Catchment Planner (Flexibly located within Scotland)

Scottish Water

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Do you want to help us reduce the risk of flooding across Scotland and improve the quality of our rivers and shorelines?

Scottish Water’s Catchment Planners are some of the unsung heroes that keep Scotland safe. They play a crucial role in protecting people, property and our natural environment.

The Sewer Flooding team are focused on improving the capacity of Scotland’s sewer network. They exist to prevent sewerage spills, ensure effective surface water drainage, and to reduce debris in our rivers. In short, to reduce flooding risk across the country.

What you’ll do

You’ll be focused on understanding the risks and opportunities in your allocated catchments by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. This knowledge will allow you to lead flooding and sewer overflow projects.

These projects can vary greatly in scope, from large-scale sewer upgrade schemes to improvements at a single Combined Sewer Overflow or customer property. They could be city-wide strategic partnerships exploring blue/green infrastructure in urbanised areas, or small scale testing of new technology.

You’ll initiate and lead projects through the exploration and planning phases, working with a wide range of stakeholders including Scottish Water colleagues, technical consultants and construction contractors. You’ll advance the projects through a defined process of scoping, survey, hydraulic model review, solution optioneering and design to a stage where the preferred solution is identified. You’ll then develop a compelling business case to secure the necessary investment to bring your solution to life.

What you’ll need

You’ll need some experience of working in the water industry, with a good understanding of wastewater networks, hydraulic modelling, and surface water management. Some knowledge of GIS and/or hydraulic modelling software would be very helpful.

You’ll be very comfortable with reviewing and writing concise, technical reports, business cases and presentations with actionable recommendations.

Some of the technical data we work with can be complicated. So you’ll need the ability to communicate complex issues to internal and external stakeholders.

This is a role that suits someone who is analytical and conscientious in seeking the evidence necessary for data-based decision-making.

While mostly a desk-based role, you’ll sometimes need to go and visit project sites, so it’s important that you have a full UK issued driving licence.

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.

This is a full time job, working Monday to Friday from 9-5pm. 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

The starting salary for this role will be between £35,384 and £47,924.

Scottish Water has had a long standing commitment to hybrid working (even before the pandemic). You’ll have an official base location, but you’re welcome to work from home if you don’t have a particular reason to pop into the office.

If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be – we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on Sunday 18th June 2023.

Do you have any support needs?

Please let us know if there are any changes we can make to our application and selection process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Email us here with the vacancy reference number in the subject line so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Working at Scottish Water

Scottish Water is one of the UK’s leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher – but we want to be even better – and you could help play an important part!

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people’s differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.

We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.

In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.

We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities.

We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.

You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefit pension scheme, a discounted medical cash plan and cycle to work, plus a variety of agile working arrangements and family-friendly policies designed to support your wellbeing.

Next Steps

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it is important that Scottish Water employees are resident in Scotland and contribute to the Scottish economy by paying Scottish income tax on their earnings. As a result we ask all potential employees to confirm that they are resident in Scotland, or to confirm their intentions to move to Scotland within 3 months of their start date.

Please note that candidates who have not submitted an application in the last 12 months will be automatically removed from our system records.