Project Engineer

Thames Water; Rickmansworth; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility provider in the UK is seeking Project Engineers to join their Infrastructure team. The role involves overseeing wastewater network projects, leading technical reviews, and ensuring project delivery from design to construction. Ideal candidates should hold an engineering qualification and possess strong coordination skills. This hybrid position offers a salary between £41,000 - £55,000, alongside benefits including a contributory pension and 26 days holiday per year.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days holiday

Contributory pension

Personal Medical Assessments

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Have a background in Engineering and hold an engineering qualification or degree.
• Understanding of wastewater infrastructure projects in a variety of environments.
• Have the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical reviews and oversee projects from concept through to construction.
• Create contractual project briefs and identify project risks.
• Work alongside a senior engineer to ensure responsibilities as the client.

Skills

Engineering background

Coordination with stakeholders

Understanding of wastewater infrastructure projects

Health & Safety knowledge

Full clean driving license

Education

Engineering qualification or degree

Job description

We’re looking for Project Engineers to join our London Infrastructure team and help transform and modernise our wastewater networks. You’ll be at the forefront of impactful projects — from preventing sewer flooding and reducing river spills to upgrading historic infrastructure that keeps London flowing. You’ll lead technical reviews, contribute to design discussions, and oversee projects from concept through to construction. Our work spans gravity sewers, rising mains, pumping stations, trunk sewer inspections, pollution reduction, and safeguarding assets that cross railways and bridges — offering you a diverse and meaningful engineering challenge every day.

What you’ll be doing

• Working alongside a senior engineer, as well as our consultants and contractors, to oversee the development of several wastewater network projects from solution optioneering, the initial concept design and feasibility stage, to contract award.
• Creating contractual project briefs and reviewing and collating pre-construction information.
• Identifying, analysing, mitigating project risks and realising opportunities to enable scope definition and robust pricing by contractors.
• Reviewing preconstruction surveys, drawings, and proposals from our contractors & raising concerns to your senior & lead engineers.
• Assuring the detailed design is undertaken by contractors and any design changes during construction.
• Be responsible for providing the Project Teams with the support they need during commissioning and asset handover.
• Undertake design reviews, ensuring robust and safe solutions whilst meeting business and operational requirements.
• Working with a senior engineer to act as the key contact for the role of CDM Designer or Principal Designer during the initial stages of design, as well as overseeing our contractors to ensure we are meeting our responsibilities as the client.
• Delivering our zero-compromise health and safety attitude to all contractors working on your project.

This role is based on a hybrid basis at Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment works, office and site visits will be required up to 2-3 times a week.

36 hours a week.

We’re looking for you to:

• Have a background in Engineering and hold an engineering qualification or degree.
  • Formal qualifications within these sectors are strongly encouraged but not essential.
• Be Incorporated or working towards Incorporated status with a relevant professional organisation.
  • Working towards other professional qualifications will also be considered.
• Have the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders simultaneously. This includes internal colleagues, site employees and external contractors.
  • Experience working with Highways, Local Councils, & Network Rail would be highly advantageous but not essential.
• Understanding of wastewater infrastructure projects (design & rehabilitation) in a variety of environments, including urban & environmentally sensitive areas.
  • Industry experience would be highly advantageous but not essential.
• Understand the principles of project delivery in process industries.
• Understand the decision of industrial processes in the Engineering discipline.
• Understand Health & Safety in the Construction industry with specific reference to the CDM Regulation 2015.
• Have a full, clean driving license. We go to a variety of sites to meet our contractors, complete design reviews, and undertake safety audits. Access to appropriate transportation is essential to the role.

What’s in it for you?

The team is at the heart of the delivery process taking projects from initial design right through to construction and commissioning. In the role, you will work with a wide range of people from across all of Thames Water and our contractors.

• Competitive salary from £41,000 - £55,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• 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.
• Performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well‑being, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

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 our customers 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 and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.