Summary:
Due to continuous growth we have an opportunity for the right candidate to join a talented multi-disciplined team. Initially this role will manage the transfer of our Manufacturing facility from it’s current location in Cornwall to Stoke as well as supporting Technical & Project teams within the Riventa business. You will be required to spend approximately 1 week per month in Cornwall until the manufacturing transition to Stoke is complete. Preferably this should be completed within 1 year, after that phase the role will develop into a supervision of the facility thus freeing up the ideal candidate to focus more on the technical and project side of the business.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual who has a passion for water and making the world a better place; playing their part in solving for the macro-challenges facing humanity of; water resilience, availability and affordability.

The successful candidate will be a process and project delivery focused person, working a hands-on approach with customers and internal delivery teams to deliver technical solutions, ensuring follow-on opportunities as a result. You will be able to balance many competing factors, maintaining momentum, and always maintaining clear expectation alignment with customers; with a high degree of resilience to external factors, in order to deliver projects to the highest standards. The successful candidate will have experience of managing small-scale electronics manufacturing and be capable to deliver high quality products to enable project delivery success.

You will work in an environment which is stimulating, flexible and focused on achieving high standards of work. With a growing multi-national customer base and opportunities throughout our parent company to deliver projects around the globe.

The key experience required will include electronics manufacturing, technical project delivery in industrial markets and ideally will have knowledge of digitally transforming industrial sectors; leveraging the value of information from data.

Riventa is positioned at the leading edge of digital transformation of the water sector – a sector that to date has been left behind as other industries have benefited from digital transformation. We work directly with end customers, and in collaboration with group companies, to extract operational value from data to save our customers energy, increase their reliability and resilience, increase capacity, and assist them on the journey to net-zero.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Project manage and oversee relocation of the Manufacturing facility.
• Deliver technical projects (internal & external) consistently and reliably.
• Manage an electro-mechanical manufacturing line.
• Oversee multi-disciplined teams.
• To manage stakeholder expectations, and successful delivery of projects.
• Responsible for setting, adhering to and reporting on budgeting for projects.
• Expectation to travel.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong project delivery experience and stakeholder management.
• Proven track record delivering projects.
• Experience managing manufacturing environments.
• Experience in relevant industries (Water/Industrial/Utilities) – desirable.
• Background in electronics engineering or similar.
• Engineering or technical background would be advantageous.

Working for us means:

• 25 days holiday + statutory.
• Probationary Period – 6 months.
• Pension – Can join immediately or auto enrolled after 3 months - Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice.
• Eligible to join Private Healthcare after successfully completing probation.
• Enrolled in Group Income Protection and Death in Service (4 x basic salary) upon commencement of employment.
• Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month thereafter.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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