Summary: Are you an experienced strategist capable of looking beyond the next quarter to shape the next quarter-century? Do you have the analytical foresight and leadership drive to chart a resilient, sustainable path for our business? As our Strategic Planning Manager, you will stand at the helm of our future roadmap-scanning long-term horizons and developing adaptive strategies that span up to 25 years. In a rapidly evolving landscape, you will serve as the central strategic coordinator, ensuring core strategies like our Strategic Direction Statement (SDS) drive seamless alignment across every corner of the organisation. From embedding critical initiatives-including Net Zero targets, climate change adaptation, resilient supply, and environmental enhancement-into all operational plans, to navigating wider water industry shifts, your work will directly protect our corporate priorities. You will own our resilience strategy, identify emerging risks before they manifest, and...

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...

M&E Projects Manager Salary: 45,000 to 50,000 (Depending on experience) Location: Ramsgate Permanent Full-time and at site Hours: 8.00am to 5.00pm We are recruiting for an M&E Projects Manager to join an established business operating within the mechanical and electrical building services sector. This is a varied project-based role, responsible for managing multiple projects from initial planning through to completion. You will work closely with Project Managers, Directors, site teams, clients, consultants and subcontractors to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards. Key Responsibilities Manage and coordinate multiple M&E projects from start to completion. Prepare and monitor project programmes, budgets, resources and timescales. Coordinate project teams, site activities, subcontractors and suppliers. Provide technical and project support to site-based teams. Monitor quality,...

Summary: Join South East Water as a Duty Control Manager and play a pivotal role in delivering an uninterrupted, 24/7 service to our customers and stakeholders. Leading one of six dedicated shifts, you will take full ownership of real-time control room operations, proactively driving the response to operational events, supply incidents, and emergencies. As the primary out-of-hours interface for retail organisations and field teams, you will ensure seamless cross-departmental coordination while keeping customers informed through our website, phone channels, and internal systems like Maximo. Beyond immediate incident management, you will oversee production site operations to align with asset plans, protect abstraction licences, and optimise storage levels. You will also enhance our core PRISM reporting system and occasionally step up to deputise for senior operational and emergency managers, including contributing to site-specific emergency plans. To succeed in this critical...

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: Do you want a role where your expertise in project delivery and contract management truly matters? We're looking for an experienced and proactive Project Manager to join our team and drive the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of essential minor works projects. This is a brilliant opportunity to apply your skills across vital infrastructure, from treatment works upgrades and pipeline installations to reservoir maintenance and pumping station improvements. If you're a seasoned professional looking for meaningful work and ready for your next big challenge, this exciting role offers autonomy, complexity, and clear purpose. Main Responsibilities: You will be responsible for the safe and successful delivery of your project portfolio to Time, Cost, and Quality. Key responsibilities include: Project Delivery: Managing the full project lifecycle-initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure-for assigned clean water infrastructure projects....

Summary: Are you ready to shape the future of national water resilience? Do you have the regulatory expertise to lead multi-million-pound infrastructure schemes through complex frameworks? At South East Water, we are tackling one of the most critical challenges of our time: securing long-term water supply resilience, environmental sustainability, and climate adaptation. Delivered under the RAPID (Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development) framework, our Major Projects are nationally significant, multi-company initiatives subject to isolated funding and mandated gated development pathways. We are seeking a Major Projects Regulatory Manager to direct our regulatory strategy, navigate complex delivery models like DPC and SIPR, and serve as the primary liaison with key regulatory bodies-including RAPID, Ofwat, the Environment Agency, the DWI, and Natural England. If you are a strategic leader capable of unifying multi-disciplinary teams across engineering,...

Summary: Are you a forward-thinking strategist who thrives on looking decades into the future? Do you have the analytical sharpness to connect complex business strategies, listen to community insights, and shape the long-term trajectory of our organisation? If so, this is your opportunity to own big-picture strategies-including our Strategic Direction Statement (SDS)-and build adaptive, interlocking plans that keep us one step ahead in a changing world. Main responsibilities: Creating the big plan: support the coordination and drafting of some key strategic documents, keeping them fresh and making sure they adapt as the world changes. The incumbent will help to ensure that customer and stakeholder views shape our plans. Listening to our community: ensure that the voices of our customers and stakeholders are heard, using their insights to direct our strategic planning. Setting the ground rules: agree on the core assumptions (like population growth or weather...

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...

Proposal Coordinator / Estimator Location: Sittingbourne Salary: Negotiable, depending on qualifications and experience Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:30-16:30 We are looking for a responsible and organised Proposal Coordinator / Estimator to join our team. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within a technical environment, with full on-the-job training provided. The role will involve working with customers, internal teams and suppliers to understand requirements, attend site visits and produce accurate and detailed proposals. The successful candidate will need to be confident communicating with customers, comfortable working independently and able to manage multiple proposals through to completion. Key Responsibilities Liaise directly with customers to establish their key requirements Attend customer sites to gather further information and understand requirements Work closely with internal teams and suppliers Prepare detailed...

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...

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: 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...