The Role:
The Portfolio team supports the effective management of the delivery of the IDD investment programme by ensuring governance and control through data management and systems, processes and performance reporting and analysis including the management of planning, land, wayleave, utility and statutory consents. This enables efficient delivery of the investment programme by providing programme visibility, informed risk management, analysis, challenge, and decision making. The team also provides expert support in key areas that enable the effective, efficient, and sustainable delivery of the IDD investment portfolio.
Reporting to the Technical Services Senior Manager – Commissioning, the Technical Lead – Commissioning will be responsible for providing technical engineering support and advice across the full range of projects and programmes within IDD with specific emphasis on commissioning.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Support the provision of expert technical capability and assurance in your area of expertise (commissioning) to ensure a consistent approach across Uisce Éireann including IDD, Asset Management and Sustainability and Asset Operations.
Working with the Technical Assurance team in IDD and AM’s Standards and Specs team support the provision of expert technical feedback and technical input to the development and revision of the S&S documents.
Support the Technical Assurance Lead in providing expert technical capability and assurance in the delivery of projects and responding to technical queries, including managing the project management/technical assurance frameworks.
Attend and contribute to technical standards forums/Communities of Practice to identify any additional specifications needed by IDD and ensure that practical feedback is incorporated into specification updates.
Ensuring that treatment plants are commissioned correctly by providing expert knowledge and reviewing contractors commissioning plan formats.
Implement the audit process to ensure the ongoing review and updating where required of project specifications/tenders in your technical area.
Continually review the application of standards in line with best practice and efficient design working with the standards team in Asset Management and Sustainability to ensure the business is applying the right solutions at the right cost.
Input to and support innovation projects and solutions as they are tested across IW.
Ensure that lessons learned are fed back into the specifications and appropriate teams.
Support the provision of expert and practical advice on your area to the wider business up to and including the provision of training to those areas of the business who would benefit from the updating of their technical competency and skills.
Keep up to date on best practice in terms of technical solutions.
Adopt an adaptable and flexible approach to change, innovation and continuous improvement.
Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the IW business including but not limited to;
Portfolio Office
Delivery Functions
Asset Management & sustainability
COO – Asset Operations
Commercial
Business Services – Supply Chain
external delivery partners
Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across IW and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering against health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards.
Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation wide objectives.
Other duties as required.
General Duties and Responsibilities
Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business, including but not limited to;
Infrastructure Delivery Directorate – Delivery
Asset Management & sustainability
COO – Asset Operations and Customer Operations
People & Safety
Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards.
Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives.
Provide visible leadership for your team, coaching and developing them to achieve their full potential and deliver business objectives, promoting collaboration and highlighting the behaviours that are expected from everyone in the team.
Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of UÉ business information, and delivery of critical services, in accordance with the NIS Directive and any other relevant cybersecurity regulation.
Other duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable and or relevant experience
Ability to develop and maintain effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally
Experience in managing end-to-end processes to ensure delivery meets customer expectations
Ability to develop and maintain effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally and offer guidance and support to make the right decisions
Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional and ethical standards with proven ability to deliver results
Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions
Experience in contributing to a safe working environment by checking regularly that safety and wellbeing practices are being followed
Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.
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