Imperial - Water Supervisor

Role purpose

Leadership and governance

• Lead, supervise, and develop Water Technicians, including performance management, coaching, training, succession planning, recruitment, and disciplinary matters where required.
• Act as the Site Authorised Person for water safety and provide technical guidance to operational teams and specialist contractors.
• Work with client Authorising Engineers, Authorised Persons, Responsible Persons, internal teams, and external stakeholders.
• Support site leadership and promote accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Compliance and water safety

• Maintain the Water Safety Plan, Written Schemes of Control, and associated compliance documentation.
• Apply relevant requirements including HTM 04-01, ACOP L8, HSG274, SFG20, and trust-specific water safety requirements.
• Develop and improve risk assessments, control measures, and planned preventive maintenance programmes.
• Ensure statutory inspections, monitoring, water sampling, and compliance tasks are completed to standard.
• Conduct audits, investigate compliance failures and incidents, implement corrective actions, and report risks and improvement opportunities.

Service delivery and incident response

• Manage day-to-day water hygiene services, including planned and reactive work, technical support, and service-level performance.
• Coordinate with project and engineering teams on compliance during design, project delivery, commissioning, validation, and handover.
• Keep compliance records, digital systems, logbooks, risk registers, and performance data accurate and audit-ready.
• Manage specialist contractors and lead responses to water incidents, outbreaks, and emergencies.
• Maintain contingency and emergency response plans, coordinate mitigation, and support safe restoration of services.

Qualifications and experience

• Legionella Awareness Training is listed as a qualification.
• An HTM 04-01 Responsible Person qualification is required, or the successful candidate must be willing to obtain it.
• A City & Guilds Level 3 qualification in mechanical engineering, plumbing, water treatment, or an equivalent discipline is preferred.
• Working knowledge of ACOP L8, HTM 04-01, HSG274, SFG20, and water hygiene legislation and best practice is required.
• Ability to conduct water hygiene risk assessments and implement effective control measures is required.
• Experience with digital water hygiene systems such as eLogbooks or ZetaSafe is listed.
• Healthcare experience or management of complex water systems is highly desirable.
• The further person specification is cut off in the supplied description.