Site Engineer

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Discretionary bonus scheme

Company car and fuel card

Job summary

M Group is seeking a Civil Engineering professional to support the delivery of water infrastructure projects in the Reading area. The role focuses on setting out, surveying, and ensuring compliance with design and Thames Water standards across large capital schemes.

You will interpret drawings, coordinate civil works, and assist with commissioning, testing, and network integration while maintaining robust safety and environmental controls.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience delivering water infrastructure projects, preferably clean water trunk mains.
• Knowledge of water industry standards and utility construction practices.
• Experience with setting out equipment, surveying techniques, and interpretation of engineering drawings.
• Understanding of pressure testing, chlorination, and commissioning processes.

Responsibilities

• Undertake setting out and surveying activities for clean water trunk main installations and associated infrastructure.
• Interpret construction drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Manage and monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with design requirements and Thames Water standards.
• Coordinate trenching, pipe laying, thrust boring, directional drilling, valve installations, washouts, air valves, and associated civil works.
• Review and resolve site engineering issues in collaboration with design teams and project management.
• Support commissioning, pressure testing, chlorination, sampling, and network integration activities.
• Ensure all works meet Thames Water quality standards and project specifications.
• Maintain accurate site records, quality documentation, inspection and test plans (ITPs), and as-built information.

Skills

Surveying techniques

Reading drawings

Project coordination

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

CSCS Card

SMSTS or SSSTS

First Aid at Work

Temporary Works Co‑Ordinator

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

• Undertake setting out and surveying activities for clean water trunk main installations and associated infrastructure.
• Interpret construction drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Manage and monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with design requirements and Thames Water standards.
• Coordinate trenching, pipe laying, thrust boring, directional drilling, valve installations, washouts, air valves, and associated civil works.
• Review and resolve site engineering issues in collaboration with design teams and project management.
• Support commissioning, pressure testing, chlorination, sampling, and network integration activities
• Ensure all works meet Thames Water quality standards and project specifications.
• Maintain accurate site records, quality documentation, inspection and test plans (ITPs), and as-built information.
• Coordinate material inspections and verify compliance with approved specifications.
• Manage non-conformance reporting and corrective actions where required.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with company and client health and safety procedures.
• Ensure works are carried out in accordance with CDM Regulations, Water Industry standards, and site-specific risk assessments.
• Review and implement RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements).
• Conduct site inspections, audits, and toolbox talks.
• Ensure environmental controls are maintained to minimise impacts on customers, watercourses, and local communities.

What you’ll bring

• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• Previous experience delivering water infrastructure projects, preferably clean water trunk mains
• Knowledge of water industry standards and utility construction practices
• Experience with setting out equipment, surveying techniques, and interpretation of engineering drawings
• Understanding of pressure testing, chlorination, and commissioning processes
• Full clean driving licence
• CSCS Card
• SMSTS or SSSTS
• First Aid at Work (desirable)
• Temporary Works Co-Ordinator (desirable)

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.