Hydraulic 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 - 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 home, office, and our sites. We’ll cover this during the assessment process.
**What you will be doing**
The purpose of the role is to lead the identification of the potential for improvement, carry out desktop design, implement a feasibility study and lead the delivery of solutions on Calm systems. These solutions will be in the field or across production sites(Reservoirs, Water treatment works, Water booster stations) that directly impact achieving key operational and regulatory targets. This role involves working closely with senior stakeholders in Production, Water Control, Strategic Control, Networks, and AssetManagement, while drafting calm operation solutions and business cases to push through the Directly managed capital or Stage gate process for delivery with Capital Delivery.- Lead in a regional area on the Calm systems programme identifying opportunities for both leakages and burst main avoidance/savings.
- Initiate, identify and resolve various anomalies in the clean water system which could. Support the System Optimisation Team in leading delivery of activities, in liaisons with various partners,
- A key requirement is to manage the ongoing ZPA programme to close off any anomaly that has been raised. Part of this work involves desktop modelling being carried out in the office and then delivering the solution in the field.
- Deliver key strategic system reconfigurations to optimise/rezone identified areas ensuring no negative impact is noticed to either customer or leakage strategy for that area.
- Lead analysis of long-term hydraulic system issues such as low flows or issues with Reservoir turnovers, area integrity, and network resilience providing modelling reports for solutions.
- Deliver technical input when identifying, designing, and commissioning key operational assets that are being installed to help the business achieve its key operational and regulatory targets.
- Support Strategic, Systems, and Leakage Optimisation Engineers formulating wider strategies for managing pressures, flows, reservoir levels, and pumping regimes in conjunction with the water control center - across the whole TW estate.
- Evaluate and analyse operational information, understanding data integrity difficulties, to resolve basic problems - such as site schematics for Service Reservoirs
- Update, via various mediums, all relevant teams, and coordinate projects.
- Carry out Health and Safety audits (SHE6) on various staff working on Systems Optimisation led projects to ensure everyone is working to current HSE standards.

**We are looking for you to**:

- **Comprehensive and strong ability to review and interpret complex data**, draw conclusions, make recommendations, and informed decisions on a range of projects on strategic programmes.
- **The ability to lead** and track anomalies with regards to the Calm systems programme identifying opportunities for both leakage and burst main avoidance/savings.
- **Awareness of CDM**andextensive experience concerning industry best practices regarding valve operations, water quality, leakage management, and mains commissioning.
- Strong character with proven ability to **build and maintain effective working relationship**s, along with good influencing and negotiation skills.
- **Be an excellent communicator**who canengage and collaborate with colleagues to understand their challenges and needs, and present business cases at senior stakeholder meetings.
- **Have excellent IT skills, and strong numeric and data analytical skills**togenerate accurate and detailed plans.
- **Have excellent coordination skills** and the ability to manage multiple tasks at one time.
- **Ability to travel**across our operational area was required for onsite investigations or site meetings.

**What’s in it for you?**
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.You’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working?arrangements?, and great benefits if you join our team. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunityemployer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.?
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 asked to help our Instant Support Teamto 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.