Principal Project Delivery Engineer

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111Job Description:Exciting opportunity alert! Are you a seasoned Principal Engineer looking to take on a pivotal role? Look no further! Join our team to lead the engineering delivery team, ensuring the successful completion of projects. Your responsibilities will include managing studies, developing designs, and implementing technical solutions while meeting cost and schedule targets. This key position within our Engineering Delivery function offers a chance to enhance your technical, commercial, and regulatory knowledge in the industry. Ready to make a significant impact? Apply now!

What you’ll be doing as a Principal Project Delivery Engineer

• Develop cost, schedule, resource, and milestone estimates for technical solution development.
• Plan projects efficiently and deliver the requisite engineering through in-house or outsourced teams.
• Ensure robust change controls are applied during engineering delivery.
• Drive compliance with contractual requirements of the engineering framework agreements.
• Meet the commercial, technical, and regulatory compliance requirements on engineering activities.
• Assess and continuously improve Thames Water engineering business processes.
• Lead excellence in Engineering Delivery for Thames Water.
• Provide technical input into Project Needs to ensure clarity on project objectives.
• Support the establishment of a commercially astute Engineering Centre of Excellence.

This role will be based at Clearwater Court, Hybrid. You will be required to attend the office and sites as needed for the role and business.
36 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Must be a driver and have access to a car; this role does come with a car allowance.

What you should bring to the role

• Degree level qualified or equivalent with professional chartership in their Engineering Discipline
• Knowledge of managing cost centre or project budgets
• A background in leadership, collaboration, and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our regulatory requirements

What’s in it for you?
Join us and enhance your technical, commercial, and regulatory understanding in the water industry. Become a key player in the newly formed Engineering Delivery function within the Asset & Engineering Directorate.

• Competitive salary from £66,000 – £72,000 per annum
• This role will come with a car allowance of £5,800
• 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 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.Location: South East, Reading