Senior 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 liters 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 workingfrom the home, office, and our sites. We’ll cover this during the assessment process.
**What you’ll be doing**
A key role in the Project Engineering team, as a **Senior ICA Engineer**, you’ll be working alongside contractors and consultants delivering Capital Projects for Thames Water and ensuring they comply with our requirements, standards, and expectationsfor design, delivery, and Health & Safety.
The Project Engineering team is responsible for ensuring the effective definition and de-risking of project briefs which provide the foundation of capital projects, and you’ll play an essential part in the supply of project briefs for contractors to deliveragainst whilst maintaining capital spend.
Focusing on the ICA Engineering discipline, the **Senior ICA Engineer** will provide the expertise needed to:

- Oversee the development of Contractor Project Briefs to meet defined needs with best value solutions.
- Understand and mitigate project risks to reduce project delivery costs.
- Provide Design sign-off between Asset Management and Capital Delivery as the Delivery Stream dictates
- Provide technical assurance of projects during the delivery, commissioning, and handover of Assets

**Key accountabilities include**:

- Co-ordinating the development of Project Briefs from the needs defined by Asset Management
- Understanding project risks and co-ordinate mitigation activities
- Preparing and supporting technical reviews through the Definition, De-Risking, and Detail Design phases of projects
- Carrying out Technical Assurance checks and audits of contractor activities and outputs through the Detail Design and Construction phases of projects
- Coaching and mentoring others to facilitate personal development and continuous improvement

**What you should bring to the role**:

- **Have an engineering degree**or other appropriate technical qualification in an engineering discipline
- **Be knowledgeable**and have relevant experience in Instrumentation, Calibration, and Automation
- **Understanding of Health & Safety in the construction industry** and particular CDM
- **Experience in developing capital project solutions** in the water/wastewater industry
- **Experience in developing technical project solutions** and/or briefs
- **Understand the regulatory environment**to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements
- **Have excellent communication and** interpersonal skills, be naturally collaborative and confident to effectively communicate with colleagues, contractors, and consultants, and drive forward project delivery
- **Have a passion for continuous professional development**and an active approach to driving diversity within engineering in Thames Water

**What’s in it for you?**
his is a fantastic opportunity to be involved with the design and delivery of capital projects within the UK's largest water and wastewater company. Working within an encouraging and collaborative team who lives our values every day, you’ll be in a prime positionto make a difference to our business and our customers.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with a length of service, and a wider benefits scheme.
**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 great benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunityemployer, 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, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be required to participate in a rota to provideCustomer Incident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time. This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’llbe given full training - it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.