Water Network Engineer in West Malling

Join to apply for the Water Network Engineer role at Celnor Group. Veriflo Ltd specialise in professional project management & consultancy in clean water asset services. Our goal is to provide solutions for our clients by seeking leakage and unaccounted‑for water, providing resolutions and mitigation plans to ensure the network works as efficiently and effectively as possible. We provide services in water quality controls, large statutory outages, network operations, strategic optimisation and water quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Propose and support the development of pressure and flow management schemes and be able to present a cost benefit analysis of asset management schemes to the client.
• Review and analyse available sources of data to provide a concise and clear summary of findings, propose further investigations and solutions.
• Using GIS for clean water network mapping and tracing applications – understand and identify asset information, tracing of mains, district metered areas, permit to work info layer, identifying customer impact.
• Identifying anomalies within GIS, analysing information and providing a logical solution to identifying and designing asset management solutions.
• Lead on the interrogation and analysis of logged data and use of metering software.
• Monitor and report on missing and broken assets within the network ensuring they are “client ready” to assess criticality.
• Creating comprehensive standard and complex risk mitigation plans and method statements (Permit to works) for review by the Senior team.
• Adhering to client standards and regulations.
• Liaise regularly in person or via conference call with external stakeholders and clients including Client Engineers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• The primary liaison between Project Managers and the Network Analysts to ensure efficiency, productivity and shared knowledge across all teams.
• Planning and scheduling form part of the role whereby you will optimise the field resource to deliver all work in line with key dates and redirecting resources where required.
• Create and track project work, ensuring all briefings are conducted and the project is HSEQ compliant according to the Veriflo company standards.
• Track hours, project completions and collate all relevant information to deliver a client ready comprehensive activity summary report and debriefing document.
• Provide in field support on project delivery as required (e.g. probes, large isolations etc.) and at times conduct routine compliance audits to provide client reassurance.
• Be an active member of the Health and Safety committee and take responsibility for delivering HSEQ actions.
• Line manage team members, conducting annual and mid‑year appraisals.
• Project briefings, contingency planning, creating site specific RAMS for review.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum of 5 years industry experience or in a similar transferable role.
• An understanding of the distribution and trunk main network operating principles.
• An understanding of hydraulic analysis using hydraulic modelling software.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification.
• Proven experience of working within a project life cycle, either by desktop or field support.
• Proficient use of Office365 and GIS.
• Knowledge of district metered design and optimisation is desirable.
• Practical hands‑on industry or utility knowledge.

Benefits

• Health & Lifestyle Rewards Scheme with Benenden Health (including discounts at 3500+ retailers, 24/7 GP service for you and your family, access to private healthcare and more).
• An additional day per year earned after 3 consecutive years of employment, capped at 30 days excluding bank holidays + enhanced sick pay.
• 1% above national minimum for employer’s contribution to your auto‑enrolment pension fund.
• Flexible hybrid working currently set at 3:2 (office/site to home working) after successful probation.
• Funding of relevant professional qualifications and memberships in line with our company Training and Professional Memberships Policy.
• 2 company‑wide team meetings including a Summer Team Building event and a Winter Christmas Party.
• An annual appraisal and a company‑wide salary review each year.
• Favourable refer‑a‑friend reward scheme.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Job Function: Information Technology