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Do you want to play a key role in reducing the risk of sewer flooding from new developments to homes and businesses across Scotland? Do you enjoy influencing and driving improvements to how we deliver for our customers, communities and the environment?
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a motivated and skilled individual to join us as a Catchment Planner. The roles will be focused on assessing risk to the performance of our assets from new development. You will have the opportunity to help shape the direction of this new team to be the most effective it can be.
What you’ll do
Your primary role will be to support our colleagues in Development Services and EPA Wastewater Services to identify and assess potential risk levels from a variety of new development scenarios. You will use your experience and understanding of wastewater networks to confirm the appropriate level of assessment required to evaluate risk and potential capacity constraints within our assets.
Where impact assessments are required, you will input key information and expertise from a strategic catchment planning perspective.
You will need to collaborate with colleagues across Scottish Water to develop knowledge and be able to identify and highlight asset, customer and environment impact priority concerns. You must consider multiple factors from a variety of data sources and be able to support clear and efficient decision making within agreed SLAs.
As part of this team, you will play a key role in shaping how we support key areas of the business and how we can continually improve the scope and accuracy of our input. You will need to be open to finding new and better ways of working to meet our strategic objectives with a commitment to continual improvement.
What you’ll need
You’ll have a good understanding of wastewater networks, surface water networks and hydraulic modelling.
The ability to understand and communicate complex issues to internal and external stakeholders.
Analytical, organized and conscientious in seeking the evidence necessary for critical decision-making.
Experience of using and interpretating information from GIS and/or hydraulic modelling software.
Lastly, you’ll have the ability to be reflective of work undertaken and support iterative process improvement.
Looking out for you
While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.
The role is suitable for flexible and hybrid working but you will be required to work occasionally from offices within the central belt. But you’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.
For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), as well as life assurance.
As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade 7. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £41,000. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £51,970.
If you’re interested in this role – or know someone who might be – we will be accepting applications until midnight on the 24th April 2025. Please include a cover letter with your application.
Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Don’t worry - we’ll only start these checks once you’ve accepted an offer.
A few final things worth knowing…
Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!
Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.
Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.
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Water is essential to life and to the communities in which we live and work across every corner of Scotland. At Scottish Water we’re focused on delivering the highest quality drinking water ever in Scotland and returning waste water safely to the environment every day of the year.
Find out more about Scottish Water at www.scottishwater.co.uk
