Network Asset Manager

South West Water keeps the South West flowing with safe, reliable drinking water and wastewater services across some of the UK’s most stunning landscapes.

We’re proud to be part of Pennon Group, a leader in the UK water sector, working towards a greener future. Our goals? As well as lowering our carbon footprint, we’re working with partners to plant 300,000 trees, restore peatlands and supporting farmers and landowners to improve water quality and wildlife.

Whether you’re starting out or seeking a new challenge, our scale and ambition create opportunities for you to shape your own career.

Ready to make a splash? Join our team today.

We’re looking for a Network Asset Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing and optimising our drinking water network assets.

You’ll be responsible for monitoring asset performance, shaping investment decisions, and ensuring the successful delivery of infrastructure and capital schemes—helping us maintain a resilient and efficient network.

What You'll Be Doing

• Monitor performance of Drinking Water Service assets and identify improvement opportunities
• Review and manage asset maintenance plans, preparing investment funding applications where required
• Support financial management across Opex, Capex and Totex budgets, ensuring alignment with targets
• Oversee delivery of developer and capital investment schemes
• Maintain accurate documentation in line with Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Collaborate with planning teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels
• Liaise with key stakeholders including developers, regulatory bodies, councils and community groups
• Provide support during emergency situations
• Lead and manage the AWS team, ensuring compliance and operational effectiveness
• Respond to technical enquiries and provide expert advice
• Deputise for the Area Operations Network Team Manager when required

We’re looking for someone with strong technical and leadership capability, who thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Essential Skills And Experience

• Full UK driving licence
• Supervisory or management qualification (or equivalent experience)
• IOSH/NEBOSH qualification (or willingness to achieve)
• Proven experience in a customer service or commercial delivery environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work as part of a standby rota

We know our people drive our success — so we’re committed to offering an excellent range of benefits, including:

• Generous annual leave + bank holidays
• Bonus
• Company Van
• Competitive contributory pension
• Share-save scheme
• Health benefits & wellbeing support programmes
• Group discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Financial support services
• Development and training opportunities … and much more!

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.

Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness.

Our core values, which are essential to our success, are:

Be Rock Solid - Build trust and be trusted. Be the one we all look to and can depend on.

Be You - We want you to bring your best everyday. Be yourself and make your mark in your individual way.

Be the Future - Embrace change. Drive Progress. Own the challenge.

We look after the water and wastewater services for 1.8 million customers across Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset and Somerset.

From treatment and maintenance, to innovation and improvements, we're busy every day finding and fixing leaks, unblocking sewers and going bigger and further in our environmental work to be a company you can be proud of.