Network Engineer

Department:
Project Support

Employment Type:
Full Time

Location:
West Malling

Compensation:
£45,000 - £55,000 / year

Description
Veriflo Ltd recently marked a major milestone, our 10-year anniversary, and we're entering an exciting new chapter. Last year, we joined forces with the Celnor Group, becoming part of a network of over 30 complementary businesses united by a shared commitment to excellence.

Celnor delivers a wide spectrum of inspection, testing, certification, and compliance (TICC) services to commercial clients across the UK, Ireland and US. Their values, especially investing in people and capabilities, align seamlessly with ours, and this partnership has accelerated our growth and broadened our impact.

The Network Engineer will be responsible for supporting or acting on behalf of the Project Management Team to deliver key projects and contracts by providing specialist clean water knowledge of hydraulic principles and network modelling to the team.

This role would be ideally suited to a candidate who is able to troubleshoot network issues, spot anomalies and take ownership of resolutions and deliver actions when considering the project objectives.

There will be some need to undertake field-based activities and lead on complex network operations as well as overseeing and auditing the field teams daily tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Propose and support the development of pressure and flow management schemes and be able to present a cost benefit analysis of asset management schemes to the client.
• Review and analyse available sources of data to provide a concise and clear summary of findings, propose further investigations and solutions.
• Using GIS for clean water network mapping and tracing applications – understand and identify asset information, tracing of mains, district metered areas, permit to work info layer, identifying customer impact.
• Identifying anomalies within GIS, analysing information and providing a logical solution to identifying and designing asset management solutions.
• Lead on the interrogation and analysis of logged data and use of metering software.
• Monitor and report on missing and broken assets within the network ensuring they are 'client ready' to asses criticality.
• Creating comprehensive standard and complex risk mitigation plans and method statements (Permit to works) for review by the Senior team. Adhering to client standards and regulations.
• Liaise regularly in person or via conference call with external stakeholders and clients including Client Engineers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• The primary liaison between Project Managers and the Network Analysts to ensure efficiency, productivity and shared knowledge across all teams.
• Planning and scheduling form part of the role whereby you will optimise the field resource to deliver all work in line with key dates and redirecting resources where required.
• Create and track project work, ensuring all briefings are conducted and the project is HSEQ compliant according to the Veriflo company standards.
• Track hours, project completions and collate all relevant information to deliver a client ready comprehensive activity summary report and de-briefing document.
• Provide in field support on project delivery as required? Eg, probes, large isolations etc. and at times conduct routine compliance audits to provide client reassurance.
• You may be required to be an active member of the Health and Safety committee and take responsibility for delivering HSEQ actions.
• The role will require you to personally Line Manage which includes conducting annual and mid year appraisals.
• You will project briefings, contingency planning, creating site specific RAMS for review.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

This is a varied technical role, suited to someone who is looking to be valued in a smaller yet rapidly growing company and would seeking an opportunity to work across multiple projects for multiple clients.

• Minimum of 5 years industry experience or in a similar transferable role
• An understanding of the distribution and trunk main network operating principles
• An understanding of hydraulic analysis using hydraulic modelling software
• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification
• Proven experience of working within a project life cycle, either by desktop or field support
• Proficient use of Office365 and GIS
• Knowledge of district metered design and optimisation is desirable
• Practical hands-on industry or utility knowledge

Benefits

• Health & Lifestyle Rewards Scheme with Benenden Health (including discounts at 3500+ retailers including supermarkets, 24/7 GP service for you and your family, access to private healthcare and more)
• An additional day per year earnt after 3 consecutive years of employment, capped at 30 days excluding bank holidays + enhanced sick pay
• 1% above national minimum for employers contribution to your auto-enrolment pension fund
• Flexible hybrid working currently set at 3:2 (office/site to home working) after successful probation
• Funding of relevant professional qualifications and memberships in line with our company Training and Professional Memberships Policy should this be desired or required for your role.
• 2 x Companywide team meetings including Summer Team Building event and a Winter Christmas Party.
• An annual appraisal and a Companywide salary review each year
• Favorable refer a friend reward scheme