KEPPLER. Personalberatung | Germany | 28xxx Syke | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 21.04.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Water (m/f/d)
The water supply Syker Vorgeest GmbH (WSV) is a modern municipal company that acts as a 100% subsidiary of the Water Supply Association Syker-Vorgeest. The company is responsible for the reliable supply of drinking water for around 105,000 inhabitants in the city of Syke and the surrounding municipalities of Stuhr, Weyhe, Bruchhausen-Vilsen and Thedinghausen. With a pipe network of over 1.235 kilometres and a fixed capacity of around 32.5 million. The euro forms an essential pillar of regional general interest. Entrepreneurship is not geared to maximising profits, but to security of supply, sustainability and cost-covering provision of drinking water in high quality. In this structure, the water sector management is responsible for water management with currently around 25 employees, including the maintenance and operational optimization of the plants and the continuous development of the network infrastructure. The role is characterized by an increasing interconnection of technical and commercial tasks and is located in a direct line of reports to the management. In addition to ensuring the proper operation, the position provides design space for further developments – both in technology and in the operational processes. The role therefore requires not only a sound engineering expertise, but also the ability to define clear structures as a central contact person and to develop the interfaces between planning, own construction design and the commercial area.
Drinking water supply – Strategic head with hands-on mentality This is why: The special appeal lies in the connection of technical expertise and controlling along with budgeting. In flat hierarchies, you act as a central entity, shape forward-looking structures and secure sustainable regional drinking water supply with high self-responsibility. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
You ensure smooth operation including Planning and implementation of measures, run your area and responsible for day-to-day business and investments. You are the central technical contact and Sparring partner:in the management. Your tasks – an extract: Responsibility for the safe and economical operation of the network infrastructure as well as drinking water facilities Guided tour of the area Water incl. own civil engineering (about 25 employees) Planning, control and implementation of civil engineering measures as well as ensuring construction monitoring including quality, time and cost control and acceptance and warranty tracking; Perception of the client function as well as planning and handling of measures according to HOAI control of investment and maintenance planning (approximately € 5 million per year); Responsibility for budget planning and control further development of the network; Participation in larger projects Execution of hydraulic calculations (e.g. water quantities, avoidance of stagnation) as well as activity as a draft author according to § 53 NBauO (if given) Continuation of rehabilitation planning as well as professional support of the disorder management Responsibility for tenders and awards (VOB/VOL) and control of external service providers Close coordination with management and relevant interfaces Monitoring of approval procedures and drawing up opinions on construction planning
You have completed engineering studies from one of the fields of supply technology, settlement water management, civil engineering, process engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable You bring several years of professional experience in the planning, construction and/or operation of management infrastructures – ideally in water supply – and have acquired them in a utility company, an engineering firm/executive civil engineering company or in related industrial areas You have already gained leadership experience – also professional leadership or the management of complex projects in a comparable technical environment You have knowledge of pre-planning, construction processing and settlement of infrastructure projects, ideally according to HOAI You are safe in handling the relevant rules (DVGW, TrinkwV) and the commercial aspects of the technology (investments, maintenance, controlling)
Industrial pension 5,49% employer-funded Beneficiary access to EGYM Wellpass Flexibile Working hours - sliding time
Location
 | KEPPLER. Personalberatung | |
| 28857 Syke | ||
| Germany |
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