Asset Engineer

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

6/26/2025

Closing Date

2025-07-31

Job Title: Asset Engineer

Location: Falmer (hybrid working model - 2 days a week in office/site)

Salary: starting from £45,000 depending on experience

Job Summary

Southern Water are excited to be recruiting for a new Asset Engineer within our Engineering team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance of assets under their control to relevant design standards, providing assurance through regular site visits and detailed reporting to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Completing site visits to assess asset condition, highlighting any issues or concerns
• Compiling reports on findings including photographic evidence
• Providing recommendations for improvement and remedial works where necessary
• Ensuring all sites have up-to-date risk assessments in place
• Monitoring performance against key KPI’s such as critical spills and environmental incidents
• Managing reactive work orders raised by operations teams relating to assets under your control
• Working closely with Operations and Delivery teams to identify potential risks and trends
• Making decisions regarding short term solutions to maintain asset integrity
• Liaising with internal stakeholders such as Health & Safety, Environmental and Planning teams
• Identifying opportunities to reduce operational costs
  
  

Qualifications

• Chartered engineer status (or working towards)
• A background in civil engineering or construction discipline
• Experience in a site based role within the utilities industry
• Knowledge of water industry regulatory frameworks
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to prioritise competing tasks effectively
• IT literate – proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  
  

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between home and office and site visits.

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
• Health benefits through a Cash Plan
• Two paid community volunteering days a year
• 25 days annual holiday
• Occupational health service
• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options