Water Systems Optimisation Engineer – Hydraulic Operations

Pertemps; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Pension Scheme through AON

Annual leave 26–30 days

Pension: 12% employer contribution

Health & wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Thames Water in London is seeking a Systems Optimisation Engineer (Water) to oversee a large hydraulic network serving hundreds of thousands of properties. You will lead technical input into engineering and customer-led projects, and manage unplanned events to protect customers and water quality.

Base location London – Deephams (N9 0BA) & Ashford Common (TW15 1RU), with occasional travel to other sites across London. 36 hours per week (Mon – Fri) with standby duties that include extra payment.

Qualifications

• Hold industry-relevant experience and in-depth knowledge of hydraulic principles.
• Understand Water Industry regulatory measures relating to customer satisfaction, leakage, water quality, customer low pressures and interruptions.
• Strong communication and leadership skills for liaising with stakeholders.
• Analytical, problem-solving and a willingness to learn to advance in Thames Water.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical operational input into engineering and customer-led projects.
• Be the technical system operations lead on unplanned emergency events to mitigate effects on customers, interruptions to supply, water quality, and brand image.
• Write and assess risk assessments for work impacting the clean water hydraulic system.
• Support monitoring of pressure-managed areas and management of information.
• Formulating operating strategies with the operational control centre.
• Design and update line schematics of water pressure zones and hydraulic systems to aid management and investigation.
• Assess and approve all new connections or development requests from customers.

Skills

Hydraulic principles

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Thames Water in London is seeking a Systems Optimisation Engineer (Water) to oversee a large hydraulic network serving hundreds of thousands of properties. You will lead technical input into engineering and customer-led projects, and manage unplanned events to protect customers and water quality.

Base location London – Deephams (N9 0BA) & Ashford Common (TW15 1RU), with occasional travel to other sites across London. 36 hours per week (Mon – Fri) with standby duties that include extra payment.