Senior Solutions Manager - @One Alliance

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Senior Solutions Manager to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance.

As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities

What will you be doing as our Senior Solutions Manager?

As our new Senior Solutions Manager, you will provide leadership for the creation of value-driven solutions for a c£600M portfolio of water recycling projects located in the west of the Anglian region, which achieve our capital investment programme outcomes and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Solutions Stage Management

• Understand Anglian Water’s and @one alliance’s business goals.
• Develop and manage collaborative relationships with Anglian Water’s ADP and @one delivery teams.
• Support ADP in developing a sustainable project release program.
• Develop an efficient solutions development strategy.
• Manage Solutions Stage Project Plans and ensure @one Solutions Stage deliverables meet required standards.
• Produce monthly performance reports.
• Engage stakeholders to resolve issues and remove blockers.
• Lead escalation if preferred solutions do not meet objectives.
  
  

Develop Solutions

• Understand and challenge Anglian Water’s business outcomes and obligations for each scheme.
• Facilitate root cause analysis, investigations, and data analysis.
• Lead engagement from @one project delivery teams to develop viable solutions, considering:
• Cost assessments
• Data analysis and technical solutions
• Programme review
• Sustainability and carbon reduction
• Safety and buildability
• HRA, EIA, planning, and customer constraints
• Long-lead items and supplier inputs
• Legacy and compliance risk
• Ensure TOTEX, Benefits Realisation, and Six Capitals are considered in solution selection.
• Support assessment of preferred solutions for review meetings.
  
  

Health & Safety

• Promote Health and Safety excellence in solution development.
• Support the Design Manager in producing design risk assessments.
  
  

Transformation

• Promote experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Identify ways to reduce carbon and enhance natural capital using PAS 2080 principles.
• Continuously improve the solutions process and team efficiency.
  
  

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours…..

To be successful in this position you will be comfortable demonstrating leadership in managing people, including successful performance management. You will champion consistent quality and standardisation, develop quality procedures, and deliver improvements. You are experienced at developing and implementing strategies to mitigate risks and realise opportunities across multiple projects.

You can demonstrate a respectful attitude to others, and naturally foster positive action to build our reputation, and integrity. You are adept at facing challenges and addressing poor collaboration and promoting effective communication to all stakeholders. Preferably degree educated with demonstrable experience in water-sector assets and delivery capital projects.

At @one Alliance, you’ll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of the UK’s water infrastructure. We offer a collaborative and innovative working environment, where your expertise will be valued and your ideas will drive meaningful change.

JN Bentley Benefits can be found on the booklet attached.