Job Title: Engineering Technical Lead for Digital Design

Location: Falmer (Hybrid Working)

Salary: Salary and package are to be discussed at the screening stage.

Job Overview

Are you passionate about digital innovation in engineering?

Do you have experience with digital design tools and a deep understanding of how they drive engineering excellence? Southern Water is seeking a highly skilled Engineering Technical Lead for Digital Design to join our dynamic Engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will help us to develop our digital engineering strategy, lead initiatives to implement new digital design initiatives, while driving digital transformation and improving design processes. You will lead our technical capability in the areas of BIM/CAD, and Information Management.

Responsibilities will include:

Technical Leadership: Manage digital information sharing with our supply chains. Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering and Southern Water’s Digital team. Manage relationships with key software providers, ensuring that design tools remain compatible with those used by our supply chain, including design consultants and contractors. Represent Southern Water at industry conferences and seminars.

Stakeholder Management: Manage digital information sharing with our supply chains. Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering and Southern Water’s Digital team. Manage relationships with key software providers, ensuring that design tools remain compatible with those used by our supply chain, including design consultants and contractors. Represent Southern Water at industry conferences and seminars.

Innovation & Strategy: Ensure continuous improvement is incorporated into policies, standards and specifications. Challenge company standards and existing ways of working to promote continuous improvement. Take a forward-thinking approach to the digital design strategy, identifying areas for continuous improvement and driving innovation within the team. Facilitate new digital initiatives and challenge established methods to enhance technical delivery. Collaborative working with the supply chain and delivery partners to drive efficiency.

Financial & Commercial: Analyse/assimilate financial information to make business decisions & business cases. Manage licensing agreements for digital tools and collaborate with the IT team on purchasing software upgrades. Prepare business cases for new IT initiatives to enhance the team’s capabilities. Negotiate with and influence senior internal and external stakeholders.

People: Lead our technical capability in the areas of BIM/CAD, and Information Management, including line management of the Information Management team within Engineering.

About You

A solid understanding of digital design tools and their role in the engineering design process.
Technical expertise in how digital tools interact and integrate with one another.
The ability to communicate complex digital design concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on identifying root causes and prioritising solutions.
A collaborative approach, engaging with team members and stakeholders to achieve business objectives.
The ability to make confident decisions and be accountable for delivery.
Implements plans and holds self fully accountable for delivering short-term business requirements by prioritising effectively.
Participates in teams and groups and co-operates with others. Listens effectively. Interested to hear the views of others.
Seeks to improve performance by setting specific, measurable goals.

Essential Qualifications:

MEng/BEng/BSc or HND/HNC in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related numerate subject.

Desirable Qualifications:

Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Chartered Engineer of an appropriate Engineering /Scientific Institution
Subject Matter Expert in at least one area relevant to digital design in an engineering environment

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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