Construction Engineer

**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.
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**
As a Construction Assurance Engineer, you’ll be responsible for ensuring contractors are safely delivering the required assets to our project delivery process, time, quality, and cost. This means you will be involved during the design, construction, commissioning,and defects rectification period of the project and therefore, ensure buildability, and efficient and effective delivery in line with our site compliance processes.
You’ll be assuring the meeting of regulatory and statutory requirements and maximising the benefits to Thames Water and overseeing all construction activities on your projects from conception to completion whilst monitoring compliance with our asset standards,safety, environmental, and quality standards and with wider regulations.
You will actively promote the Thames Water ‘Three Zeros’ culture associated with our health and safety performance. These are, ‘Zero Incidents, Zero Harm & Zero Compromise.’
**Key role responsibilities include**:

- Engaging with Asset Management and Operations to agree on the most effective solutions
- Assisting with the assessment and appointment of contractors
- Using learnings from previous projects to optimise the construction and handover phase of projects and innovate where practicable
- Assisting key design reviews (Solutions review/Challenge Workshop, HAZOP, HAZCOM, SWIFT)
- Identifying risks and issues and working with stakeholders to resolve
- Liaising with Operations and contractors to approve passing through key milestones
- Assessing and reporting project progress, acting to rectify issues, and escalating as necessary
- Assuring the project as it moves through the construction phase ensuring all non-conformance is identified and rectified
- Monitoring and reviewing component (FAT/SAT) testing and commissioning, ensuring all commissioning activities defined in the commissioning plan are satisfactorily completed
- Auditing contractor compliance with site procedures, following up and ensuring corrective actions are closed out
- Managing identification and resolution of snags prior to commencement of taking Over procedures
- Reviewing ITPs and quality assurance documentation to ensure a smooth handover of the project
- Liaising with Operations and contractors to manage the defects process and performance testing

**We’re looking for you to**:

- Be qualified in NEBOSH or IOSH General or Construction Certificate or SMSTS or willing to gain
- Be degree qualified or have substantial experience in either Civil or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
- Be knowledgeable in the processes used in water and/or wastewater as appropriate
- Understand the project delivery mechanisms, development of design, construction, and operation of infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects
- Be self-starting, resilient, and tenacious under pressure, with a desire to successfully deliver projects to time, cost, and quality
- Have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, to clearly interact with our stakeholders and contractors
- Possess excellent organisation and workload management skills
- Deliver exceptional service through a passionate and positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team
- Foster a positive Health & Safety culture within the team and contractors, ensuring we fulfil environmental and Health & Safety statutory obligations
- Have a full driving licence as travel will be required to construction and operational sites across the Thames Water catchment area

**What’s in it for you?**
This is an exciting role, the key to the successful delivery of our portfolio of projects across various sites in the London area. You’ll be overseeing all construction activities on your projects from conception to completion monitoring compliance with ourasset standards, safety, environmental, and quality standards, and wider regulations.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service, and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save youmoney and support your wellbeing.
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 and flexible working arrangements.
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 around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support ourcustomers on the frontline as an Ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues, and a earn bit of extra money along the way.