Senior Environmental Engineer

Exciting opportunity alert!  Are you a skilled Environmental Engineer ready to make a difference? Join us at Thames Water as the Senior Environmental Engineer! Lead environmental excellence, shape the future of AMP8 and beyond, and drive impactful change in a dynamic environment. Please apply now to be part of our team dedicated to environmental stewardship and engineering excellence!

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Environmental Engineer

• Lead on excellence in environmental engineering across the Thames Water business.
• Input and continuously improve Technical Asset Standards
• Review the environmental impact of schemes and feed into a lessons learnt database
• Define, develop, and maintain ecological engineering competencies across the business
• Provide environmental and technical input into project definition briefs, asset surveys and plant condition assessments, feasibility studies, optioneering, whole-life costing and preliminary designs
• Provide the technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery, including handover
• Ensure we are compliant with engineering-based regulatory requirements in their area
• Devising the best tools and systems to monitor performance and implement strategies
• Assessing, analysing, and collating environmental performance data and reporting information to stakeholders

Based in Hybrid, Clearwater Court, you will be required on-site as part of your role requires you to
36 hours a week, Monday to Friday

What you should bring to the role

• Take ownership of risks, being curious to fully understand the constraints and identify the best solution to resolve it the first time
• Be a recognised senior engineer in environmental engineering with extensive experience in the water or utility industry
• Have expertise in one or more of these areas: carbon, natural-based solutions, natural capital management or biodiversity
• Understand the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirement
• Be a chartered environmental engineer or working towards chartership
• Have excellent communication and influencing skills to engage with our stakeholders clearly
• Deliver exceptional service through a passionate and positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £46,000 - £52,000 per annum
• 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 includes our benefits hub, which is packed with offers and information to save 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.