Principal 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 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.
**What you’ll be doing**
As the **Principal Engineer - Water Non-Infrastructure**, you’ll work in our Capital Delivery department and lead a team of circa. 10 Engineers. The team works alongside the Project Managers for projects relating to our potable water treatmentand related assets to ensure that they are designed and delivered to Thames Water’s high standards with regard to health & safety, time, quality, and cost. The projects are located within our Thames Valley region to the west of the M25
The Principal Engineer - Water Non-Infrastructure provides the expertise needed to:

- Provide design sign-off between Thames Water’s Asset Management and Capital Delivery departments as the delivery stream dictates
- Present the selected design to the relevant internal governance committees to obtain approvals to progress the scheme
- Provide technical assurance throughout the life of the scheme, during the design, delivery, commissioning, and handover of assets
- Drive the advancement of their Engineering discipline
- Input to and continuously improve Technical Asset Standards

**The key accountabilities include**:

- Providing the technical input into de-risking Project Briefs to maximise value
- Providing the technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery including handover
- Ensuring we are compliant with Engineering based regulatory requirements
- Supporting the establishment of a cohesive, sustainable Engineering structure from graduate to industry experts that takes Thames Water’s Engineering into AMP8 and beyond

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

- Be a recognised leader in Engineering with considerable experience in the water industry
- Have a strong understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our Engineering requirements
- Possess excellent leadership and communication skills both internally and externally
- Possess the ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate
- Budget management experience
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent in an Engineering discipline and with professional chartership
- A passion for continuous professional development and a dynamic approach to driving diversity within Engineering at Thames Water

**What’s in it for you?**
As the largest UK water company, we inevitably have some of the largest and most exciting projects in the sector. This is a challenging, exciting, and high-profile role allowing you an opportunity to make an impact on our long-term ambitions whilst establishinga successful career within Thames Water.
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.
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.