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Assistant Engineer
The Assistant Engineer will support the Lead Engineer in ensuring that all design work across the Havant Thicket Reservoir (HTR) programme is technically robust, compliant, and aligned with Portsmouth Water’s standards. You will help manage design assurance processes, coordinate technical reviews, and contribute to the development of detailed designs that will shape the reservoir’s construction, commissioning, and eventual handover. This role is ideal for someone early in their engineering career who is eager to grow, contribute to a nationally significant infrastructure project, and work within a multidisciplinary environment.
What will you be doing?
Key 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, and engage in technical workshops between PW operations and mains works contractors.
- 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.
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What do you need?
Skills, Qualifications & Competencies
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Effective stakeholder engagement skills
- Good understanding 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.
- Post-graduate experience.
We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways, and that’s why we’re happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please feel free to talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may be looking for.
Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out.
We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we actively encourage applications from all sections of society.
Please be aware, the Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Due to the high volume of applications we may receive, we’re unable to respond to every applicant individually. If your application is of interest, we’ll usually be in touch within 4 weeks of receiving it.
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Enjoy up to 27 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, giving you plenty of time to relax, recharge, and explore.
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We’ll help secure your future with a generous pension scheme, contributing up to 15% because your tomorrow matters as much as your today.
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You could earn a non-contractual bonus of up to 6% of your basic salary, linked to company performance because when we succeed together, you should benefit too.
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Whether you’re welcoming a new arrival through birth or adoption, we’ve got your back with enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay.
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