Energy & Utility Skills is pleased to welcome RSE, a leading water technology and solutions group, as its newest Member Organisation.
Employing around 2,000 people across 17 UK sites and an office in Milwaukee, RSE works with water companies across the UK to design, manufacture, install and commission water and wastewater treatment solutions. The organisation also supports around 1,000 people through its wider supply chain.
RSE’s expertise spans asset management, chemical and biological treatment, controls and automation, modular treatment solutions, remote monitoring, operational technology cyber security and nature-based solutions. Its recent work includes the UK’s largest ceramic membrane installation at Hampton Loade water treatment works and a standardised phosphorus-removal programme delivered across 30 Scottish Water sites.
Stephen Slessor, Chief Executive of RSE, said:
“RSE joined Energy & Utility Skills because the number of people we can recruit and train now limits how much work we can deliver. Our research this year, Modular by Design: Closing the Delivery Gap, found that 54% of water companies see workforce and skills as a pressure on delivery, and only 3% feel fully prepared for the digital requirements coming through. We see the same gap in our own hiring, most sharply for electricians, commissioning engineers and controls specialists.
“Membership puts us in the room where standards, apprenticeships and assessment routes are set. We want to bring a supply chain employer’s view to that work. Our particular interest is the technical trades, and the controls and digital skills that the Skills Strategy 2025–2030 will depend on.”
Stephen Barrett, Director of Membership and Strategic Engagement at Energy & Utility Skills Group, added:
“I’m delighted to welcome RSE as our latest Member Organisation. Addressing shared workforce challenges will depend on employers working together to strengthen standards, apprenticeships and accessible routes into the sector.
RSE’s contribution will support the collaborative ambitions of the Skills Strategy 2025–2030 and help build the skilled, resilient and digitally capable workforce our industries need.”
RSE’s membership further strengthens its relationship with Energy & Utility Skills following the recent appointment of Stephen Slessor to the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council.
Through the CEO Council, Stephen will contribute perspectives from the water supply chain and champion wider, more accessible pathways into technical careers, particularly for people who do not enter the sector with a degree.
Read more about Stephen Slessor’s appointment to the EUSP CEO Council.
RSE now joins a growing community of employers, partners and stakeholders working collaboratively to address shared workforce challenges and deliver the ambitions of the Skills Strategy 2025–2030.
Find out more about the Skills Strategy 2025–2030.
If your organisation would like to help shape the future of skills across the energy and utilities sector, find out more about Energy & Utility Skills membership.
