Operational Specialist Team Leader- Emergency Planning

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

How’s this for job satisfaction? At Scottish Water we look after Scotland's most precious natural resource. From source to tap, we’re guarding Scotland's reputation for refreshingly pure water, while caring for our environment at the same time.

Sound good? We have an exciting opportunity for an Operational Specialist Team Leader 'Security Operations and Planning' to join us in our Security Team.

What You'll do

You'll provide expertise in all aspects of security with a focus on security policy and strategy, delivering security awareness training and advice across Scottish Water and its partners, investigating significant security incidents, and representing Scottish Water at meetings with Police Scotland and other external agencies.

You'll be responsible for the preparation and update a variety of security policy, procedures and plans (including SW Security Manual, CCTV, security incident management and alarm response) for internal and external stakeholders.  Additionally, you will create and deliver a wide range of training material to support these and plan, deliver and evaluate appropriate exercising.

You'll manage the security incident reporting system; analysing trends, investigating security incidents; and providing regular business-wide updates; producing reports and recommendations to the business for improvements to security systems and procedures.

As a lead subject matter expert, you'll provide strategic guidance, lead our response to emerging national security risks, and play a key role in protecting Scottish Water's people, assets and critical infrastructure.

You will also support the wider team with advice and support on a range of topics, ensuring compliance with SEMD requirements and Scottish Government directions.

You'll support, coach and advise our team of Protective Security Specialists in all aspects of their role.

You'll make sure that SW is aware of appropriate security-related legislation issued by UK and Scottish Governments; identify what is relevant to Scottish Water, assess the impact and develop a response on behalf of SW, including briefing senior management.

What you’ll need

You will have previous experience that has built knowledge of legislation and guidance relevant to the Scottish water sector, including data protection, information security, personnel security and insider threat, and government security requirements.

With strong analytical and investigative skills, you will be able to assess incidents, identify vulnerabilities and develop clear, practical and cost-effective recommendations.

Excellent stakeholder management skills are essential, with the ability to build credible relationships at all levels and collaborate effectively to achieve successful outcomes.

You'll need knowledge of protective security standards, such as British & European standards, and the UK Government's security guidelines, understanding Crime Prevention through Environmental Design and experience assessing risks related to crime and terrorism is important.

Specialist security training through organisations such as the National Protective Security Authority or UK police services would be advantageous.

To support the wider team, knowledge of intruder detection systems (IDS), perimeter intrusion detection, CCTV and access control systems (ACS), together with a strong understanding of relevant British and European standards, codes of practice and regulatory requirements would be an advantage but the ability to learn is just as important.

Candidates must hold, or be able to obtain and maintain, UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance

You should be proficient in Microsoft 365 and associated IT systems and finally, you will be required to travel around Scotland, so a UK (DVLA-issued) driving licence is essential.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

You’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.

For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), and life assurance.

As for some nice extras? You will participate in a company bonus scheme. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 7. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £45,699. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £56,669.

If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on 15th September

We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location. 

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Don’t worry - we’ll only start these checks once you’ve accepted an offer

A few final things worth knowing…

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Candidates should be aware that a valid UK driving licence is required for driving on Scottish Water business and claiming business mileage expenses.

Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.

Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.