Programme Lead

This role is responsible for keeping customers and stakeholders informed with the latest updates and providing advance notice of upcoming works, all with the goal of ensuring an excellent customer experience. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• This role will establish and guide the strategy for the entire Severn Trent area, collaborating closely with other Business Leaders to drive and successfully implement the overall AMP8 Mains Relay strategy 

• Budget control of £418.5m, which is both direct and indirect. Some elements of budgetary control are unquantifiable (e.g. the cost of failure) but will be able to confirm budgets (direct) at the point the business case is signed off.   

• The role holder will closely manage spend profiles for schemes across the programme, ensuring that scope creep and slippage are mitigated. They will be accountable for overseeing the annual programme review cycle to meet delivery and affordability requirements. 

• Overall responsibility for a team of up to 45 people. This includes 4 Senior programme managers, 1 customer comms manager and their teams (9 people in each). Direct people management responsibility for a team of 5 people. Chair executive meetings effectively to collate views, develop actions and deliver outcomes.   

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE  

For this role the right candidate will have experience of successfully managing, motivating and leading a large technical team 

You’ll have experience dealing with CDM Regulations and significant experience working with a utility-based industry.  

Additionally, you will have excellent communication, influencing, and people skills to collaborate with colleagues, clients and stakeholders 

As travel is required, you’ll also have to hold a full U.K driving license. 

 
The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too. 

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 want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?  
 

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:  

• 31 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)   

• Annual bonus scheme (of up to 20% of salary dependent 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.   

• Opportunity to participate in a local Mains Renewal incentive scheme, with earning potential of up to an additional £10,000 per year 

• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’   

• Car allowance of £5,208 pa (pro-rata where appropriate)   

• Private medical cover, life assurance, income protection and personal accident cover   

• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.   

• Family friendly policies   

• Two volunteering days per year