and improve effectiveness of the strategic road network and how it links to England's local infrastructure.