We're Hiring: Freelance Site Engineer in Chippenham

Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

• Undertake setting out and surveying activities for clean water trunk main installations and associated infrastructure.
• Interpret construction drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Manage and monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with design requirements and Thames Water standards.
• Coordinate trenching, pipe laying, thrust boring, directional drilling, valve installations, washouts, air valves, and associated civil works.
• Review and resolve site engineering issues in collaboration with design teams and project management.
• Support commissioning, pressure testing, chlorination, sampling, and network integration activities.
• Ensure all works meet Thames Water quality standards and project specifications.
• Maintain accurate site records, quality documentation, inspection and test plans (ITPs), and as-built information.
• Ensure works are carried out in accordance with CDM Regulations, Water Industry standards, and site-specific risk assessments.
• Review and implement RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements).
• Ensure environmental controls are maintained to minimise impacts on customers, watercourses, and local communities.

What you’ll bring:

• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Previous experience delivering water infrastructure projects, preferably clean water trunk mains.
• Knowledge of water industry standards and utility construction practices.
• Experience with setting out equipment, surveying techniques, and interpretation of engineering drawings.
• Understanding of pressure testing, chlorination, and commissioning processes.
• Full clean driving licence.
• CSCS Card.
• SMSTS or SSSTS.
• NRSWA Supervisor (desirable).
• First Aid at Work (desirable).
• EUSR Water Hygiene Card.
• Temporary Works Co-Ordinator (desirable).

What’s in it for you?

• Contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• Private health care single cover.
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.

About us:

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team.