Water Services Manager WCC625167

Overview

As Water Services Manager, you will lead water hygiene, quality, and Legionella risk management across a large housing portfolio. You will shape policy, risk assessments, and contractor management to ensure safety, compliance, and value for money. This role sits within Housing Services and offers opportunities to drive improvements in water systems and resident safety. You’ll engage with senior officers and stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes in a complex, mission-driven environment.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working patterns
• Agile working
• Disability Confident Employer
• reasonable adjustments in recruitment and work
• inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
• employee support and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Oversee water hygiene management and Legionella risk controls across housing portfolio
• Develop and implement Legionella management policy and written schemes of control
• Coordinate monitoring, testing, sampling, and remedial actions; manage logbooks and records
• Manage specialist water hygiene contractors and ensure contractor performance
• Lead investigations of positive samples, abnormal results, and incidents; implement corrective actions
• Plan and deliver water quality and infrastructure improvement programmes
• Ensure new/altered/refurbished water systems are designed, installed and handed over correctly
• Provide technical advice to senior officers and stakeholders; maintain competency training and development for Responsible Persons

Key requirements

• Experience leading water hygiene, water quality, and Legionella risk management in a large, complex portfolio
• Ability to act as Responsible Person under ACoP L8
• Contract management, contract auditing, and compliance systems experience
• Capability to plan and deliver infrastructure and remedial improvement programmes
• Strong reporting, presentations, and stakeholder communication skills
• IT literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office and enterprise systems
• Recognised qualification in Legionella risk management, water hygiene or Responsible Person duties; professional membership and CPD
• Technical qualification in building services, mechanical engineering, public health engineering, water systems, health and safety or equivalent experience

• strong interpersonal and communication skills
• initiative and self-drive
• collaborative and team-oriented
• ACoP L8 knowledge
• HSG274 knowledge
• COSHH

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