Continuous Improvement Lead

Location: this role can be placed from any of these locations:-

Lincoln, Great Billing, Whitlingham, Colchester or Peterborough

Contract: 12 month Fixed term contract /Full Time

Salary: circa £50,000

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Who are we?

Here within Anglian Water, we collaborate with a number of alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies.

Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop are our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, Morrison Utility Services, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base, typically totalling £50-60m per year.

Within Anglian Water, we understand our responsibility as environmental and community custodians and are always looking to improve our services at the lowest costs possible (as we continue to keep customer prices as low as possible) and reduce our carbon footprint.

To play a key role in driving the Water Business stream to deliver its stretching efficiency during AMP7 and beyond, we are looking for a Continuous Improvement Lead to join us within IOS to systematically identify, prioritise and deliver process changes and optimisations.

What will you be doing as our new Continuous Lead?

Utilising your unique blend of operational excellence, business transformation, change leadership and project portfolio management, you’ll be responsible for driving organisational change focusing on Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement , Vanguard (Systems Thinking) and Lean Management methodologies.

Partnering with Operational Leadership Teams in the development and deployment of Benefit, Effectiveness and Lesson Learned frameworks, you’ll become intimate with their mission, processes and requirements and support initiatives focused on key performance metrics and implement and communicate appropriate changes across the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of efficiency initiatives and other process led improvements within Water encompassing training and rollout activities

• Develop team resources with specific areas of expertise that will develop awareness of innovation within the industry and across wider related activities

• Coaching colleagues in the operational usage of Lean / Sigma / Vanguard tools and techniques

• Coaching leaders in creating self-motivated continuous improvement environments within their teams including effective use of performance boards and visuals

• Promoting the adoption and implementation of improvement ideas into the daily operations and culture by guiding teams towards and encouraging lean operational self-sustainability

• Participate in proactive stakeholder management where key teams and individuals are engaged with regarding key improvement initiatives including the benefits and risks they pose

• Develop and manage methodologies for benefits tracking of process changes in conjunction with Optimisation Programme Management and Water Performance

What skills and behaviours do you need?

To join us in this exciting opportunity to improve the way we operate on a day-to-day basis, you’ll have demonstrable practical experience of LEAN, Six Sigma, Vanguard, Business Change and CI methodologies. With experience in assessing risk and responding appropriately, it would be beneficial for you to experience in a Change/Project role.

Possessing excellent communication and analytical skills, you’ll be confident detailing and presenting detailed and complex information to a range of audiences. Able to think strategically and operate in a proactive and forward- thinking way, you’ll be comfortable optimising your digital skills as we look to enhance the way we operate.

If you are looking for the opportunity to change the way we operate to deliver to our customers and communities, please apply today.

What benefits do we offer?

Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all of the great work that they do. Some of our benefits include:

• Bonus scheme

• Private health care

• Competitive pension scheme

• 26 days annual leave rising with length of service

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

• Flexible working (dependent on your role)

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

We are passionate and committed to the learning and development of our people making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We also take Health and Safety very seriously in everything that we do.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant/standard employment checks, including: your right to work in the UK, reference, driving licence and identity check. Depending on your role, you may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Close date: 2nd October 2023

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