Location
Flexible locations including Beckton, Hampton, Reading & Swindon (London or Thames Valley)

Hours
Hybrid working pattern - 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Salary
£65,000 to £77,000 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 a Resilience Manager, you will provide technical leadership on Power Resilience across water and wastewater sites, ensuring electrical power systems are designed, maintained, and upgraded to minimise the risk and impact of power loss.

You will translate the Power Resilience strategy into engineered solutions, standards, and plans that improve reliability and protect customers, the environment, and Thames Water’s assets. This role offers 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, you will help shape future ways of working and bring your expertise to create lasting impact across Thames Water.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, develop, and performance-manage the Power Resilience Engineering team, coaching and mentoring a geographically dispersed workforce to build capability and consistency of delivery.
- Own priority system and site Power Resilience assessments, producing single-line views and technical documentation that identify vulnerabilities, critical paths, and mitigation options.
- Manage and report on planned resilience investments including scope, sequencing, budget, and benefits, maintaining clear delivery baselines and outcomes for board and programme governance.
- Champion Power Resilience standards, policies, and guidance, ensuring engineering best practice is embedded across delivery, maintenance, and operations, aligned to regulatory requirements such as CDM and ESQCR.
- Coordinate with internal and external teams to schedule planned power work, manage dependencies, and ensure clean hand-offs across teams.

Experience
Proven managerial experience leading technical/engineering teams, including coaching and developing geographically dispersed teams.
Strong understanding of Health & Safety regulations, including CDM.
Held Operational Authorisations.

About you
Knowledge of LV/HV electrical engineering and Power Resilience principles.
Understanding of power system design, assessment, and upgrade methodologies.
Strong understanding of regulatory compliance and safety standards (CDM, ESQCR, IS standards).
Ability to interpret and approve technical documentation, single line diagrams, and risk assessments.
Full UK Driving Licence.
Deep understanding of project and programme management tools (e.g., MS Project, SAP) and familiarity with asset management and maintenance systems.
Skilled in data analysis and reporting for technical and compliance purposes.

Qualifications
Relevant electrical engineering qualifications and certifications are expected to support the technical leadership role.