Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
What you’ll be doing
A successful candidate will be Responsible for the company’s preparedness and response capabilities under the government legislation of SEMD (Security and Emergency Measures Direction) and the NIS (Network Information Systems) Directive
Responsible for strategy and technical definition of AMP7 security programme including installations of both physical and electronic measures across the Thames Water estate ensuring compliance to National Security guidelines and standards.
We’re looking for you to
- Articulating Government guidance notes and defining the company requirements for Physical Security
- Define the business culture of security awareness through leading a communication deployment plan
- Act as the security lead and technical specialist for all interactions with Security regulations and standards
- Accountable for the security risk assessment process (SRA) for all security elements of the business
- Assure updated policies when required based on government or external stakeholder changes
- Accountable for process and procedural improvements to manage and reduce security risk.
- Improve Operational Security awareness within Thames Water working with the wider security team and Internal Comms
- Own the SEMD programme with physical security guidance and technical standards
What Skills are we looking for?
- Extensive security experience gained in a similar role
- Track record of delivery within large scale, senior utility roles, along with appreciable experience across a range of functions
- Broad understanding of the industry, business, regulatory framework, and the market
- Relevant management or professional qualification, or equivalent
- Strong leadership, management and influencing skills required to drive performance and continuous improvement
- Strategic thinker, sound judgement, decisive, and excellent decision-making track record
- Media skills and experience
- No of Direct Reports: 1 – 5
What’s in it for you?
Our competitive salary & package includes a generous bonus scheme, car allowance, an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach where we’ll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
Click here to find out more about working at Thames Water.