South East Water jobs

Summary: Fixed term contract with the possibility to be made permanent: Are you a proactive recruiter who thrives on searching and connecting with technical talent? We are expanding our team to support major new infrastructure projects, and we need a hands on internal recruiter to help us identify, attract, and hire exceptional engineering, technical and IT skill sets. This is a varied, fast paced contract where you won't just post ads and wait you'll be a true strategic partner, leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter and other proactive channels, talent mapping, and proactive sourcing to build robust talent pipelines for critical skills. Main Responsibilities - Proactive External Sourcing: Use advanced LinkedIn Recruiter techniques, boolean searches, and direct sourcing strategies to map the market and uncover passive engineering talent. - Pipeline Building: Create long-term candidate pipelines for critical technical skills and future infrastructure requirements. - End-to-End Recruitment Partnering: Sit down with technical hiring managers to qualify their needs, craft compelling job campaigns, manage assessments, and guide decision-making. - Candidate Experience Advocate: Deliver an outstanding, transparent candidate journey-for both internal applicants and external candidates-from initial contact through to onboarding. - Internal Mobility & Collaboration: Work together with the HR Resourcing Manager and Hiring Managers to choose the best course of action. Proactively identify and guide internal candidates, offering advice and assistance at each stage to promote internal mobility and retain talent. - End-to-End Administration: Perform all end-to-end administrative tasks, including writing and posting job advertisements on job boards, social media, and career websites. Respond regularly to candidate, agency partner, and hiring manager inquiries, prioritising as needed to ensure success. - Onboarding & Compliance: Organise and complete all required paperwork and new hire checks to ensure full legal and regulatory compliance across distinct worker categories. Help arrange and oversee the smooth onboarding of candidates. - ED&I & Employer Brand: Use recruitment practices that boost South East Water's talent while raising the organisation's profile for equality, diversity, and inclusivity (ED&I). - Data, Systems & Market Intelligence: Keep an eye out for macro and micro market developments and industry trends. Manage open positions through all stages in HR systems/ATS, supporting fast, accurate, and intelligent data reporting to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement. Skills, Qualifications & Experience Needed Essential: - Recruitment Experience: Proven experience working within Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, or a similar full-cycle recruitment position. - Sourcing Expertise: Hands-on experience with social media, CV databases, and professional networks-specifically LinkedIn Recruiter and direct candidate outreach. - Stakeholder & Partner Management: Experience working directly with hiring managers, candidates, and external agency partners. - Systems & Onboarding: Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), various candidate assessment methods, and candidate onboarding processes. - Core Skills: Educated to A-Level or equivalent is essential. Excellent verbal/written communication, highly organised, excellent problem solver, compassionate service, and strong ability to prioritise and maintain high detail. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: - Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. - 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. - Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. - Paid volunteering days. - Cycle to work scheme. - Health cash plan. - Life assurance. - Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? - To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. - It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. - Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: up to £35,000 depending on experience + bonus

Summary: As our SCADA Systems Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuous availability, integrity, and evolution of our Prism SCADA infrastructure. Serving as a crucial technical bridge between operational requirements and system performance, you'll drive the full lifecycle of our SCADA environment-from GUI development and database configuration to researching emerging outstation communication protocols. By delivering expert troubleshooting and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams, you will minimize system downtime and ensure critical data flows seamlessly between field assets and corporate systems. Main Responsibilities - Develop and maintain the Prism SCADA Graphical User Interface (GUI), enhancing operator visibility and system usability. - Administer Enterprise SCADA database servers and outstation programs, ensuring all configurations remained strictly compliant with SCADA Specification Documents. - Minimise system downtime by providing rapid-response troubleshooting for GUI and outstation software. - Maintain patching regimes for Enterprise SCADA servers in line with IT Security requirements. - Act as a key technical liaison for the Engineering department and third-party contractors, managing complex interfaces between Enterprise SCADA and corporate IT systems. - Conduct research and development into next-generation outstation interfaces and data gathering techniques to improve operational efficiency and system reach. - Provide multi-site technical leadership, supporting SCADA team members with remote diagnostic assistance across the company's operational area. - Manage third-party support contracts and maintain proactive reporting lines to the Systems Manager to mitigate potential infrastructure risks. - Contribute to activities relating to the companies NIS CAF submission, including evidence gathering and alignment with industry standards. Skills/Qualifications/Experience - Demonstrable ability to perform under pressure. - Competency in diagnosing hardware-to-software interface issues. - Proficiency in maintaining and optimising high-availability SCADA database servers. - Experienced in SCADA GUI development, database configuration, and outstation / PLC programming in line with technical specifications. - Expert in managing live operational SCADA database servers, maintaining corporate system interfaces, and researching new communication/data gathering protocols. - Experienced in providing technical hardware/software interfaces for Engineering departments and managing third-party contractor integrations. - Proven ability to minimise system downtime through rapid troubleshooting, software modification. - Substantial experience in the lifecycle management of SCADA systems, including GUI design, database hierarchy, and real-time data visualisation. - Proven track record in configuring and commissioning outstation/RTU programming and developing robust communication interfaces for remote data acquisition. - Experience bridging the gap between Operational Technology (OT) and Corporate IT/Enterprise systems to ensure seamless data flow across the organisation. - Extensive experience working to formal SCADA Specification Documents and maintaining rigorous documentation standards. - Experience supervising third-party contractors and providing technical consultancy to internal Engineering departments. - Knowledge of NIS Cyber Security Legislation and how it impact the industry practices. - Skilled in providing on-site technical assistance and remote diagnostics. - Collaborative partner to internal departments and vendors, with a focus on timely risk reporting and project alignment. Platforms/Hardware/Processes - Prism SCADA, Outstation/RTU Programming. - Industrial Database Servers, Electrical Control Systems, Communication Interfaces. - System Integration, Technical Specification Alignment, Incident Management. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: - Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. - 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. - Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. - Paid volunteering days. - Cycle to work scheme. - Health cash plan. - Life assurance. - Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? - To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. - It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. - Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: £35,000 - £45,000p.a. (dependent on experience)

Summary: At South East Water, we're looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our HR department. This isn't just a support role; it's an opportunity to act as a trusted advisor and the primary point of contact for managers across the employee lifecycle. Whether you're an experienced professional looking for a better work-life balance, or a rising talent ready to dive into meaningful, hands-on projects, this role offers the independence and variety you've been searching for. You'll be at the heart of our operations, specifically supporting the Engineering and Asset Management function, and working alongside senior managers on meaningful change initiatives. You will work closely with specialists in Recruitment, Reward, and Organisational Development to implement everything from workforce planning to talent management, ensuring our people-related solutions are innovative and flexible. This is a hybrid opportunity, working 37 hours per week Monday to Friday. Main responsibilities: - Leading on delivering the overarching strategic initiatives of the People Plan across relevant business areas. Being the primary contact for managers, overseeing all aspects of the employee lifecycle. - Delivering key HR initiatives across the HR spectrum, including workforce planning, restructuring, resourcing, talent management, pay and reward, employee relations, employee engagement and performance management. Directly influences, advises and supports senior managers in the implementation of complex change initiatives. - Supporting the development and implementation of SEW pay and reward strategy e.g. assisting with the pay negotiations, salary benchmarking, the annual performance review and bonus allocation process. - As a trusted business partner, proactively cultivate strong and trusted working relationships with teams, managers and key stakeholders across the organisation, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes effective and positive change. Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g., coaching, counselling, career development, disciplinary actions). - Identifies training needs within business units and engages with Organisational Development teams to deliver appropriate programmes. Participates in the evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure their effectiveness. Ensures that training objectives are met and return on investment (ROI) achieved. Provides support for Organizational Development (OD) initiatives, including succession planning and annual appraisal. - Conducts thorough analysis of HR trends and metrics to identify potential issues, and develop tailored solutions, programs, and policies to align with the needs of the business. Takes responsibility for meeting all Directorate reporting obligations by delivering comprehensive and precise HR management information. - Promotes best practice ways of working across HR policies and facilitates the resolution of people related conflicts and issues. As required, provide coaching to various stakeholders within the organisation to enhance skills and capabilities in all people-related activities. - Actively participates and contributes to monthly Directorate meetings and senior management meetings. Proactively identifies and addresses any people-related concerns, collaborating with senior managers to develop effective solutions that align with the overall business strategy. - Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience - CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience. - Problem solving and analytical capability. - Excellent interpersonal, communication. and people management skills. - Intellectual curiosity. - Tenacity and patience. - Negotiation and influencing skills. - Commercial awareness. - Coaching skills. - Strong team player. - Strong organisational skills and able to manage multiple projects/relationships. - Proven ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders. - Demonstrable experience of grasping issues quickly and delivering effective and efficient solutions. - In-depth knowledge and experience of managing complex employee relations cases. - Demonstrable expertise in cultivating organisational culture and driving transformative change. - Proficient in leading and supporting change management initiatives. - Proven experience in managing professional, effective and proactive relationships with senior leaders. - Proven track record of delivering value adding HR solutions, leveraging data-driven approaches to achieve impactful outcomes. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: - Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. - 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. - Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. - Paid volunteering days. - Cycle to work scheme. - Health cash plan. - Life assurance. - Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? - To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. - It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. - Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: up to £55,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)

Summary: Reporting to the Financial Performance Manager, you will serve as a supporting Project Accountant for our senior programme and delivery manager teams. In this role, you will take ownership of tracking and managing the costs of major projects and capital enhancement schemes. By collaborating closely with senior managers and project teams, you will monitor expenditure, conduct variance analysis, and deliver proactive solutions to optimize financial management. Your work will directly help our teams manage their costs effectively and drive operational and financial efficiencies within a complex, evolving industry. Main responsibilities: - Support financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes to align with corporate targets, internal controls and compliance with all regulatory standards. - Provide financial analysis with insightful commentary to influence key business decisions, enhance operational efficiency and optimise financial performance across the business. - Track and analyse financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, supporting insights that drive accountability and continuous improvement. - Support value creation by providing financial and commercial support during contract negotiations and the execution of commercial deliverables. - Help develop full project financial lifecycle plans and providing synergy solutions between initiatives. - Help support the costing and valuing of SoWs and raising subsequent Purchase Orders in collaboration with project managers, procurement, and external suppliers to effectively manage costs. - Support key business transformation initiatives, including digital and automation projects, to enhance reporting capabilities and operational financial efficiency. - Act as a trusted financial advisor to senior management and cross-functional teams, translating complex financial data into manageable financial actions. - Ensure the integrity of financial data and systems by maintaining a robust internal controls framework, and ensure strict compliance with all regulatory and accounting standards. - Help maintain meticulous records, managing the invoice query process and ensuring accurate cost coding. - Proactively collaborate with internal and external auditors to manage and mitigate financial risks, ensuring transparency and accuracy in all financial reporting. - Advise and educate the finance team and wider business, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and professional growth. - Supporting the finance team in adapting processes with new tools & technology to optimise and drive productive ways of working. - Elevate the organisation's financial acumen by helping to design and deliver targeted training programs. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience - Bachelor's degree in Accounting & Finance,Part-Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or Qualified by Experience. - Demonstrable experience within large capital programmes, managing and tracking the benefits of enhancement infrastructure delivery and applying capitalisation rules. - Good understanding and knowledge of IAS 16 amp; IAS 38 pertaining to the recognition, measurement and disclosure of assets in financial statements. - Knowledge of IT/OT Convergence projects - The ability to review financial data, conduct in-depth variance analysis and leverage expertise in tools like Workday Finance with advanced Excel (and Google Sheets) to translate and present large datasets into clear actionable business insights for senior project amp; programme managers. - Good verbal and written communication skills to present financial information with authority and confidence, enabling you to clearly and simply convey key variance commentary that is transparent for senior leaders. - The ability to ensure budget compliance via strong reporting and analytical skills. Tracking actual costs against forecasts whilst providing potential solutions for savings and identifying any potential overspends. - The ability to monitor and control costs and to anticipate future challenges and opportunities and develop a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset to solve complex problems and navigate ambiguity whilst ensuring that your client group is kept informed, involved and supported in their projects. - An ability to build strong relationships, influence key stakeholders and negotiate effectively without direct authority, acting as a trusted project advisor to the programme management office. - The ability to support the delivery of projects, including finance transformation, finance process improvement initiatives and system implementations, by helping to support and drive the change. - Support major project initiatives and/or enhancement schemes, helping to track and follow up on cost saving initiatives. - An understanding of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to help identify and implement process improvements that drive financial efficiency. - Experience in a junior cost controller role, driving key business decisions and influencing the optimisation of financial performance. - An ability to support end-to-end financial planning cycles, including annual budgeting and rolling month forecasts with variance analysis. - Experience in supporting projects to improve efficiency and reduce costs, including multiple process improvement initiatives. - An ability to ensure compliance with procurement processes and helping to manage vendor invoices within tolerance levels. - An ability to collaborate and synergize within the department whilst supporting a high-performance culture across the programmes. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: - Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. - 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. - Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. - Paid volunteering days. - Cycle to work scheme. - Health cash plan. - Life assurance. - Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? - To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. - It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. - Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: £45,000 - £55,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)

Summary: We are looking for a tech-savvy and customer-centric IT Support Analyst to join our IT team in Snodland. In this role, you won't just be fixing technical issues-you'll be empowering our people to work efficiently, securely, and seamlessly in a modern hybrid environment. As the frontline face of IT, you will deliver exceptional user support, fast-paced technical troubleshooting, and high-quality omnichannel service for both office and remote workers. If you enjoy solving problems, learning new technologies, and making tech work effortlessly for people, we'd love to hear from you. Main responsibilities: - Omnichannel Support & Technical Resolution : Deliver high-empathy 1st and 2nd-line technical support across phone, portal (Jira Service Management), and face-to-face interactions. Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, network, and SaaS issues across a range of environments including Google Workspace, Active Directory, Windows, iOS, and Android to rapidly restore user productivity. - Onboarding & Asset Lifecycle Management : Coordinate end-to-end device staging, software installation, and account provisioning to ensure a seamless Day One experience for new starters. Maintain meticulous records across both physical and logical asset inventories throughout the device lifecycle. - Endpoint Health & Security : Assist in managing company endpoints (laptops, mobile devices, remote access/VPNs) to ensure devices remain properly patched, secure, and compliant with internal IT standards. - Knowledge-First Support & Data Integrity : Embrace a Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) approach by maintaining high data integrity in Jira ticket logging while actively drafting clear Knowledge Base (KB) articles to drive self-service deflection and empower users. - Continuous Improvement & Project Support : Identify recurring technical issues, explore opportunities for optimisation and automation, and collaborate with the wider IT team on hardware rollouts, system migrations, and cloud software implementations. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience - Proven Technical Support Experience : Demonstrable background delivering 1st/2nd-line support in an IT Service Desk or End User Services environment, including hands-on experience using modern ITSM tools (e.g., Jira Service Management, ServiceNow). - Core Systems, SaaS & Identity Knowledge : Experience managing user accounts and administration across Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, identity management platforms (Active Directory / Entra ID), and Windows operating systems. - Endpoint & Network Troubleshooting: Practical troubleshooting skills across laptops, mobile endpoints (iOS/Android), peripherals, and hybrid connectivity setups. - Customer Focus & Task Management: Exceptional empathetic communication skills-with the ability to explain complex tech concepts to non-technical staff clearly-combined with strong organisational skills to prioritise competing tasks under pressure. - Mobility & Site Support : Valid UK Driver's License and a willingness to participate in occasional site/depot visits and be on a team standby rota. - Endpoint Management (UEM/MDM): Experience with endpoint management platforms, like Ivanti Endpoint Manager, ManageEngine, Intune, Jamf, or Knox are desirable. - Basic Scripting & Automation : Familiarity with PowerShell or Google Apps Script to automate routine administrative and support tasks are desirable. - Industry Certifications : Credentials such as ITIL v4 Foundation, CompTIA A+/Network+, or Microsoft/Google fundamentals are desirable. - Security & Project Experience : General understanding of endpoint security hygiene (phishing mitigation, identity protection) and hands-on participation in hardware refreshes or office IT rollouts would be desirable. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: - Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. - 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. - Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. - Paid volunteering days. - Cycle to work scheme. - Health cash plan. - Life assurance. - Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? - To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. - It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. - Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: Starting from £29,064 p.a.