Senior Electrical Engineer - Water/Wastewater (Hybrid)

Thames Water Ltd; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Annual medical assessments

Employee benefits for wellbeing and En

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the Project Engineering team in a hybrid role at Clearwater Court, RG1 8DB. The role supports delivery of capital investment across Thames Valley, reporting to a Principal Engineer and ensuring safe, compliant, value-led electrical and control solutions.

You will drive technical briefs, oversee design across treatment works, reservoirs and pumping stations, manage risks, and provide technical assurance.

Qualifications

• HNC or higher qualification in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or closely related field.
• Experience in Electrical and, preferably also ICA or Control Engineering, ideally in industrial or process environments.
• Experience developing technical solutions or project briefs for capital projects, ideally within water or wastewater.
• Good understanding of project delivery, construction health and safety and CDM Regulations.
• Knowledge of water/wastewater treatment, reservoirs, pumping stations or similar process infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Developing and refining project briefs from needs identified by Asset Management, including stakeholder engagement and technical optioneering.
• Supporting the selection and approval of appropriate technical solutions through governance processes.
• Overseeing the development of electrical and control engineering solutions across treatment works, reservoirs and network pumping stations.
• Identifying project risks and coordinating mitigation activities to reduce delivery costs and programme impacts.
• Preparing for and supporting technical reviews during the definition, de-risking and detailed design stages.
• Providing design sign-off and technical assurance across Asset Management and Capital Delivery.
• Carrying out technical assurance checks and audits of contractor activities during detailed design and construction.
• Reviewing contractor outputs to ensure compliance with legislation, asset standards and CDM Regulations.
• Supporting projects through delivery, commissioning and handover of assets.
• Coaching and mentoring colleagues to embed continuous improvements.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Planning

Organisational skills

Coaching/mentoring

Education

HNC or higher in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Chartered Engineer status / working towards

Job description

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the Project Engineering team in a hybrid role at Clearwater Court, RG1 8DB. The role supports delivery of capital investment across Thames Valley, reporting to a Principal Engineer and ensuring safe, compliant, value-led electrical and control solutions.

You will drive technical briefs, oversee design across treatment works, reservoirs and pumping stations, manage risks, and provide technical assurance.