Matthew Smiley
Senior Principal Operations Specialist
Matthew brings extensive experience across the disciplines of potable water treatment and distribution. This experience includes senior operational and management roles with large private utilities in southern England, where he held responsibility for the operation and maintenance of storage reservoirs, treatment assets, service reservoirs, and potable conveyance networks. His expertise spans incident and leakage management, water resources and production planning, data analytics, regulatory reporting, and asset management. Matthew has led large, multidisciplinary teams with a focus on exceeding regulatory performance commitments while maintaining safety and effectively balancing risk, compliance, and financial efficiency.
- Areas of Expertise
- Water networks and leakage management
- Water treatment
- Water resources
- Regulatory reporting
- Operational management
- Education
- MSc Sustainability (Climate Change), The University of Leeds
- BSc Physical Geography, The University of Leeds
- Certification/License
- EUSR National Water Hygiene
- National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), General Certificate