Location
Hampton Coal Wharf - TW12 2ES or Reading - Kemble Court - RG2 6AD

Hours
Hybrid - 36 Hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Salary
£70,000 - £78,500 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
Power Resilience is critical to Thames Water's ability to provide safe, reliable services to millions of customers. We are expanding our Power Resilience capability to enhance how power is planned, maintained and improved across our operations. As Maintenance Manager you will lead the delivery and quality assurance of maintenance for auxiliary power supplies and associated assets. You will be responsible for ensuring that the auxiliary power systems that keep operational sites running during outages or emergencies are ready to respond when needed. You will also work to strengthen resilience today while building internal capability for the future. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a critical area of UK infrastructure and make a meaningful difference to customer outcomes and environmental protection. As the team grows, members will help shape future ways of working and bring their expertise to create lasting impact across Thames Water.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate and develop a team of professionals to achieve high performance and support future internal capability development.
- Oversee maintenance and quality assurance for auxiliary power supplies and assets, ensuring compliance with standards and regulatory requirements.
- Work with internal and external teams to standardise inspection practices and ensure auxiliary power asset testing and maintenance governance is effective, reliable and compliant.
- Manage planning and budgets, contributing to policy development within the maintenance function.

What’s in it for you?
Annual leave: 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
Car Allowance
Performance-related pay plan linked to company performance measures and targets
Generous Pension Scheme through AON
Private Medical Health Care
Access to a wide range of benefits supporting health, wellbeing and finances including annual health MOTs, physiotherapy, counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Thames Water offers meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and a diverse, inclusive workplace where you can make a difference every day.

Experience
- Proven experience leading operational/technical teams and delivering outputs to required time, quality and compliance standards.
- Demonstrable experience developing people and team leadership.
- Strong commercial judgement with contractor performance and resource planning experience.
- Experience managing compliance, maintenance planning and operational budgets.
- Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and external contractors to drive improvement.

About you
- Knowledge of maintenance, testing and quality assurance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- IT literacy, including maintenance management systems.
- Full UK Driving Licence.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but relevant technical qualifications and experience in maintenance management would be advantageous.