Summary: Do you have the insight and drive to turn complex regulatory changes into real-world business solutions? Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for shaping the future of the water sector? As our new Regulatory Policy Lead, reporting directly to the Strategic Planning Manager, you will play a pivotal role in helping us look toward the future. In this dynamic position, you will identify, influence, and shape emerging regulatory policy and reform across the industry. Acting as the company's leading voice, you will craft strategic responses to critical industry consultations and represent our organisation at key national forums. Crucially, you will bridge the gap between strategy and execution-working closely with internal stakeholders to translate new regulatory direction into robust, business-as-usual systems and processes. Main responsibilities: Shaping regulatory reform: Coordinate and lead our engagement with the reform of the water sector, maintaining...

Summary: Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager ready to head a major flagship water infrastructure project? Do you have the expertise to manage a £500m+ portfolio across complex PPP/PFI frameworks and NEC contracts? We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to take ownership of a major workstream within a landmark clean water infrastructure scheme, encompassing a new reservoir, water treatment works, pipelines, and pumping stations. Reporting directly to the Head of Major Projects, you will be fully accountable for driving safe, on-time, and on-budget delivery across a portfolio valued at approximately £500m. This role demands strong commercial and contractual acumen-specifically in administering NEC contracts and navigating PPP/PFI finance structures-alongside technical assurance skills to oversee planning, resourcing, and quality from concept to completion. In addition to day-to-day contract governance and technical oversight, you will act as the principal lead for...

Summary: Are you a proactive Project Manager who thrives on delivering high-impact infrastructure projects? Do you have the hands-on experience needed to lead complex infrastructure projects like treatment upgrades and pipeline installations? We are looking for an experienced and proactive Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of clean water infrastructure projects, from inception through to completion and handover. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing projects typically involving treatment works upgrades, pipeline installations/rehabilitations, reservoir maintenance, and pumping station improvements. A core requirement of this role is the proficient management of contracts, particularly utilising the NEC (New Engineering Contract) suite, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards, while managing risk and stakeholder expectations effectively. The Project Manager...

Summary: Are you a proactive, high-performing Project Manager ready to take the reins on high-value, transformative infrastructure? Do you have the NEC contract expertise and the drive to lead complex capital projects from initial concept straight through to final handover? We are looking for an experienced and proactive Project Manager to step into a high-visibility leadership role delivering critical, large-scale engineering works. As Project Manager you will lead the end-to-end delivery of work packages forming part of a large-scale, and high-value major capital infrastructure project. You will be accountable for the successful execution of complex projects, typically involving significant treatment works upgrades or major pipeline installations, from inception through to completion and handover. A core requirement of this role is the proficient management of contracts, particularly utilising the New Engineering Contract (NEC) suite, ensuring the project is delivered...

Summary: Are you an experienced maintenance leader looking for a role with real purpose? At South East Water, we are looking for a Production Manager (Maintenance) to provide effective leadership to a team of Electrical and Mechanical technicians working within the drinking water industry. Your primary focus will be successfully managing both reactive and relevant planned maintenance programmes throughout the Water Supply Kent department. In this key operational role, you will ensure the continuous delivery of a top-quality, safe and reliable service to our customers. This requires meticulous oversight of all electrical and mechanical assets, strict adherence to safety protocols, and proactive planning to minimise downtime and service disruptions. Main Responsibilities: Maintenance & Strategy : Oversee the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance activities across all sites. You will also assist in developing and refining the maintenance strategy, processes, and...

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...

Survey CAD Manager Role Overview The Survey CAD Manager will manage the creation, control, and distribution of survey and engineering data across a major infrastructure project. The role is responsible for establishing CAD standards, improving information workflows, and ensuring project teams have access to accurate, reliable, and compliant data. Key Responsibilities Lead the management and quality assurance of survey and engineering CAD information. Act as the interface between survey, design, engineering, and construction teams. Develop and maintain CAD standards, procedures, and best practice guidance. Ensure design and survey data is correctly transferred and used throughout the project lifecycle. Oversee the management of utility and subsurface information to support safe construction activities. Provide technical support, training, and guidance on CAD and survey software. Manage CAD systems, licences, and related digital resources. Drive continuous...

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...

Summary: Fixed term contract with the possibility to be made permanent: Are you a proactive recruiter who thrives on searching and connecting with technical talent? We are expanding our team to support major new infrastructure projects, and we need a hands on internal recruiter to help us identify, attract, and hire exceptional engineering, technical and IT skill sets. This is a varied, fast paced contract where you won't just post ads and wait you'll be a true strategic partner, leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter and other proactive channels, talent mapping, and proactive sourcing to build robust talent pipelines for critical skills. Main Responsibilities Proactive External Sourcing: Use advanced LinkedIn Recruiter techniques, boolean searches, and direct sourcing strategies to map the market and uncover passive engineering talent. Pipeline Building: Create long-term candidate pipelines for critical technical skills and future infrastructure requirements. End-to-End...

Job Title : Standards & Technical Governance Manager Location: South East Coast Salary: Circa £75K + Excellent Benefits (Bonus, Shares, Pension, Travel Benefits/Schemes, Perks) Role Type: Permanent; Monday M-F; Days Only Tired of just applying standards but never truly influencing them? What if you could shape how safety, compliance, and technical standards are defined across a major international engineering business. Why this role might be worth a conversation: If you re currently frustrated by regulations that don t match reality, or limited to applying standards rather than shaping them, this opportunity offers a chance to take proactively leadership within a complex safety critical environment that has a variety of innovation programmes and new regulatory landscapes to maneuver. Here, your decisions will directly influence safety, risk, and operations at scale for now and the future. What you ll get: - Real influence: shape technical and safety decisions...

Summary: Are you an experienced operational decision-maker seeking a high-oversight role in network resilience? If you are ready to command operational control systems, safeguard uncompromised water quality, and protect thousands of customers from unplanned outages, this is where your expertise makes an immediate, high-visibility impact. Operating within the Central Operations team, the Network Controller serves as the authoritative focal point for real-time network stability, contingency execution, and emergency response across the water distribution network. This critical, high-oversight position demands advanced technical judgment to manage real-time hydraulic applications, mitigate Water Quality (WQ) risks, and safeguard stringent regulatory performance targets (including DWI standards, DG2, DG3 and C-mex metrics). The successful candidate will leverage data-driven intelligence and operational control systems to eliminate unplanned outages, optimise field resource...

Job title: Fire Safety Manager, Interim Location : Dover Salary: £55,000 + £5k completion incentive Hours : Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Contact: 6-month fixed-term The role: This is a unique opportunity to influence our client's safety strategy at scale, working across operational environments, commercial buildings, engineering projects, marine facilities and major infrastructure developments. Benefits: 5 weeks annual leave + bank holidays Birthday leave Free Parking Generous contributory pension scheme Discretionary annual bonus scheme Private Health Care Life assurance Employee assistance programme 3rd party discounts Cycle to work scheme Benefits and reward platform Employee volunteering scheme Key responsibilities will be to: Provide fire safety leadership, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation while developing and embedding a robust Fire Safety Management System. Act as the SME for fire safety...