Engineer- Water Main Laying

KIER GROUP-1; Basildon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is seeking a Project Engineer to join their water team in East Anglia, focusing on capital mains renewal. The role involves overseeing innovative engineering designs tailored to water distribution systems, collaborating on project management budgets, and engaging with customers to solve issues. Ideal candidates will have experience in water engineering and contract management. Join us for a rewarding career with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Variety of tailored benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management and site supervision.
• Significant experience with water distribution systems and network operations.
• Proven ability in mains renewal design and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design of capital mains renewal schemes.
• Engage in governance processes for design approvals.
• Manage project budgets and conduct site surveys.

Skills

SMSTS qualified

NRSWA supervisor trained

Contract management experience

Site supervision experience

Water engineering experience

Mains renewal design

Root cause analysis understanding

Full driving licence

Job description

We're looking for Project Engineers to join our Anglian Water team based in the East Anglia region

Location : Can be based within the Norwich, Suffolk or Essex

Hours : 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

In this role you will be working on the Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services (IMRDS) alliance. The team maintain the water supply systems, repairs emergencies like water bursts and develops new ways to better service customers.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Engineer, you'll be working within the Capital main laying team, who are committed to delivering high quality, efficient solutions for critical infrastructure projects.

Reporting to the Senior Mains Renewal Engineer, you will oversee the design and engineering of the capital mains renewal schemes that fall within the capital delivery planned work programme. Predominantly focusing on trenchless and no-dig techniques including insitu structural lines, championing innovative solutions to reduce scope of works to maximise benefit and capitalisation across the region safely, to budget and within agreed timescales. The designs will deliver cost and benefit efficiencies and facilitate the drive towards achieving AMP8 main laying & efficiency targets, whilst adding value to the supply and network asset base.

Your day to day will include:

• Actively engage in the DM governance processes for schemes being promoted for design ensuring that effective collaboration regarding need has been undertaken and appropriate involvement in the scheme overview/ design packs prior to approval
• Own and plan the risk and value root cause analysis process for each request solution design to ensure thorough analysis of business needs
• Visit site as necessary to undertake surveys, verify the proposed solution, identify equipment requirements, conduct site meetings with external stakeholders or support delivery team site checks
• Undertake customer liaison in the field and problem solving of customer issues. Ensure customer communications is in line with defined delivery process
• Maximise benefit within planned works by ensuring that the wider TOPEX opportunities available are considered in all solutions
• Project management of budget- targets for each scheme

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Engineer is great for you if you hold:

• SMSTS qualified & NRSWA supervisor trained (training can be provided)
• Experience of contract management and site supervision
• Significant experience working on water engineering or similar engineering design projects or delivering infrastructure or capital projects
• Experience with water distribution systems & water supply and network operations
• Proven ability to understand the infrastructure from a strategic, tactical and operational perspective
• Proven ability of mains renewal design and engineering
• Good understanding and experience of the ROV process particularly root cause analysis
• Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to

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