Water Jobs
Job Type
Sector
Skill
Salary / Hourly £€$
Assistant Engineers
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Welder
- Birmingham, England
- Contract
- £26/hour
EICA Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £36,000 - £48,000/annum
Senior Civil Engineer
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £35,000 - £60,000/annum
Quantity Surveyor
- City of Preston, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Senior Design Manager
- Brighton, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £80,000/annum
Design Coordinator
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Design Manager
- St. Albans, England
- Permanent
Project Manager
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £54,000 - £68,500/annum
EICA Design and Commissioning Engineer
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £65,000/annum
Site Agent
- Exeter, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £60,000/annum
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £35,000/annum
Senior/ Principal Hydraulic Modeller
- London, England
- Contract 12 months
Senior Design Manager
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Contracts Manager
- West Sussex, England
- Permanent
- £80,000 - £85,000/annum
Site Agent
- Ipswich, England
- Contract 2 years
Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Nottingham, England
- Contract 12 months
Drainage gang
- Fareham, England
- Permanent
Finishing gang
- Fareham, England
- Contract 5 months
Water Technical Assurance Engineer
- Chelmsford, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £69,000/annum
Senior or Principal Civil Design Engineer
- Manchester, England
- Contract 12 monhts
- £45 - £65/hour
Waste Water Process Technical Director
- Surrey, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Waste Water Process Technical Director
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Associate Director EICA Engineering
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Installation Supervisor
- Bracknell, England
- Permanent
- £34,000 - £37,600/annum
Operations Engineer - Water Sector
- City of Preston, England
- Permanent
- £32,000 - £38,000/annum
Mechanical Fitter
- Walsall, England
- Permanent
- £40,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Regional Pump Engineer
- Bury St Edmunds, England
- Permanent
- £35,000 - £40,000/annum
Mechanical Project Engineer
- Southampton, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £55,000/annum
Mechanical Fitter
- Derby, England
- Permanent
- £40,000/annum
Associate Director of PMO
- North East England, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £80,000/annum
360 Operator
- Southampton, England
- Contract 9 Months
- £22 - £23/hour
Mechanical Fitter
- Guildford, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £26 - £27/hour
Mechanical Fitter
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £17 - £20.50/hour
Technical Director Mechanical Engineering - Water Sector
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Principal Electrical Engineer
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Associate Director Mechanical Engineering - Water Sector
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £75,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £78,000/annum
Associate Director Mechanical Engineering - Water Sector
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Senior/Principal Process Engineer
- Essex, England
- Permanent
- £54,000 - £74,000/annum
Senior Mechanical Engineer
- Exeter, England
- Permanent
- £48,000 - £64,000/annum
Principal Engineer - EICA
- Essex, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £78,000/annum
Design Engineers
- Kirklees, England
- Permanent
- £30,000 - £50,000/annum
MEICA Project Manager
- St. Albans, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £70,000/annum
Quantity Surveyor
- Bexley, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £60,000/annum
Electrician
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £17 - £20.50/hour
Proposals Lead Engineer
- Kent, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £80,000/annum
Urban Drainage Modeller
- Leeds, England
- Contract 12 months
Site Supervisor
- Birmingham, England
- Contract
Lead Design Engineer
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £78,000/annum
Mechanical/Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £40,000 - £74,000/annum
Mechanical Project Engineer
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- plus package
Senior Project Manager
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £73,000 - £90,000/annum
Technical Manager
- Brighton, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £70,000/annum
Planning Manager
- Burntwood, England
- Permanent
- £75,000 - £90,000/annum
Associate Director Electrical Engineering
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £80,000/annum
Associate Director Mechanical Engineering - Water Sector
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £80,000/annum
Commissioning Engineer
- Shropshire, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £65,000/annum
Framework Manager - Water Sector
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £85,000/annum
Lead Engineer
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £95,000/annum
Crawler Crane Operative
- Sandown, England
- Contract 3 weeks+
- £250 - £270/day
Supervisor
- Norwich, England
- Contract 12 Months
- £300/day
Document Controller
- Coventry, England
- Contract 12 Months
- £25 - £30/hour
Principal Electrical Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Principal Electrical Engineer
- Derby, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Principal Electrical Engineer
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £75,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £75,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £75,000/annum
Senior Design Manager
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £80,000/annum
Regional Discipline Lead – Mechanical
- Peterborough, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £85,000/annum
Civil Design Engineer
- Leeds, England
- Contract 12 months
- £45 - £65/day
Senior Design Manager - Water
- Surrey, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Hydraulic Network Modeller
- Leeds, England
- Contract 12
M+E Project Engineer
- Shropshire, England
- Permanent
- £40,000 - £55,000/annum
Senior Mechanical Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £40,000 - £64,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Senior Process Engineer
- Durham, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Assistant Project Manager
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- company bonus
WINEP Investigations Lead
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £51,000 - £57,000/annum
Project Manager or Senior Project Manager
- London, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £70,000/annum
Senior Planner
- Oxfordshire, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £70,000/annum
Groundworker
- Norwich, England
- Contract 12 Months
- £20/hour
Slinger
- Norwich, England
- Contract 12 Months
- £20/hour
Mechanical Fitter
- Guildford, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £25 - £26/hour
Electrician
- Oswestry, England
- Contract
- £26/hour
Regional Discipline Lead - EICA - Water Sector
- City of Preston, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £54,000 - £67,000/annum
Technical Director - Water
- Surrey, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £90,000/annum
Waste Water Process Technical Director
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Technical Director Clean Water Process
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £85,000/annum
Principal Electrical Engineer
- Surrey, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £74,000/annum
Associate Director Mechanical Engineering - Water Sector
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £85,000/annum
Senior Water Risk Assessor
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £41,000 - £46,000/annum
Principal Engineer - Mechanical
- Essex, England
- Permanent
- £62,000 - £78,000/annum
Regional Discipline Lead – Process
- Peterborough, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £85,000/annum
Technical Director - Water Sector
- Durham, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £88,000/annum
Quantity Surveyor
- Nottinghamshire, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Assistant Engineers
Reference: BHN580621
Job details
- Start date: ASAP
- Employment type: Permanent
- Salary: £45,000 - £55,000/annum
- Date published: 14 April 2025
Job description
Our Water company client are seeking two Assistant Engineers to join their prestigious Havant Thicket Reservoir Project on a permanent basis.
The reservoir is an environmentally-led project with that will help to safeguard internationally-rare rivers in Hampshire by providing an alternative, sustainable source of water.
As well as well as protecting some of the county's rare river habitats, it will also provide a new green, leisure facility for local communities, wetland habitats for local rehomed wildlife and visitor centre. It will be the first new reservoir to be built in the South East since the 1970s and is being developed in collaboration with Southern Water who are funding the project which sits at £340m (with scope and value increasing).
The project will be mainly delivered through a main reservoir contract and two pipeline contracts, with some additional related contracts. The candidates will join the existing project office working directly with the FutureWater joint venture and other project partners. The project is due to run until at least 2030 with extensions expected.
The role will report directly into a Lead Engineer.
Responsibilities
- Support Engineering Lead, who is driving design assurance process, through meeting organisation, minute taking, tracking review responses, forecasting and regular reporting of the assurance process.
- Track design reviews for the approval of Designs Submissions by the main works contractors.
- Track the response to Technical Queries raised by the main works contractors ensure they responded to in accordance with timescales identified the Contract
- Collate responses from stakeholders involved in the Design Submission review process and rationalise them onto a single Client Comment Sheet.
- Engage with colleagues and stakeholders (as directed by the Engineering Lead) in the core Portsmouth Water business, especially Operations, Water Quality and Consents Teams to secure their engagement, reporting back to Engineering Lead.
- Support and assist the Engineering Lead in developing new systems and processes to improve the Engineering assurance function
- Take minutes and engage in the regular meetings with the Design Guardians to discuss the lookahead, open actions and ongoing issues
- Track the response to Technical Queries and Design Submissions by the main works contractors and manage the liaison, input and expectations of all stakeholders.
- Coordinate general requests from and to contractors on engineering matters.
- Take minutes for the weekly meetings with PW Operations to discuss, answer and resolve outstanding queries and issues.
- Take minutes and engage in technical workshops between PW Operations, mains works contractors and the Design Guardian to ensure alignment and buy-in of proposed solutions.
- Attend regular meetings with the HTR Engineering Team
- Work with the Portsmouth Water project team to help assist in the creation of discrete scopes of work for instruction to the Design Guardian.
- Assist the Lead Engineer to ensure that the design review process is managed successfully for all design packages
- Track the responses to Technical Queries raised by the main works contractors and involve the Panel of Experts and Design Guardian as required.
- Agreed Project budgets.
- Scope of any Contracts awarded.
- All Engineering standards and industry 'best practice'.
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing regulatory requirements (CDM and H&S at Work Act)
- Environmental regulatory requirements (e.g. EPSM)
- Planning Permission and Section 106 Agreements
- Supplemental Agreement with FE
- PW-SWS Bulk Supply Agreement
Skills/experience/qualifications
- Strong communication and p

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