Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer Essex Consultancy Up to 70k Most building services consultancies say they value their senior engineers. This one is built around them. It's a deliberately senior-heavy MEP consultancy where nearly every project has a Director on it and a Senior or Principal engineer does the core design work. Clients pay for that level of expertise, which is why around 90% of them come back and most of the work is won through negotiation rather than tender. The business has grown to three offices across the South East and East of England since it was founded in 2020. Each office runs as its own business, but projects, clients and people move freely between them, so the offices don't compete with each other. The Essex office is looking for a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer to join an established team. The Role Leading mechanical design on projects across education, residential, commercial, industrial and a growing healthcare portfolio...

Commercial gas engineer Essex and surroundings 50,000 - 55,000 Our client is currently seeking a commercial gas engineer to support their Southeast team. The company has been one of the core facilities maintenance providers for the public sector in London and the Southeast, supplying a full range of services to education, healthcare, pharmaceutical sectors. The chosen candidate will be responsible for daily service, maintenance and reactive tasks on various contracts within the designated patch. Majority of the work involved in the role will be specifically on the gas side but may be asked to pitch in with general mechanical duties like ventilation, air handling units, etc Job Description Service, maintenance, fault finding and reactive works Boilers, plant rooms and heating systems AHUs & ventilation Working on high profile contracts Participate in their call out rota Covering all commercial contracts in and around Essex...

Senior Electrical Engineer Kent Consultancy Up to 65k A lot of electrical engineers in consultancy spend their time on concept and feasibility work and rarely see the detailed design through. This role is the opposite. It's with a growing MEP consultancy whose Kent office focuses on the technical end of the process, producing RIBA Stage 4 detailed design and construction-level information through to commissioning, much of it for mechanical and electrical contractors. The business has three offices across the South East and East of England, with Kent as its original and busiest office. Each office runs as its own business, but projects and people move freely between them, and the client base is loyal, with around 90% of clients returning and most work won through negotiation rather than tender. The Kent team is now looking for a Senior or Intermediate-Senior Electrical Engineer. The Role Delivering electrical design mainly at RIBA Stages 4 to 6, from detailed technical...

Intermediate or Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Kent Hybrid Working Up to 60k Multidisciplinary Engineering Consultancy Complex & Technical Projects Are you an Intermediate or Senior Mechanical Engineer looking for a role where you can take genuine ownership of projects, work across technically challenging buildings, and have direct involvement with clients and the wider design team? This is an opportunity to join an established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with over 30 years of experience, bringing together mechanical, electrical, public health, fire engineering, sustainability, project management and building validation expertise. The business works across the UK and internationally, delivering coordinated engineering solutions across sectors including commercial, residential, healthcare, education, data centres, industrial, defence and aviation. The Opportunity As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll become an important part of the MEP team, taking...

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings. The Role We are seeking an experienced Section Engineer to join our team working on the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), a major 10-year collaborative framework with Network Rail focused on enhancing and renewing railway infrastructure across the Southern Route. Working within our Earthworks team, you will be based from our Gravesend office and support the delivery of projects across Kent. This role is well suited to an engineer looking to take greater ownership of project delivery, lead engineering activities on site, and contribute to the successful...

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings. We're looking for an ambitious Site Engineer to join our team on the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), a long-term 10-year framework with Network Rail that is transforming and renewing rail infrastructure across the Southern Route. As part of our Earthworks team, you'll be based from our Gravesend office and work across a variety of projects throughout Kent. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who is looking to build their career on complex infrastructure projects while gaining hands-on experience in a supportive, collaborative environment. This role...

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings. We are seeking a Building Services Engineer with a strong electrical installation background to join our project team on a major defence-sector project in Lakenheath, encompassing civil engineering, building and M&E works. Reporting to the Building Services Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the successful delivery of M&E services through all phases of the project. This position would suit a current Assistant Building Services Engineer, Assistant Project Engineer or Project Engineer looking to take the next step in their career, with the...

About the Role An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality Engineer to join a major infrastructure project. This position is ideal for a proactive and detail-oriented quality professional who is passionate about delivering projects right first time and driving a culture of excellence. Working closely with project teams, designers, subcontractors, and stakeholders, you will play a key role in ensuring quality standards, client requirements, and project procedures are consistently achieved throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Support the implementation and maintenance of project Quality Management Systems. Assist in the development and management of Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs). Conduct internal audits and support supply chain and design partner audits. Review subcontractor quality documentation and ensure compliance with project requirements. Manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and support corrective action close-out. Promote a...

New Electrician position available at Randstad CPE (phone number removed) Job Title: Electrician - Street Lighting Location: Sittingbourne, Kent Start Date: September 2026 Contract Duration: Ongoing (temporary contract) Pay Rate: 140 - 180 per day (dependent on qualifications and pay type; PAYE, Umbrella PAYE or CIS) About the Role We are looking for an experienced Street Light Operative for an immediate start on a street lighting maintenance and installation contract in Sittingbourne . Key Responsibilities Street lighting column removal and erection. Other street lighting furniture (eg Bollards and signposts) Working collaboratively within traffic management May be expected to put out their own chapter 8 Private connections and terminating Excavation and reinstatement - making pathway/verge good Requirements HERS Card / ECS Card (Highway Electrical Registration Scheme essential) Slinger / Signaller qualification...

Planning Engineer Contract Type: Permanent Salary: 65,000 per annum Benefits: Pension, Bonus, Private Medical, Incentive Plan, 25 Days Holiday The Role We are seeking an experienced Outage Planning Engineer to join the Wider Engineering Team. You will be responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of major planned outages, inspections, maintenance campaigns and engineering projects. This role would suit someone from a Maintenance Planning background, ideally with exposure to the power generation or related industries Working closely with site outage teams, engineering functions, contractors and stakeholders, you will develop and manage integrated outage programmes, ensuring work is safely planned, efficiently sequenced and delivered to agreed timescales, quality standards and budgets. Key Responsibilities Lead the planning and coordination of major planned outages, ensuring safety, programme, cost and quality KPIs are achieved. Develop and manage...

Summary: As a Distribution Technician, you'll be the person keeping the water flowing and ensuring our community receives a reliable, uninterrupted supply every single day. In this hands-on, field-based role, no two days are ever the same. You'll spend your time out on the front lines tackling real-world challenges, investigating sudden supply issues, fixing mains bursts, and stepping in as a supportive face for customers when things don't go to plan. Whether you're attending scheduled appointments, running water quality tests, helping customers locate their water meters, or offering friendly advice, your daily work will make an immediate, positive impact. Main responsibilities: Customer Support: Attending customer appointments and carry out allocated work for them, responding to customer requests and offer general advice, water quality tests, and help locating water meters if needed. Network Support: Carrying out mains shuts, risk assessments, interruption reports,...

Summary: Are you a Risk Lead capable of taking South East Water from foundational tracking to world-class QSRA and QCRA modeling? Do you have a track record of driving down cost impact risks to unlock critical contingency in a massive capital budget? The PMO Portfolio Risk Lead owns the 'What if' scenarios, protecting the £1billion Capital Programme from uncertainty, including both threats and opportunities. Operating within the central IPMO hub, you will champion a risk-aware culture across the organisation's 'spokes'. While using an in-house risk system, you will lead the evolution of the function, fulfilling the strong desire to implement Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA). You will be responsible for setting Risk Management Standards, assurance and maturing capabilities to meet SEWs organizational needs. All standards and assurance activity will integrate with broader SEW Risk Management practices and will need to enable escalated...

Summary: The Portfolio Data and Reporting Lead owns the critical question 'What does this all mean?', translating complex project data into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders across South East Water. As part of the central PMO hub supporting a £1billion Capital Programme, you will act as the 'data guardian', ensuring integrity and consistency while breaking down information silos between business functions to provide a single source of truth. Accountable for reporting where we are winning and where we have opportunities to improve. Providing actionable insights that drive performance levels and aide decision making up to Board level. You are the primary interface for transforming raw data into intelligence. Without this role, the organisation would rely on fragmented data dumps rather than intuitive insights, hindering senior leadership's ability to make fast, strategic decisions in a highly regulated environment impacting customer's overall experience. Main...

Summary: Are you an experienced Civil Engineer looking for a role that offers real purpose and impact? We're looking for an Engineer to join our Civils team, working on vital water infrastructure projects that make a genuine difference to people's lives across the South East. This is a chance to use your expertise to help us deliver safe, clean drinking water to our customers, from the very beginning of a project to its successful completion. You'll be part of a supportive team, working on exciting, varied projects and shaping your own technical deliverables. Main responsibilities Review and check project scopes to make sure they'll achieve the right outcomes. Provide technical solutions and support on capital projects, producing key documents like design drawings, CDM documents, and job specification packs. Check other people's work for technical quality. Mentor our brilliant Graduate Civil Engineers and apprentices, helping them to grow and develop their skills....

Summary: Are you looking for a role where your technical input directly shapes water infrastructure? Do you have the communication skills to negotiate with Tier 1 contractors and the technical knowledge to challenge a design review? We are searching for an Assistant Project Manager (APM) to provide critical technical and operational support to the Project Manager throughout the full lifecycle of schemes with a focus on civil engineering - from Initial Concept and Feasibility through to Commissioning and Final Handover. Reporting directly to the Project Manager, you will ensure the seamless delivery of infrastructure projects, maintaining momentum from the pre-construction phase to site completion. Main responsibilities: Performing administrative tasks as required, including preparing estimates and invoices and keeping track of the project's progress, usually with the help of specific software and technical experts. Reporting to the project manager on the project's progress...

Summary: As Delivery Manager, you will be a crucial member of the Engineering leadership team. You will hold full accountability for your portfolio, valued between £20-40 million annually, and will be responsible for the safe design and delivery of asset engineering programmes. This involves planning and leading multiple workstreams, managing third-party suppliers and stakeholders, and overseeing project managers and their teams. You will ensure your programmes are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining compliance with internal governance and utilising data-driven insights for informed decision-making. This role demands excellent programme management skills, commercial awareness, contract management experience, and the ability to lead and inspire diverse teams. This is an exciting time to join our business as we are investing over £1.8 billion in our water network to build a sustainable future. This means we're growing and investing in talented people who can...

Summary: Are you an engineer who thrives on variety, takes pride in technical excellence, and wants a career that fits around your life-not the other way around? We have an incredible opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our Investment Delivery Directorate. Based out of our Snodland, Kent office, you will enjoy a flexible, hybrid working model that allows you to manage your own time between home, the office, and our project sites across the beautiful South East. At South East Water, we don't just talk about work-life balance and continual professional development (CPD)-we build them directly into our culture. Supporting a Project Manager, you will take ownership of all technical and engineering aspects of your assigned projects from conception to completion, including a PLC replacement project. You will be the technical anchor-planning, scheduling, and managing tasks to ensure accuracy, safety, and top-tier quality. Although this role offers flexible/hybrid working...

Summary: As our Assistant Project Manager, you will drive technical projects from initial concept straight through to final handover. Working side-by-side with the Project Manager, you will plan, execute, and deliver smart solutions, serving as the central link between contractors, technical experts, and internal teams to keep expectations aligned and communication seamless. You will own the operational details that keep projects on track, from setting up site visits and managing budgets to keeping digital databases and documentation perfectly organised. Crucially, you will champion delivery standards by ensuring all work complies with CDM2015 regulations, aligns with company engineering specifications, and meets our strict quality assurance procedures. If you are a proactive problem-solver with a strong grasp of technical compliance and a passion for turning blueprints into reality, you will thrive in this role. Main Responsibilities: Performing administrative tasks...

Summary: Are you a curious and experienced Electrical Engineer looking for a role with real purpose? At South East Water, you won't just be managing circuits; you'll be applying your expertise to complex, high-impact projects that deliver clean, safe drinking water to millions. You'll join a friendly, collaborative team where your voice is heard, and your technical mastery directly improves the communities we serve. We offer a culture of flexibility, professional growth, and the unique satisfaction of seeing your designs come to life from initial concept to commissioning. This role supports hybrid working, allowing you to balance home and office life, with the opportunity to visit our diverse sites across the South East to oversee project milestones and design reviews. Main responsibilities Development of technical solutions and coordinating work with multi-disciplinary teams Process, Civil and Mechanical) Production of technical reports and the ability to work...

Summary: Are you a skilled mechanical engineer looking for a role that offers both technical challenge and a genuine work-life balance? Do you want to use your expertise to lead meaningful projects that provide a vital service to our community? As one of our Senior Mechanical Engineers, you'll provide the technical leadership needed to keep our MEICA team moving forward. This is a varied role where you'll oversee resource allocation, solve complex mechanical queries, and help deliver capital engineering schemes from the initial design through to commissioning. Whether you're an experienced professional looking for a more stable, value-driven environment or a rising talent ready to step into a senior position, you'll find plenty of opportunity here to make a tangible impact. Main Responsibilities: Develop Technical Solutions: Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams-including Process and Civil-to create integrated, practical solutions for water infrastructure. Lead...