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 of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing. At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open – and this matters even more through a pandemic.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we’ve adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach with various options across working from home, office and our sites. We’ll cover this during the assessment process.
What you’ll be doing
This position is based in waste treatment. You will manage the end-to-end delivery cycle of engineering projects from the initial scoping of the need, through to commission/setting to work and handing back the completed project to the client.
We are seeking a Project Engineer that has managed multiple projects from start to finish. You will be confident procuring qualified contractors and must be articulate, numerical and commercially minded. Your key duties will include:
- Health & Safety management for your portfolio of projects
- Writing specification documents
- Assessing tenders
- Financial management
- Programme management
- Technical assurance
- Communication with key stakeholders/customers
- Ensuring all asset data is captured and updated at the end of a project
- £40,205 to £54,395 depending on skills, experience and location
- 36 hours per week, Monday-Friday
- £4,500 car allowance & paid company mileage
- We are looking for multiple Project Engineers so your base could be at key locations within the Thames Water South West area, including Bracknell, Camberley, Chertsey, Crawley, Esher, Guildford, Farnham, Woking
- Required to travel to other sites 3-4 days per week within an approximately 60 mile radius with some working from home
What you should bring to the role
- A full UK driving licence and have your own transport
- Knowledge of wastewater treatment processes
- Experience within a commercial and/or technical role
- An HNC/HND in mechanical, electrical, chemical or civil engineering or relevant experience
- An awareness of Health and Safety and CDM 2015
- Experience managing the delivery, design and estimating of engineering projects
- The ability to work unsupervised and use your own initiative to deliver specified outputs
- Graduates will be considered that have some experience with wastewater treatment
What’s in it for you?
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements and really great benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader employer.
Find out more about working at Thames Water
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be asked to help out our Instant Support Team to help our customers in their hour of need. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’ll be given full training – it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.