DBO Contracts Technical Lead

Grade and Salary

D (€61,531 -€92,296)*

Job Description

We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.

Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.

We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.

Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland’s water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.

The Role:

The Asset Operations function forms the cornerstone of service delivery to customers, protecting the environment and meeting regulatory standards as well as managing the majority of operational expenditure. The Asset Operations function has responsibility for operational and maintenance strategy, policies, planning and standard operating procedures for Water and Wastewater operations both nationally and regionally, ensuring that value for money and customer service is delivered.

The Operations Support Team has responsibility for providing and managing effective business infrastructure and processes at a national level to support operational activities at site level. The key aim of the DBO team is to ensure that Uisce Éireann are achieving maximum value for money from the DBO Portfolio, all the while ensuring that the contractors maintain operational stability and efficacy in accordance with the provisions of the operations contract.

Reporting to the DBO Contract Technical Manager, the DBO Contract Technical Lead will contribute to the effective management of commercial contracts within the DBO Team. The role will also involve the implementation of national commercial initiatives across the portfolio along with working with the DBO Leads in the analysis and resolution of contractor claims and assessments of variations on the DBO contracts.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Play a key role in the DBO Team on the commercial management of DBO contracts on an ongoing basis

• Assist the DBO team on the commercial management of DBO short operational service contracts on an ongoing basis and in particular the assessment of payment applications

• Manage, track and report on the Capital Replacement Fund spend across the DBO portfolio

• Data management & governance in the collation of information internally on DBO operated sites

• Support the DBO team to ensure internal contract governance is adhered to

• Monitor and review contracts, ensuring they are compliant with commercial terms (based on operational reports) and audit payments as required

• Liaise with internal stakeholders, to ensure information; costs, and value meet the requirements of each DBO contract

• Assist the DBO team with the development and negotiation of national DBO arrangements with third party suppliers

• Support the DBO team in the development and negotiation of DBO operational contracts

• Support the DBO team in the development of revenue generation initiatives across the DBO portfolio of contracts

• Ensure DBO contracts are managed in a consistent, standardised, and effective manner; identifying key trends and challenging underperformance.

• Monitor and review contracts, ensuring they are compliant with Commercial terms (based on operational reports) and audit payments as required

• Liaise with all Stakeholders, internal and external to ensure information; costs, and value meet the requirements of each DBO contract

• Support the development and negotiation of national DBO arrangements with third party suppliers

• Support Asset Strategy and Asset Delivery in the development and negotiation of DBO contracts

• Work with the wider business to develop revenue generation initiatives from the DBO portfolio of contracts

• Advise on contractual dispute resolution and contract interpretation for DBO contracts.

• Raise contract commercial risks and issues as appropriate to the DBO Team

• Support the DBO Contract Technical Manager in execution of strategic and tactical commercial decisions

• Ensure alignment to Uisce Éireann procurement practices, and industry best practice

• Assist with preparing Budgets and monitoring of same, highlighting any risks to our contracts.

• Carry out Value for Money analysis on all Cost Proposals received on our Contracts

• Perform other duties as required from time to time

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business.

• Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards.

• Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives.

• Other duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant third level qualification e.g. Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Financial, Business Management or related area

• Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience in a Financial, Commercial or Engineering function within a large organisation

• Relevant experience in the water and wastewater industry preferable

• We work better together - Ability to demonstrate developing and maintaining effective strategic relationships & key stakeholder management, both internally and externally to the organization

• Good level of contractual legal awareness and competence in assessing contract documents and contract requirements is essential.

• Ability to assess and execute programs, policies and initiative operational needs;

• Strong business acumen, communication and negotiation skills;

• PC skills required: extensive use of Microsoft Excel & Word

• We do the right thing - Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate complex information to others

• We aim high - Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results

• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions

• Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements

• Proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job

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