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Closing Date
2025-08-15
Job Title: Sewer County Engineer
Location: Millbrook WTW – Hampshire (must have a full, UK manual drivers licence and be willing to travel)
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: Up to £45k depending on skills and experience.
As a Sewer County Engineer, you will be project managing investigations, drawing on the skills of specialists within and outside of the company, with a view to identifying necessary investment and maintenance.
You will need to develop a detailed understanding of operating, performance and investment issues for the sewerage system within their area.
You will act as a point of contact for Asset Investment and Corporate Strategy on sewerage investment issues and to contribute towards the company’s aim of joined up and effective investment planning whilst troubleshooting the more difficult sewerage emergencies and similar sensitive issues.
Problem Solving
- Managing the investigation of the more serious problems and deficiencies with a view to identifying necessary investment and maintenance.
- Recommending major capital solutions.
- Programming and procuring minor capital (RCP) solutions.
- Advise on solutions to emergency failures
Change And Innovation
- To identify short to long term solutions to hydraulic and operational deficiencies in the sewerage system.
- To provide engineering expertise to AM & P team, Customer Services, Corporate Strategy and Field Operations
Customer / Stakeholder Management
- To develop good working relationships with external bodies, e.g. District Councils, Environment Agency, etc. Liaison with Customers, their representatives, District Councils, Councillors, MPs etc. in issues of concern arising from the sewerage system.
Risk Management
- Advising on sewerage provisions bids.
- Contribute to the development of Sewerage and Civil Engineering Maintenance strategies.
- Act as a point of contact for Network Planning on sewerage flooding issues
The County Sewerage Engineer will be required to communicate across all areas of the Business and at all levels within the organisation to include Senior Management.
You will be required to formulate strategies and interpret Asset Maintenance and improvement needs, resulting in contribution to the formulation of company strategies and
processes. You will also be required to communicate with external agencies having an interest in the sewerage function.
As well as the friendly, welcoming team and overall package, our other benefits are:
- A company van (for business use only) which you can take home, and a fuel card (role dependent)
- All necessary PPE, tools, uniform and training to excel in your career at Southern Water
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers
- Pension contributions up to 11% (depending on your contribution)
- An employee assistance program
- A network of sports and social clubs
- Company and performance-related bonus
- Life assurance equal to 4x salary
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
- Health Cash Plan
- Two paid volunteering days a year
- Occupational health service
- Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
- Digital GP service
- Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
- Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options
- Cycle to work scheme
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances?
- We have the right to close this advert early if we have a high volume of applications*
