Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
What you will be doing
Working under the direction of the Principal Engineers the role will be part of the intelligent client Thames Water needs to be able to achieve its AMP7 ambitions and beyond. Focusing on the civil or mechanical engineering discipline the role will provide the expertise needed to:
- Get the right technical requirements from the Project Definition Briefs and maximise value by understanding risks and providing mitigation
- Input and continuously improve Technical Asset Standards
- Provide Design sign-off to between Asset Management and Capital Delivery as the Delivery Stream dictates
- Provide Technical assurance during the delivery, commissioning, and hand over of Assets
Other responsibilities include:
- Coaching and mentoring others to ensure continuous improvement.
- Assessment of Project Briefs and associated technical information and solutions
- Management of the activities of multi-disciplinary project teams
- Management of the delivery of design activities to time, cost and quality through planning and forecasting resource requirements.
- Checking and review of team outputs.
We’re looking for you to:
- Preferably educated to degree level or equivalent in a civil or mechanical engineering discipline and possibly with a professional chartership or be working towards it
- Have experience in process plant design and technical assurance within the water industry or with a background working on new plant equipment
- Be able to come up with robust and safe proposals and/or solutions
- Be adept in risk management, including risk identification, mitigation and control
- The ability to de-risk and add value during the outline design stage is a key requirement for this position
- Have a focus on supporting and implementing continuous improvement
- Have experience in working with/in project teams and accountability for delivery to meet project objectives
What’s in it for you?
Capital Delivery at Thames Water is Engineering Our Future
The supply of wholesome drinking water and safe treatment of wastewater is critical to protecting our environment. We are passionate about our responsibility for successfully delivering innovative solutions from feasibility and design through to construction and therefore have opportunities right across the project lifecycle.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we are moving to a hybrid approach where we will provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we are a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
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