River Insights & Improvement Manager

Hello, we’re Severn Trent, officially one of the UK’s Top 50 places to work. We pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to do right for our customers, communities, and the environment.

If you’re ready to elevate your career with a company recognised for its excellence and employee satisfaction, then this could be the opportunity for you.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

We have an opportunity for you to join our River Protection team as a River Insights and Improvement Manager.

If you’re an experienced Freshwater Science professional looking to drive scientific thinking, shape strategic decisions, show your passion for science and rivers – this role could be for you!

You’ll provide a key role interpreting complex data, providing scientific insight in areas such as hydrology, hydroecology, river chemistry and microbiology to generate information to support future strategy development. Current projects you may be responsible for leading include Reasons for Not Achieving Good status, environmental monitoring and wider Freshwater Water Quality initiatives to ensure consistent, high-quality scientific assurance, strong governance and impactful insight to a range of stakeholders.

You’ll play a key role in Freshwater Systems science continuing to develop your understanding whilst leading on the dissemination of this information to different audiences. You will also be able to advise teams integrating current and future risks to support longer term strategic planning and shorter tactical decisions engaging with multiple stakeholders.

If you're based in or around the Midlands, we'd love to hear from you.

Some of your other key accountabilities will include:

Lead integrated freshwater system analysis connecting flows, habitats, groundwater and water quality across hydrology, hydroecology, chemistry and microbiology—to contribute towards future strategy.
Responsible for ensuring scientific insights are clearly communicated to a variety of internal and external stakeholders, ranging from regulatory or partnership work, to senior leadership, other specialist and operational teams.
Using scientific-led understanding to ensure methodological rigour, effective risk management, high quality evidence and documentation and strong-analytical standards are maintained.
Drawing on your expertise in freshwaters science, you will proactively monitoring and synthesise emerging science, methods, regulatory changes be able identify clear opportunities for the business to develop alongside providing guidance on changes as required.
Representing Severn Trent as a technical expert at a range of external opportunities such as scientific forums, consultations or partnership groups.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

We’re looking for an experienced technical expert grounded in Freshwater Systems Science (Integrated Freshwater Science), with experience in one or more of hydrology, hydroecology, river chemistry or microbiology.

You’ll bring a strong grasp of catchment processes, system responses and water‑resource pressures, and you can turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insight for decision‑makers. If you see the whole system—flows, habitats, groundwater and water quality—and can turn that science into clear action, you’ll thrive in the River Protection Team.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and 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 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 (including, a year off fully paid maternity and adoption leave)
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.

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