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. We are looking for talented individuals to join this growing team and help build a coordinated, data-led approach to managing Power Resilience across Thames Water.
What you’ll be doing as Resilience Manager:
The Resilience Manager is responsible for providing technical leadership on Power Resilience across water and wastewater sites, ensuring that electrical power systems are designed, maintained and upgraded to minimise the risk and impact of power loss.
As Resilience Manager you will be responsible for translating the Power Resilience strategy into engineered solutions, standards and plans that improve reliability and protect customers, the environment and Thames Water’s assets.
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.
Base location: Location can be flexible for both London or Thames Valley (e.g., Beckton, Hampton, Reading & Swindon)
Working pattern or hours: Hybrid - 36 Hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Key responsibilities:
- Team Leadership and Capability: You will lead, develop and performance‑manage the Power Resilience Engineering team, coaching and mentoring a geographically dispersed workforce to build capability and consistency of delivery.
- Resilience Assessments: You will own priority system and site Power Resilience assessments, producing single‑line views and technical documentation that identify vulnerabilities, critical paths and mitigation options.
- Investment Planning and Reporting: You will manage and report on planned resilience investments (scope, sequencing, budget, benefits), maintaining clear delivery baselines and outcomes for board and programme governance.
- Standards and Best Practice: You will champion Power Resilience standards, policies and guidance, ensuring engineering best practice is embedded across delivery, maintenance and operations and aligned to regulatory requirements. (e.g. CDM, ESQCR)
- Delivery Integration and Stakeholder Coordination: You will coordinate with internal and external teams to schedule planned power work, manage dependencies and ensure clean hand‑offs across teams.
What you should bring to the role?
- Proven managerial experience leading technical/engineering teams with experience coaching and developing geographically dispersed teams.
- Strong understanding of Health & Safety. (including CDM)
- Held Operational Authorisations.
The essential criteria to help you succeed in this role is:
- Knowledge of LV/HV electrical engineering and Power Resilience principles and understanding 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 License.
- Deep understanding of project and programme management tools. (e.g., MS Project, SAP) and familiarity with asset management and maintenance systems.
- Data analysis and reporting for technical and compliance purposes.
What’s in it for you?
- Offering a salary between £65,000 to £77,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
- Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Car Allowance.
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
- Private Medical Health Care.
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)
Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.
Learn more about our purpose and values
Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.
Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.
We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
