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Summary:Are you a results-driven professional with a knack for business development? Do you want to lead a team and play a key role in growing our commercial lab business? We're looking for a Laboratory Commercial Development Manager to join our team in Farnborough. This is an exciting role where you'll be responsible for identifying, winning, and managing new commercial contracts. You'll be managing existing customer relationships and their expectations, ensuring we meet their needs while also growing our business with new clients. This isn't just about sales; it's about making a real impact by helping us maintain a profitable and successful lab. In this role, you'll be in charge of a portfolio of business worth over £7 million. You'll be the one promoting South East Water as a leader in lab analysis, attending networking events, and finding new opportunities. You’ll be managing a team of direct reports including our lab couriers, commercial account managers, and lab services team. This is a fantastic chance to apply your technical knowledge and commercial skills in a supportive, flexible environment. You'll be working closely with our Lab Manager and other teams, so strong communication skills are a must. A science background is crucial, along with significant experience in account management and sales. You are comfortable pitching our services to customers via a dedicated website, in person events and cold calling. It would be advantageous if you have worked in a UKAS accredited laboratory, but this isn’t essential. If you're a seasoned expert looking for your next big challenge, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.Main responsibilities: <ul><li>Manage existing commercial contracts and income streams, making sure we hit our income, profitability, and service level targets.&nbsp;</li><li>Identify and explore new commercial opportunities, and develop proposals for potential new work.&nbsp;</li><li>Work with our lab teams to successfully implement new commercial contracts.&nbsp;</li><li>Represent South East Water as a leader in laboratory analysis at relevant industry events and forums.&nbsp;</li><li>Manage a commercial budget and ensure it aligns with business goals.</li></ul>What you’ll need:Skills / Qualifications / Experience&nbsp;<ul><li>A degree in a science-related field.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in a similar role with at least 5 years of experience in account management.&nbsp;</li><li>A proven track record in sales and account management.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with people from all backgrounds.&nbsp;</li><li>Budgetary experience.&nbsp;</li><li>The ability to confidently chase up results and challenge processes when needed.&nbsp;</li><li>A proactive and organised approach to your work.&nbsp;</li></ul>It will be a bonus if you have:<ul><li>Experience working in the water industry or with a UKAS-accredited lab.</li></ul>​ We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.Benefits package:<ul><li>Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.</li><li>5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.</li><li>Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.</li><li>Paid volunteering days.</li><li>Cycle to work scheme.</li><li>Health cash plan.</li><li>Life assurance.</li><li>Wellbeing related benefits.</li></ul>​​ What can you expect from your recruitment?<ul><li>To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.</li><li>It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.</li><li>Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.</li></ul>​ If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.Compensation package:£50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience + car allowance of £6,254

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Laboratory Commercial Development Manager

Summary:Do you want to help ensure the water we supply remains safe and clean? Are you a consistent and reliable person? If so, then you’ll want to take a look at this opportunity… We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. As a Laboratory Courier, you’ll help ensure the water we supply to our customers is wholesome and meets both our own and regulatory quality standards. Superior quality of water is crucial to our communities for economic, health and social well-being. You won’t need any previous experience. What’s more important is that you’re well organised and logical in your approach. You can rest assured that we’ll provide all of the training you need. It’s your attention to detail that will ensure all paperwork and electronic records are accurately completed and samples are transported precisely as they are meant to be to meet all regulatory and company standards. In this role, you’ll complete rounds to collect samples and courier then safely to their destination. As we’re a commercial operation, you’ll show that your great speaking to customers when collecting and delivering items. When completing shorter rounds, you’ll also provide general assistance within the laboratory, tidying up stock, labelling samples, unloading samples. Ideally, you’ll be local to the Hampshire County or within travelling distance to our Farnborough laboratory. You’ll be completing collection runs that include offices in Kent, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Birmingham. Your collection rounds will generally be completed between 9-5 depending on the run you’re assigned and traffic conditions. Therefore, some flexibility is needed to cover our operating hours between 7am-7pm. We’ll give you access to a Company vehicle to use for collecting samples. There’s often the availability to work additional overtime to help boost your earnings. This is your chance to join a friendly team to ensure water used by your community remains safe and clean.Main responsibilities:<ul><li>You’ll ensure the timely collection of water samples from company and clients premises and for transporting these back to our laboratory in Farnborough.</li><li>You’ll update our electronic system to register samples, ensuring details and tests are entered correctly and completely.</li><li>You’ll ensure to adhere to the methods, procedures, quality systems and H&amp;S requirements set out within the laboratory.&nbsp;</li><li>You’ll provide assistance to other areas of Laboratory Services e.g. bottle preparation; stock control</li></ul>You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience<ul><li>A valid driving licence is essential</li><li>Good level of numeracy and literacy skills</li><li>Good customer service&nbsp;</li></ul>It will be a bonus if you have: Skills / Qualifications / Experience&nbsp;<ul><li>Previous courier experience &nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of water sampling process</li></ul>​ We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.Benefits package:<ul><li>Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.</li><li>5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.</li><li>Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.</li><li>Paid volunteering days.</li><li>Cycle to work scheme.</li><li>Health cash plan.</li><li>Life assurance.</li><li>Wellbeing related benefits.</li></ul>​​ What can you expect from your recruitment?<ul><li>To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.</li><li>It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.</li><li>Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.</li></ul>​ If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.Compensation package:£24,810 + company van

Laboratory Courier

Summary:Join our team as a Catchment Advisor to lead the development and implementation of critical catchment management activities in priority drinking water areas.This multi-faceted role involves close collaboration with statutory and non-statutory stakeholders, including charities, NGOs, landowners, businesses, and the Environment Agency (EA).You'll be instrumental in ensuring regulatory compliance with the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and supporting Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) obligations. A key focus will be on stakeholder engagement, education, and compliance assurance to protect water resources and address water quality issues.This position plays a vital role in achieving our carbon footprint reduction goals and delivering strong customer value through sustainable water management. You'll also contribute significantly to climate change resilience activities, developing long-term solutions to safeguard drinking water provision and quality for the future.Main responsibilities:<ul><li>Deliver catchment investigation activities and/or catchment no deterioration schemes associated with South East Water’s obligations under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP).</li><li>Plan suitable monitoring strategies and assess monitoring data from Catchment Scientists to determine sources of pollution, using this information to inform and guide necessary catchment interventions or remedial works.</li><li>Conducting land usage surveys to determine potential pollution hot spots and use this information to educate and change behaviours and activities in external stakeholders’ operations.</li><li>For investigations, undertake hydrological and hydrogeological characterisations reports and produce source-pathway-receptor models. Ensuring that findings and outcomes are used across the business to improve operations.</li><li>Work closely with the Catchment team to record project performance and land owner engagement statistics. Work with these Stakeholders and other internal teams to ensure that planned actions are guided and driven by our environmental plans.</li><li>Advocate and promote the environmental work of South East Water through engagement with stakeholders on an everyday basis as well as the design and delivery of special workshops and events.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Working with our various regulators and guardians to produce technical written reports of a high standard to meet tight regulatory deadlines and highlight the positive works of South East Water.&nbsp;</li><li>Support the business with reactive, emergency environmental advice to minimise environmental impact of work and to reduce the likelihood of environmental prosecutions.</li></ul>You'll need:Skills / Qualifications / Experience<ul><li>​​​Educated to degree level in an environmental / related discipline.</li><li>The ability to understand the diverse world of catchment management.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent Stakeholder management skills – with the gravitas and communication skills needed to explain and gain buy in to complex environmental processes / solutions.</li><li>Demonstrable experience of working within or alongside the water industry to provide catchment management or environmental protection services.</li><li>Experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups in an environmental setting.</li><li>Experience of working within / alongside regulatory bodies.&nbsp;</li></ul>Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time.​ We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.Benefits package:<ul><li>Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.</li><li>5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.</li><li>Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.</li><li>Paid volunteering days.</li><li>Cycle to work scheme.</li><li>Health cash plan.</li><li>Life assurance.</li><li>Wellbeing related benefits.</li></ul>​​ What can you expect from your recruitment?<ul><li>To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.</li><li>It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.</li><li>Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.</li></ul>​ If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.Compensation package:£40,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)

Catchment Advisor

Summary:Do you want to become a key player in Our MEICA Commissioning Team? Are you seeking a dynamic MEICA role where you can make an impact?As a Site MEICA/Commissioning Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the successful installation, testing, and commissioning of MEICA elements in capital delivery projects. Reporting to the Senior Site MEICA/Commissioning Engineer, you will ensure compliance with company engineering standards and specifications, while liaising with stakeholders to enable effective commissioning activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have 2 opportunities to join us - 1 mainly focused on covering our supply area in Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey and another role that will predominantly focus on our Kent and Sussex network.This role involves challenging and innovating current engineering standards to incorporate advancing technologies, identifying hazards and mitigation strategies under Health and Safety/CDM requirements, and maintaining professional relationships with contractors, peers, and internal customers. You will also need to manage and prioritise your own workload while supporting projects across South East Water’s supply areas, which may require travel to various sites.Main Responsibilities:<ul><li>Ensure commissioning and handover plans are complete and robust for each project.</li><li>Support the delivery of high-quality outputs that meet business and regulatory requirements.</li><li>Drive technical excellence in the commissioning of plant and equipment.</li><li>Undertake on-site inspections, surveys, and witness testing to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.</li><li>Collaborate with internal stakeholders and site owners to close out projects successfully.</li><li>Train and ensure Operations teams are familiar with the functionality of new equipment being commissioned.</li><li>Review design solutions and commissioning plans in line with standards, legislation, and specifications.</li><li>Develop and maintain strong relationships with peers, contractors, and internal teams to support project delivery.</li></ul>You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience<ul><li>HNC or Degree in Engineering or equivalent training.</li><li>Substantial experience with MEICA-based installations.</li><li>Extensive technical expertise in MEICA installations and commissioning, with sound judgment in complex scenarios.</li><li>Knowledge and experience of water utility plant and process equipment.</li><li>Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.</li><li>Strong technical report writing, editorial, and oral communication skills.</li><li>Ability to identify and resolve defects and liaise effectively with diverse stakeholders.</li><li>Competence in reviewing documents such as O&amp;M manuals, RAMS, SAT, and commissioning plans.</li></ul>It will be a bonus if you have:Skills / Qualifications / Experience<ul><li>Working towards EngTech or Incorporated Engineer status.</li><li>Knowledge of PLC, HMI, and VSD equipment and their applications.</li><li>Basic online PLC/HMI code verification.</li><li>Understanding of PLC control networks, SCADA/Telemetry solutions, and NIS Regulations related to site-based software infrastructure.</li><li>Willingness to train in skill sets not currently held.</li><li>Familiarity with Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides).</li></ul>​ We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.Benefits package:<ul><li>Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.</li><li>5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.</li><li>Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.</li><li>Paid volunteering days.</li><li>Cycle to work scheme.</li><li>Health cash plan.</li><li>Life assurance.</li><li>Wellbeing related benefits.</li></ul>​​ What can you expect from your recruitment?<ul><li>To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.</li><li>It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.</li><li>Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.</li></ul>​ If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.Compensation package:Salary - £48,000 - £52,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) + Company Van

4 Full time Jobs in Farnborough, UK