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The Environmental Engineering Manager at Thames Water is crucial in driving environmental initiatives and ensuring regulatory compliance. They lead a team responsible for key functions, including setting environmental expectations on capital projects, developing the carbon strategy, and providing environmental input in various projects and initiatives. Their work is instrumental in promoting sustainability, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions within the organisation. By staying updated on environmental legislation and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, they ensure that Thames Water meets its environmental responsibilities effectively.

This role is a secondment role for up to 6 months.

What you’ll be doing as an Environmental Engineering Manager

- Managing the Environmental Engineering team.
- Establishing a cohesive, sustainable engineering structure from graduates to industry experts that lead Thames Water’s engineering requirements into AMP8 and beyond.
- Developing and enabling our carbon strategy.
- Including Biodiversity and Heritage protection from the project definition.
- Providing environmental support to Asset management projects definition.
- Providing environmental input in PR 24.
- Raising awareness of environmental developments and engineering solutions.
- Keeping up to date with relevant changes in environmental legislation and initiatives.
- Working with consultants, contractors, and teams across Thames Water to identify risks and constraints and implement solutions at project definition stages.
- Setting environmental expectations on capital schemes, carbon, increasing biodiversity and promoting nature-based solutions.
- Define, develop, and maintain environmental engineering competencies across the business.
- Provide technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery, including handover.
- Devising the best tools and systems to monitor performance and implement strategies.
- Assessing, analysing, and collating environmental performance data and reporting information to stakeholders.

Hybrid – Clearwater Court, you will be required in the office and on-site as the business requires you.

36 hours a week, Monday - Friday.

What you should bring to the role

- Be a highly experienced and recognised environmental engineering leader with several years working within the water industry.
- Understand the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, both internally and externally.
- Be collaborative and can influence senior colleagues.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, likely in an engineering discipline with a postgraduate qualification and preferably with a professional chartership.
- A passion for continuous professional development and an active approach to driving diversity within our engineering function at Thames Water.
- Good budget management experience.

What’s in it for you?

- Competitive salary.
- This role will have a car allowance of £5800 per annum.
- 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
- Annual Bonus.
- Private Medical Health Care.
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of 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 need to 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, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Thames Water is seeking talented Engineers of all levels to join our dedicated team and help accelerate the delivery of large-scale projects to modernise water and sewage networks.

Our Engineers play a crucial role in shaping the future of water infrastructure. Design Engineers create the blueprints for our future sewers, while Civil, Construction, and Commissioning Engineers ensure safe and efficient construction. Project Engineers oversee multiple critical projects, and Environmental Engineers focus on protecting our environment. Join us in delivering life's essential service and be part of building innovative industries for the future.

What you’ll be doing

- Coordinate the development of Project Briefs based on the needs defined by Asset Management.
- Understand project risks and co-ordinate mitigation activities
- Prepare and support technical reviews through the Definition, De-Risking and Detail Design phases of projects
- Carry out Technical Assurance checks and audits of Contractor activities and outputs through the Detail Design and Construction phases of projects
- Coach and mentor others to facilitate personal development and continuous improvement

We have roles in London, Thames Valley, and the Home Counties. These are on a Hybrid Basis, but you must work on-site and attend the office as the business requires.

36 hours a week, Monday to Friday – we are open to applications for candidates looking for full-time and part-time positions

What you should bring to the role

- An Engineering Degree in one of the following disciplines: ICA/Electrical/Civil/ Mechanical or the equivalent in HNC qualification
- Background in developing technical project solutions and briefs in their specific discipline
- Understanding of project delivery in process industries
- Knowledge of H&S in the Construction industry, Particularly CDM
- Knowledge of industrial processes in their engineering discipline
- Confident in engaging with all levels of external or internal stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

- Competitive salary ranging from £46,000 to £75,000 per annum depending on the level of the role you apply for
- 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays)
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

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 need to 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 complimentary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, 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, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Trainee Engineering Manager (full training provided)
Location: Reading
Candidates must be willing and eligible to undergo DV Clearance.

Experis Academy has an exciting and unique opportunity for candidates to be trained to become experienced Engineering Managers working for a British Defence company who play a pivotal role in deterring international threats. This is a great opportunity to join Experis' Academy division where you will be paid, trained, and developed whilst representing Experis on one of our leading engineering strategic client partners. Our academy programmes train and develop talent who work towards becoming permanent members of our industry leading customer communities.

If you have experience in an engineering environment, hold an NVQ, completed an internship or higher level of education in an engineering related discipline or have Military experience in an engineering environment and have a genuine passion and drive to further your career within this field, then this could be the opportunity for you.

We are looking for systems-thinkers who we can train and develop to work across a range of exciting design, integration, construction and commissioning projects within our customer's defence and infrastructure space. You will be dealing with complex systems, and you'll develop critical assets from initial requirements through to design, construction and commissioning.

As part of the extensive programme, you will receive a blended learning approach. This will include a bespoke 10-week up-front training programme to provide you with the necessary tools, experience, and training to help develop your skills within Engineering. The training will be centred around the systems engineering framework, covering systems thinking, systems engineering fundamentals, requirements engineering, architecting, product design, systems engineering and architecting standards, model-based systems engineering, systems integration, and systems testing.

Following this 10-week training programme, you will be allocated to the role itself. Spending your initial 12 months doing the role as an Experis employee as you put your training and existing skills to use. You will receive mentoring from our customer's existing employees and support to help you succeed in the role itself. The aim of our programme is for you to transition to become a permanent employee of our customer, bringing with you all the training and awareness that you have developed to enable you to work on cutting edge Systems Engineering solutions.

Day to Day Responsibilities will include:

• Elicit, analyse and translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements.
• Undertake requirements derivation and architecture development.
• Undertake modelling to explore problem space and potential system solutions.
• Undertake requirements verification and validation and support technology teams' derivation of verification and validation events, test cases, test plans and test specifications, to support integration activities.
• Undertake test results analysis and documentation.
• Perform trade studies and analyse the relative benefits/merits of competing solutions.
• Drive development and delivery of viable technical solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Support the Engineering Manager in their delivery of their Key Responsibilities, reviewing Engineering Requirements.
• Prepare draft technical specifications and briefs.
• Manage the Design Intent and Design Information Configuration from inception through to project handover.
• Provide functional support in identifying and implementing change, development and improvement.
• Setting up meetings and reviews and managing stakeholders.
• Flexibility to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
• Gathering data and technical information to support the project.
• First point of contact for technical queries. Maintain technical query and change registers.
• Produce draft project governance documents, plans certificates etc.

To fit the minimum criteria to apply, applicants must possess the following attributes:

• Worked in multiple phases of an engineering lifecycle
• Be a "Systems-thinker" with a positive "can do" attitude
• Strong communication and interpersonal functional skills
• Ability to deliver results on time, meeting cost and quality targets
• Taking ownership of problems whilst working diligently towards resolution
• Proactive worker with capability of operating with minimal supervision
• Be a good communicator, both written and oral, and able to liaise at all levels with customers and stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Incredibly inclusive employer with a plethora of affinity networks
• Gain an entry point into a market leading defence and security organisation and the opportunity to secure a high-profile system engineering opportunity with strong growth and acceleration in that field
• On the job training in systems engineering to interject your career towards Senior Engineering positions with varied training to match

Other Benefits Include

• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical and Dental cover
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays
• Maternity Pay/Shared Parental leave and paternity leave
• Sick pay

Trainee Engineering Manager (full training provided)
Location: Reading
Candidates must be willing and eligible to undergo DV Clearance.

Experis Academy has an exciting and unique opportunity for candidates to be trained to become experienced Engineering Managers working for a British Defence company who play a pivotal role in deterring international threats. This is a great opportunity to join Experis' Academy division where you will be paid, trained, and developed whilst representing Experis on one of our leading engineering strategic client partners. Our academy programmes train and develop talent who work towards becoming permanent members of our industry leading customer communities.

If you have experience in an engineering environment, hold an NVQ, completed an internship or higher level of education in an engineering related discipline or have Military experience in an engineering environment and have a genuine passion and drive to further your career within this field, then this could be the opportunity for you.

We are looking for systems-thinkers who we can train and develop to work across a range of exciting design, integration, construction and commissioning projects within our customer's defence and infrastructure space. You will be dealing with complex systems, and you'll develop critical assets from initial requirements through to design, construction and commissioning.

As part of the extensive programme, you will receive a blended learning approach. This will include a bespoke 10-week up-front training programme to provide you with the necessary tools, experience, and training to help develop your skills within Engineering. The training will be centred around the systems engineering framework, covering systems thinking, systems engineering fundamentals, requirements engineering, architecting, product design, systems engineering and architecting standards, model-based systems engineering, systems integration, and systems testing.

Following this 10-week training programme, you will be allocated to the role itself. Spending your initial 12 months doing the role as an Experis employee as you put your training and existing skills to use. You will receive mentoring from our customer's existing employees and support to help you succeed in the role itself. The aim of our programme is for you to transition to become a permanent employee of our customer, bringing with you all the training and awareness that you have developed to enable you to work on cutting edge Systems Engineering solutions.

Day to Day Responsibilities will include:

• Elicit, analyse and translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements.
• Undertake requirements derivation and architecture development.
• Undertake modelling to explore problem space and potential system solutions.
• Undertake requirements verification and validation and support technology teams' derivation of verification and validation events, test cases, test plans and test specifications, to support integration activities.
• Undertake test results analysis and documentation.
• Perform trade studies and analyse the relative benefits/merits of competing solutions.
• Drive development and delivery of viable technical solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Support the Engineering Manager in their delivery of their Key Responsibilities, reviewing Engineering Requirements.
• Prepare draft technical specifications and briefs.
• Manage the Design Intent and Design Information Configuration from inception through to project handover.
• Provide functional support in identifying and implementing change, development and improvement.
• Setting up meetings and reviews and managing stakeholders.
• Flexibility to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
• Gathering data and technical information to support the project.
• First point of contact for technical queries. Maintain technical query and change registers.
• Produce draft project governance documents, plans certificates etc.

To fit the minimum criteria to apply, applicants must possess the following attributes:

• Worked in multiple phases of an engineering lifecycle
• Be a "Systems-thinker" with a positive "can do" attitude
• Strong communication and interpersonal functional skills
• Ability to deliver results on time, meeting cost and quality targets
• Taking ownership of problems whilst working diligently towards resolution
• Proactive worker with capability of operating with minimal supervision
• Be a good communicator, both written and oral, and able to liaise at all levels with customers and stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Incredibly inclusive employer with a plethora of affinity networks
• Gain an entry point into a market leading defence and security organisation and the opportunity to secure a high-profile system engineering opportunity with strong growth and acceleration in that field
• On the job training in systems engineering to interject your career towards Senior Engineering positions with varied training to match

Other Benefits Include

• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical and Dental cover
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays
• Maternity Pay/Shared Parental leave and paternity leave
• Sick pay

What's involved with this role:

QAD 1246/2212

Role: Commissioning Manager

Contract Length: Anticipated 12 months

Location: Reading with some travel to Chester

Pay Rate: Competitive Market Rate



Our client is looking to hire a Commissioning Manager for approximately 12 months.

The Commissioning Manager will oversee the entire commissioning process, overseeing all aspects from document approval to the execution of commissioning activities. They will develop and implement commissioning plans, procedures, and strategies in collaboration with project teams, ensuring compliance with project requirements and industry standards.

Key accountabilities:

Manage Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) procedures, outlining the necessary steps, criteria, and performance metrics for successful system commissioning.
Lead and supervise a commissioning team, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise throughout the commissioning process.
Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to coordinate commissioning activities, ensuring alignment with project timelines and objectives.
Conduct regular progress reviews of commissioning activities, monitoring adherence to schedules, identifying potential bottlenecks, and proposing corrective actions.
Oversee the execution of commissioning procedures, including equipment installation, system configuration, calibration, functional testing, and performance verification.
Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies to minimise potential disruptions and hazards during commissioning activities.
Monitor and report on the progress and outcomes of commissioning activities, including performance metrics, test results, and compliance with quality standards.
Provide support during commissioning activities, troubleshooting issues, resolving conflicts, and ensuring the successful completion of commissioning tasks.
Collaborate with the documentation team to ensure accurate and comprehensive documentation of commissioning procedures, test results, as-built configurations, and other relevant records.



Key requirements:

Experience in a commissioning environment.
Holds associate membership of an appropriate professional institution
Proven track record of managing commissioning arrangements at an appropriate level
Ability to lead a multi-discipline team to safely execute the commissioning
Excellent awareness of Health and Safety Legislation
Ability to Chair a Test and Commissioning Panel
Capable of assignment to one major or multiple of minor projects
Engineering background essential



Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Security Clearance: DV highly desirable; candidates with active DV clearance will be fast-tracked.

Please send your CV directly to centralgov@tclrec.com

If you consider yourself to have a disability or if you are a veteran, and you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will be put forward for the ‘Guaranteed Interview’ scheme whereby you will have the opportunity to discuss this role and your suitability with a member of the Sourcing team.

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the equivalent PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information.



Please send us your CV in Word format rather than PDF and avoid the use of columns and tables as this will help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client.

Please ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
Qualifications and experience relevant to the job role – please give full details within your CV document



As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we provide the best talent and encourage all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
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Job Ref: QAD 1246/2212


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