Technical Coordinator (Commercial Contracts)

About the role Technical Coordinator (Commercial Contracts) Location: Washington Permanent – 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements will be considered) Salary: £39,316-£49,145 (depending on experience) Northumbrian Water’s Wastewater Networks team has a rare and exciting opportunity for a passionate individual to join us as a Wastewater Networks Projects Coordinator. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering projects that directly shape our business plan for 2025 and beyond. Your work will focus on eradicating sewer flooding and pollution within our wastewater networks, contributing to solutions that improve lives and protect the environment. Collaborating closely with both internal teams and external stakeholders, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of our wastewater networks contract while helping us achieve an effective balance between asset needs and financial performance. You will lead technical reviews with the wastewater networks team, using your expertise to make smart decisions that drive results. Alongside this, you’ll champion Health & Safety by conducting process reviews, incident investigations, and on-site audits, adopting a culture of safety and continuous improvement. Your technical knowledge will be invaluable in providing support and coaching to the commercial contracts team, the wider wastewater networks team, and our supply chain. Through your expertise, you will help ensure that our wastewater network operates efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. About you To succeed in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, a collaborative approach, and a positive, problem-solving attitude. Your ability to stay organised and manage competing priorities will be essential. We’re looking for you to have proven experience of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook, along with the capability to quickly adapt to corporate systems and processes. You’ll regularly produce reports in Word and communicate your findings effectively, both in writing and verbally, ensuring clarity and impact. Experience working in a demanding, regulated business environment is essential, as is the ability to work across multiple teams with ease. You’ll have a degree in environmental, construction, or civil engineering, and you’ll also need a full, valid driving licence as site travel will be required. If you’re ready to bring your expertise, adaptability, and enthusiasm to a role where you’ll make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment. About us NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water. We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our values Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision. Our values are: Results Driven:

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results. Ethical:

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities. Customer Focused:

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers. Innovative:

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business. One Team:

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives. Our benefits Generous holiday entitlement starting 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays. Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%. Free access to local attractions. A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more. Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members. Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme. Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme. Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription. This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

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