Senior Mechanical Engineer

3 months ago


Berkshire, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

What you’ll be doing

You'll have the exciting opportunity to collaborate with diverse internal stakeholders, including engineers, asset management, and operations. This collaboration will shape fit-for-purpose solutions and positively influence the balance of innovation, value for money, and resilience. This role also requires extensive collaboration with, and assurance of, consultants and contractors supporting the delivery of often large, complex capital projects. Ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations, as well as our policies, standards, and expectations, so that solutions are delivered safely and meet the technical and environmental requirements of the Project Brief. Your role will be crucial in actively supporting Thames Water’s ‘triple zero’ Health, Safety, and well-being vision. By conducting audits and reviewing Risk Assessments, Method Statements, and Safe Systems of Work, you'll contribute to our goal of zero incidents, zero harm, and zero compromise. Identifying and supporting the management of delivery risks and opportunities. Contributing to the creation of Project Briefs and responding to RFIs.

Hybrid – Hampton Coal Wharf or Clearwater Court. The successful candidate will be required to be on-site two to three days a week.

36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

We are open to full-time and part-time applications for this role.

What you should bring to the role

Be educated to a degree level in Mechanical Engineering. Background in working in a design and construction-related role. Awareness of applying Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. (CDM 2015) Have technical knowledge and expertise within your discipline and the ability to work with various engineering disciplines to create fully operational solutions.

What’s in it for you?

An exciting chance for a seasoned Mechanical Engineer to contribute to key projects within the UK water industry. Join us to work on impactful wastewater treatment, renewable energy, and potable water treatment initiatives.

Competitive salary from £49,000 to £62,000 per annum. 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays) Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution. Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year. Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.



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