Reservoir Safety Engineer

Reservoir Safety Engineer

(must be appointed to Supervising Engineers (England and Wales)

Full Time - Permanent (We’re open to discussing flexible working)

Salary Band – up to £71,000 + excellent benefits

Location – South-East England covering primarily our Essex and Suffolk operating areas with travel to our reservoirs in our northern operating area.

About the role

We have made good progress in delivering improvements to our reservoir safety operations over recent years and we have an amazing opportunity to become a Reservoir Safety Engineer supporting our Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water regions. We are looking for you to make further improvements and to support with the development of long-term strategies for our reservoir safety operations, considering the Reservoirs Act 1975 and the Floods and Water Management Act 2010.

As a member of the Reservoir Safety Team, you will support NWG as undertaker of the current portfolio of Large Raised Reservoirs where NWG has ultimate responsibility for the safety of the reservoir. We add value working collaboratively with our NWG colleagues and partners to manage the safety of our dams, dam safety related infrastructure, and compliance with the Reservoirs Act 1975. You will provide expert technical support to our internal teams regarding potential or actual Reservoir Act compliance and reservoir safety issues. Our approach emphasises innovation and collaboration as one team, working diligently to reduce the risk of failures, protect communities, the environment and improve compliance. Through effective surveillance, monitoring, examination, and inspection, we strive to be national leader in achieving and maintaining the highest standards of dam safety.

​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

About you

If you’re creative and have great problem-solving skills, then we want to hear from you.

You’ll build and maintain positive working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders. You should have excellent communication skills and a strong ability to influence decision making at all levels.

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate effective project management of civil engineering projects taking into consideration Health & Safety, Company, and Legislative procedures and budget constraints.

The position requires you to be appointed to the Supervising Engineers (England and Wales) joint panel. To be successful within the role you will need to have detailed working knowledge of the Reservoirs Act 1975 and of knowledge of dam construction, monitoring and maintenance.

Writing and interpreting technical reports is essential within the role so we would like for you to be confident in this space. You’ll also be able to use relevant Microsoft packages.

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. 

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

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