City: Newport
Address: Newport, Wales, GB, NP10 8FZ
Job Requisition Number: 6783
Work Type: Permanent
Job Function: Engineer
Salary Range: £44,292.00 - £50,937.00 + £5K car allowance + annual salary uplift + annual cost of living increase + annual variable pay reward
Closing Date: 23:59 on 09 October 2024
What you’ll be responsible for
What we do
The Civil design team in Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water (DCWW) are responsible for the delivery of a planned capital maintenance programme that will spend approximately £80M per year until 2025 on new and existing potable and wastewater assets in Wales. The design engineering department is part of the internal capital delivery team of DCWW and as such are part of the capital delivery alliance that along with partner companies design and deliver a wide range of capital projects throughout Wales.
What you’ll do
1. Ensure projects are designed safely on time and within budget, working closely with other members of the Capital Engineering Team and with other business stakeholders.
2. Lead, motivate and support the Civil Engineering Team across Wales to ensure projects are designed within the statutory, regulatory, and financial outputs of the Welsh Water Business Plan while complying with Welsh Water procurement processes at all times.
3. Participate in training & development in accordance with all Human Resource policies and procedures, including regular contact with your line manager, one-to-one meetings, performance reviews, identification and fulfilment of safety training needs and development needs.
4. Comply with the Capital Delivery Health & Safety plan through the application of appropriate H&S strategies and ensure all designs comply with the CDM Regulations 2015.
5. Ensure that engineering activities are carried out uniformly and to the appropriate Welsh Water standard specifications. Engage in a robust design review process of technical proposals, 3rd party designs and provide expert professional guidance to the business as required including mentoring others in the Capital Delivery Team.
6. Contribute to the achievement of the Capital Alliance business plan which will be used to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the in-house design department. This includes working with our alliance partners, our procurement teams, and our supply chain to ensure that we guarantee cost-effective and efficient delivery of the annual project workload.
Who you’ll work with
Internal: Capital Delivery Team, Asset Strategy, Asset Planning, Operations, Commercial and Finance Teams, all levels of management within Welsh Water, Programme Delivery Teams, Alliance Partner companies, Welsh Water Legal, Developer Services.
External: Local Authorities including Planning Departments and Highways Departments, Distribution Network Operators, Framework Suppliers & Partners, Regulators NRW/ DWI/ Ofwat, UKWIR, Water UK, Consumer Council for Water Wales, Framework Contractors as part of our supply chain.
About you
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
* Qualified to degree level and a Chartered Engineer (or working towards CEng).
* Design experience in the Water Industry.
* A wide range of project and people management skills are required, combined with strong experience in the design of capital projects within the water industry or similar.
* An ability to think strategically in terms of lifetime costs; by identifying a range of possible solutions and presenting a coherent rationale for a recommended action.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplined engineering team environment whilst maintaining effective day-to-day delivery of services.
* The ability to work to tight regulatory and project deadlines.
Good to know
Location: North Wales (Kinmel Park) or South Wales (Ty-Awen / Clydach) – to be discussed at interview.
Flexible working - there will be an expectation to attend key meetings and be a presence in the office to ensure the development of junior engineers in your team.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: recruitment@dwrcymru.com and enter the job ID in the subject title line.
As well as a market competitive salary, we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
• Variable pay schemes
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities
• Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site parking at all our sites
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme
• Health CashBack scheme
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family.
We may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post-offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.
Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
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