Network Strategy Manager

Are you an experienced asset management professional looking to shape the future of water infrastructure?

We're looking for a Network Strategy Manager to lead the development of long-term network strategies, investment plans, and asset management approaches that support resilient, sustainable water services for our customers. You'll use data, insight, and industry expertise to identify network risks, prioritise investment, and influence strategic decision-making across the business.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the development of network asset strategies and investment plans
• Using asset data and risk analysis to drive evidence-based decisions
• Working with stakeholders across Operations, Planning, Regulation, and Capital Delivery
• Managing and developing a small team
• Supporting regulatory engagement and business planning activities

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience in asset management, network strategy, or infrastructure planning
• Knowledge of water networks, asset health, risk, and resilience
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills
• Degree-qualified with an IAM qualification or equivalent preferred

Join us and play a key role in delivering the right investments for the future of our network and our customers.

Closing date 15 October 2026

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
• Car allowance
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.

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