Construction Assurance Engineer - Major Projects
- Employer
- Thames Water
- Location
- Isleworth
- Salary
- On application
- Closing date
- Jul 6, 2022
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- Specialty
- Construction Engineering
- Position Type
- Engineer, Staff Engineer
- Organization Type
- Construction
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Who are we?Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes,keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing. At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open - and this matters even more through a pandemic. We're proud of the positive ways of working we've adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we're moving to a hybrid approach with various options across working from home, office, and our sites. We'll cover this during the assessment process.What you'll be doingAs a Construction Assurance Engineer, you'll ensure contractors are safely delivering the required assets to time, quality, and cost. You'll be involved during the design, construction, commissioning, and defects rectification period of the project: Ensuring buildability, and efficient and effective delivery whilst safeguarding our site compliance and process. Meeting regulatory and statutory requirements and maximizing benefits to Thames Water. You'll be accountable for overseeing all construction activities on your projects from conception to completion monitoring compliance with our asset standards, safety, environmental, and quality standards, and wider regulations.You'll actively promote the Thames Water ‘Three Zeros' culture, monitoring contractor health and safety performance.Key role responsibilities include:
- Engaging with Asset Management and Operations to agree on the most effective solutions
- Assisting with the assessment and appointment of contractors
- Using learnings from previous projects to optimize the construction and handover phase of projects and innovate where practicable
- Supporting key design reviews (Solutions review/Challenge Workshop, HAZOP, HAZCOM, SWIFT)
- Verifying and approving project plans
- Identifying risks and issues and working with stakeholders to resolve
- Liaising with Operations and contractors to approve passing through key milestones
- Assessing and reporting project progress, acting to rectify issues, and escalating as necessary
- Assuring the project as it moves through the construction phase ensuring all non-conformance is identified and rectified
- Monitoring and reviewing component (FAT/SAT) testing and commissioning, ensuring all commissioning activities defined in the commissioning plan are satisfactorily completed
- Auditing contractor compliance with site procedures, following up and ensuring corrective actions are closed out
- Managing identification and resolution of snags before the commencement of taking Over procedures
- Monitoring, agreeing, and approving Take Over tests
- Liaising with Operations and contractors to manage the defects process and performance testing
- Have an HNC or above in an appropriate engineering subject or significant experience in a similar role
- Be qualified in NEBOSH or IOSH General or Construction Certificate or SMSTS or willing to gain
- Be knowledgeable in the processes used in water and/or wastewater as appropriate
- Understand the development of design, construction, and operation of infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects
- Be self-starting, resilient, and tenacious under pressure, with a desire to successfully deliver projects to time, cost, and quality
- Have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, to interact with our stakeholders and contractors
- Possess excellent organization and workload management skills
- Deliver an exceptional service through a passionate and positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team
- Foster a positive Health & Safety culture within the team and contractors, ensuring we fulfill environmental and Health & Safety statutory obligations
- Have a full driving license as travel will be required to construction and operational sites across the Thames Water catchment area
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