Junior Innovation Project Manager

This is a great opportunity for an undergraduate student to support in the feasibility, scoping and delivery of innovation projects within Southern Water Innovation Team.

If you have a start-up mentality, with a want to build something new and make a real impact in an industry ripe for disruption, this could be the place for you.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Support in the delivery of innovation projects: enable our team to deliver benefits to SW
• Desk-based research & scoping: find and evaluate technologies that might work for our stakeholders and biggest challenges
• Qualitative & quantitative analysis: both benefits of potential trials and results of our innovation pilots
• Support opportunity identification & gap analysis: help us find how we can help our customers and the environment
• Support business case development: drive the delivery of benefits into Southern Water
• Support and contribute to stakeholder management: work closely with colleagues in Southern Water to deliver transformative innovation

* There will be an opportunity to complete a research project during employment with the team. Freedom to shape and scope will be provided.

Person Requirements

• Undergraduates looking to take a year out in industry as part of their degree course
• Currently studying one of the following (or a related subject):
  – Sciences (Environmental, Chemistry, Biology, Physics)
  – Geography
  – Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  – Engineering
  – Data Science
• Ability to undertake Qualitative & Quantitative analysis
• Able to understand and clearly communicate technical problems
• Comfortable working with uncertainty
• Curious with the ability to balance analytical and creative thinking
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to see the bigger strategic picture
• Interest in the water and wastewater sector (desirable)
• Interest in Project Management (desirable)