Operations and OT Specialist
About this role
Hazen and Sawyer is seeking a highly experienced Operations / OT Specialist with a strong Electrical Engineering and SCADA background to lead advisory and delivery services for UK water sector clients. This role focuses on driving operational excellence, modernizing OT environments, and improving asset reliability through advanced maintenance and digital strategies.
You will act as a trusted advisor to water utilities, guiding complex projects and programs across operations, maintenance, and OT/SCADA transformation, while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
Work Setting: Hybrid
Why Hazen and Sawyer:
- Founded in 1951 by the son of Allen Hazen (developer of the Hazen-Williams equation), we are an employee-owned company with a singular focus on "all things water."
- Our work includes planning, design, and oversight of construction of environmental infrastructure – for water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
- We foster a work environment low on bureaucracy and high in creativity.
- We recruit talented professionals, provide them with challenging, interesting, and creative assignments, and furnish them with the tools they need to succeed.
- We currently have over 2,000 employees in 70+ offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and the UK.
- A flexible hybrid work schedule supports today's busy professionals.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Advisory & Client Leadership
- Lead complex consulting engagements across operations, maintenance, and OT/SCADA domains
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, asset managers, and operational leaders
- Define and deliver transformation strategies for water and wastewater utilities
- Lead client workshops, executive briefings, and stakeholder alignment sessions
- Baseline company performance indicators and devise roadmaps or projects that improve overall business performance and establish tracking KPIs with key stakeholders
- Stakeholder Management
Operations & Maintenance Excellence
- Advise on advanced maintenance strategies (predictive, condition-based, reliability-centered maintenance) Drive improvements in asset reliability, uptime, and lifecycle cost optimization
- Integrate OT data into maintenance and operational decision-making · Support development of enterprise asset management and maintenance frameworks OT / SCADA & Electrical Systems Leadership ·
- Provide technical leadership on SCADA, telemetry, PLCs, and industrial control systems
- Assess and modernize legacy OT architectures, including integration with IT systems
- Define OT strategies covering cybersecurity, resilience, and scalability
- Support design and optimization of electrical systems for treatment works and networks
- Lead OT/SCADA master planning and roadmap development
- Undertake in depth hazard reviews of site electrical infrastructure and formalize plans for maintenance and investment planning
Regulatory & Industry Alignment
- Ensure all client solutions align with UK regulatory frameworks and expectations
- Support regulatory engagement and readiness with bodies such as the Environment Agency and Ofwat
- Provide strategic input into AMP cycles, business planning, and performance commitments
Required Skills & Experience
- Required Skills & Experience
- 15+ years of experience in the water sector (utility, system integrator, or consulting)
- Extensive knowledge of water and wastewater operations and maintenance practices
- Strong background in Electrical Engineering and industrial control systems
- Deep expertise in SCADA systems, PLCs, telemetry, and OT architecture
- Proven experience leading OT/SCADA transformation or modernization programs
- Experience integrating OT data into asset management and operational strategies
- Strong understanding of UK regulatory frameworks and AMP cycles
- Experience with cybersecurity considerations in OT environments
- Project and or Program Management
- FMECA and or root cause analysis experience
What We Offer:
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans)
- Pre-tax flexible spending plans for medical, dependent care, and transportation
- Short and long-term disability, and employer paid life insurance
- Paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid time off (PTO)
- Employer-contributed 401(k) plan and additional financial planning support
- Professional growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement, in-house training, and incentives for professional registration and professional organization memberships
- Starting pay range for this position depends on skills, experience, education and geographical location
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Company at a glance
As Hazen marks 75 years, we celebrate a legacy of absolute commitment to our clients while delivering the best technical work available anywhere. By fostering a culture rich with collaboration, opportunity, and support, we've retained a small-firm feel even as we've expanded to be the water industry's largest firm solely devoted to all things water.
Our focus on water prepares us to handle the exceptional challenges facing the industry: adapting to new regulations and changes in supply or demand; targeting stretched budgets for optimal ROI; developing resilience to drought, floods, severe storms, and wildfires; charting a course into the digital age; and much, much more.
Our focus on water also makes us home to many of the world’s top water experts and rising talents, each seeking a challenging and rewarding career while making an important contribution to the communities in which we work.
If you have a water challenge, Hazen and Sawyer has your solution.
Visit our website to view a full list of all Hazen office locations across the country and around the world.
Top Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Prescription Plans
- Flexible Spending Plans
- Short-term Disability
- Long-term Disability
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) Plan
- Financial Planning Support
- Tuition Reimbursement
- In-house Training
- Professional Registration Incentives
- Professional Organization Memberships
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