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As the Field Engineer, you will be responsible for providing customer-facing field activities to support the delivery of waste network flow management. This is a key part of our business, ensuring minimal impact on the environment and our customers in both planned and emergencies.
This role is based within Thames Valley so the successful candidate can be based in various locations.
What you’ll be doing as a Field Engineer?
This is an exciting role and gives the successful person a great chance to make improvements and grow within the role.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, packed with offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We must keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
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, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
This role is based within Thames Valley so the successful candidate can be based in various locations.
What you’ll be doing as a Field Engineer?
- Carry out field surveys for new flow management activities; ensuring accurate and sufficiently detailed information is gathered to allow designs to be created with zero variations and in line with Key Performance Indicators.
- Oversee and aid in the installation of new flow management arrangements, ensuring plans are executed in a safe and timely manner with minimal customer and operational disruption.
- Ongoing management of installed schemes including contractor supervision, control over variations, health and safety and management of hire equipment.
- Working alongside our suppliers and contractors to ensure all work is completed in a safe manner and by Thames Water's standards and procedures.
- Liaising and meeting with external stakeholders including customers to ensure works are planned and communicated to the relevant people.
- Carry out Health and Safety audits of contractors, sites, and internal teams for compliance with the relevant standards and regulations.
- Reporting and resolving issues identified where appropriate. Operating under Thames Water’s Zero Compromise approach to H&S.
- With this role, you will be required to be part of the out-of-hours, on-call rota. This will be approx. 1 in 5/6 weeks. This will be discussed at the interview stage.
- Engineering background useful, ONC Level or equivalent.
- Relevant technical qualification desirable but not essential.
- Experience with pump systems, preferable.
- A working knowledge of sewer networks is advantageous, especially Health & Safety.
- NRSWA Signing, lighting, and guarding - Unit 2, Operatives, preferable.
- Knowledge of pipe-laying/pipeline construction.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
- Driving Licence is essential for this role.
This is an exciting role and gives the successful person a great chance to make improvements and grow within the role.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, packed with offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We must keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
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, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
