Technical Assurance Engineer

Full time - 37 hours per week

Permanent

Location – Durham/Homeworking

Salary – Up to £69,000 + Car Allowance & Benefits

About the Role

We are looking for three Technical Assurance Engineers (TAE) to join our Engineering team within the Assets Directorate, reporting to the Technical Assurance Lead. You will work as part of a team of TAEs with extensive technical and design experience, accountable for the development and assurance of efficient, innovative engineering solutions, driving value in the early lifecycle stages of a project. This will include supporting and challenging the solutions of our Strategic Technical Partners and wider supply partners, ensuring delivery of safe, reliable assets that provide reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

In support of our position as a Capable Owner, you will champion the Engineering Team as a technical authority, providing technical challenge, particularly in the early lifecycle stages, in support of Service Planning to verify asset need, condition and performance and ensuring development of efficient, affordable Totex solutions that deliver the required benefits to the business at an appropriate risk. You will evaluate the application of asset standards and support the continued development of design guidance in support of our technical strategy teams. Providing technical guidance and advice to key project stakeholders, you will give business choice, enabling the effective delivery of investment.

You will promote innovation, industry best practice, lessons learned and continuous improvement and support the ongoing development of our Engineering Standards & specifications. You will drive a proactive approach to risk and value deviations to ensure appropriate opportunities are realised.

You will develop strong stakeholder relationships and build engagement with other departments and supply chain, including Strategic / Tactical Planning, Maintenance, and Operations, providing leadership through the promotion of strong collaborative relationships with our Strategic Technical and delivery partners.

About you

You will be a proven, chartered engineering professional with experience of designing / delivering complex water and waste-water projects, be able to demonstrate effective leadership, communications skills, and commitment to company values.

We are looking for technical specialists with technical design experience in one or more of the following: wastewater process design, water process design, civil / structural design, and overall experience in water industry solution design.

This role requires excellent interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and effective communication skills to support the presentation of solutions / evaluation of risk, and to develop stakeholder support.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within all our teams, structures and organisation.

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.