Assistant Engineers

The reservoir is an environmentally-led project with that will help to safeguard internationally-rare rivers in Hampshire by providing an alternative, sustainable source of water.

As well as well as protecting some of the county's rare river habitats, it will also provide a new green, leisure facility for local communities, wetland habitats for local rehomed wildlife and visitor centre. It will be the first new reservoir to be built in the South East since the 1970s and is being developed in collaboration with Southern Water who are funding the project which sits at £340m (with scope and value increasing).

The project will be mainly delivered through a main reservoir contract and two pipeline contracts, with some additional related contracts. The candidates will join the existing project office working directly with the FutureWater joint venture and other project partners. The project is due to run until at least 2030 with extensions expected.

The role will report directly into a Lead Engineer.

Responsibilities

Support Engineering Lead, who is driving design assurance process, through meeting organisation, minute taking, tracking review responses, forecasting and regular reporting of the assurance process.
Track design reviews for the approval of Designs Submissions by the main works contractors.
Track the response to Technical Queries raised by the main works contractors ensure they responded to in accordance with timescales identified the Contract
Collate responses from stakeholders involved in the Design Submission review process and rationalise them onto a single Client Comment Sheet.
Engage with colleagues and stakeholders (as directed by the Engineering Lead) in the core Portsmouth Water business, especially Operations, Water Quality and Consents Teams to secure their engagement, reporting back to Engineering Lead.
Support and assist the Engineering Lead in developing new systems and processes to improve the Engineering assurance function
Take minutes and engage in the regular meetings with the Design Guardians to discuss the lookahead, open actions and ongoing issues
Track the response to Technical Queries and Design Submissions by the main works contractors and manage the liaison, input and expectations of all stakeholders.
Coordinate general requests from and to contractors on engineering matters.
Take minutes for the weekly meetings with PW Operations to discuss, answer and resolve outstanding queries and issues.
Take minutes and engage in technical workshops between PW Operations, mains works contractors and the Design Guardian to ensure alignment and buy-in of proposed solutions.
Attend regular meetings with the HTR Engineering Team
Work with the Portsmouth Water project team to help assist in the creation of discrete scopes of work for instruction to the Design Guardian.
Assist the Lead Engineer to ensure that the design review process is managed successfully for all design packages
Track the responses to Technical Queries raised by the main works contractors and involve the Panel of Experts and Design Guardian as required.
Agreed Project budgets.
Scope of any Contracts awarded.
All Engineering standards and industry 'best practice'.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing regulatory requirements (CDM and H&S at Work Act)
Environmental regulatory requirements (e.g. EPSM)
Planning Permission and Section 106 Agreements
Supplemental Agreement with FE
PW-SWS Bulk Supply Agreement

Skills/experience/qualifications

Strong communication and presentation skills
Effective stakeholder engagement skills
Good understand and appreciation of the "design process" and its commercial implications.
Strong team player with good communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
The ability to manage and coordinate inputs from multiple parties.
Ability to work to deadlines with a focus on results and quality
High competency in Excel/Powerpoint/Word/Teams
Bachelor's degree in an Engineering related field of study.
Earthworks and or pipeline project experience
Experience of design and construction development in a BIM, common data environment.

Benefits package

Salary in line with experience circa £45-55k
Company car allowance tbc
Generous holiday allowance
Holiday buy/sell due to be introduced
Enhanced company benefits - introduction of electric car scheme, additional discounts
Hybrid working will be discussed but 3/4 days on site/PW offices will be expected
Company bonus scheme
Pension contribution up to 15