Assistant Project Engineer

Development / Graduate Project Engineer

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary from £27,064 - £33,000 (+ Car Allowance) 

Location hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham and mobile work in the North-East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Teesside)

About the role

At Northumbrian Water Group (covering the North East, Essex & Suffolk), we’re preparing for a £6 billion investment programme running from 2025 to 2030, aiming to increase the resilience of our water and wastewater services while restoring and regenerating our environment.

To achieve successful delivery of this investment we’re seeking four Development / Graduate Project Engineers to join our Engineering Team in our North-East operating region. We are aiming for a start date of September 2025 at the latest, but can bring start dates forward depending on candidate availability and experience (as early as May 2025).

You will be joining a multi-discipline team of Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil, Process, Geo-Technical and Environmental Engineers who will mentor you through a structured training programme to gain valuable project experience. You will learn how to support construction projects from a technical perspective within the water industry, and gradually develop the autonomy to deliver your own projects with risk, value and complexity relative to your competence on the programme.

This is a Trainee / Graduate scheme where on the job learning and your structured development programme will provide valuable mentoring, coaching, and training to provide you with the necessary skills and experience. The role will develop into a full Project Engineer position within the Engineering team when all objectives have been attained and competencies demonstrated.

As part of your development programme there will be the opportunity gain experience within our with our Strategic Technical and Design / Construct Partners  - focussing on design, commissioning and construction.

We act as a Client Engineering function; setting the Standards which designs should be delivered to; supporting the successful planning, launch and delivery of projects; and taking a lead role at key points such as Design Acceptance and Commissioning. The role covers full end to end project delivery with a wide range of exposure to on-site construction work, delivering environmental improvements and solving real problems.

About you

You will be studying an Engineering, Environmental or Science degree and be on track to achieve a 2:1 or above, or can demonstrate relevant industry experience in substitution of the academic qualification.

You should be passionate about making a difference to the environment, the net-zero challenge, and demonstrate necessary behaviours to deliver positive change for our customers and communities.

As you will be working within a team, we’re looking for you to be able to work collaboratively, using your proven communication skills to engage. You will also participate in assignments, structured training, and other opportunities across the organisation and wider design supply chain.

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, which means we would love you to bring new ideas and ways of working to help us improve. This will help contribute to our vision to be national leader.

A driving license is essential for this role as you will need to travel between various site locations.

Assessment centres will be week commencing the 13th January 2025, with interviews on week commencing the 20th January 2025.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.