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Join our dynamic Civil Engineering team as a Senior Civil Engineer, where your expertise will be vital in tackling engineering challenges and producing exceptional designs, calculations, drawings, specifications, and reports—all while ensuring we meet regulatory standards. Working closely with the Principal Civil Engineer, you will have the opportunity to envision and create innovative water and wastewater treatment systems and infrastructure designs.

Your valuable insights will play a key role in developing and mentoring your colleagues and guiding project briefs to ensure we achieve outstanding engineering solutions on every project, and being part of our commitment to sustainable engineering, which drives Thames Water’s success into AMP8 and beyond. Your contributions can genuinely change lives and make a meaningful difference in our community and the environment.

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer

• Undertaking root cause analyses to fully understand the causes/sources of the engineering issues affecting the performance of existing wastewater network assets.
• Liaison with internal stakeholders in areas such as operations, network modelling, and asset management.
• Identification and definition of the correct optimised engineering solutions.
• Provide civil infrastructure input into feasibility studies, optioneering, whole-life costing, and preliminary designs.
• Providing technical input into Project Definition Briefs.
• Supporting the establishment of a cohesive, sustainable Engineering structure from Graduate to Industry experts that leads Thames’s Engineering requirements into AMP8 and beyond.

Based in Hybrid, Clearwater Court, you will be required on-site as part of your role, which requires you to work, on average, 2-3 days a week.

36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

What you should bring to the role

• Degree level or equivalent in their Engineering Discipline, and preferably with professional chartership.
• Experience in designing new and rehabilitating wastewater utility civil infrastructure such as sewers, pumping stations, rising mains, CSOs and storage tanks.
• Ability to assess the buildability of proposed engineering solutions.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our Engineering regulatory requirements.
• Good internal and external communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence colleagues.
• Experience in producing Design Management plans and delivering to plan.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £41,600 to £62,400 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well-being, and your finances – from annual health MOTS and access to physiotherapy and counselling to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

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 and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.