Delivery Engineer

Delivery Engineer page is loaded Delivery Engineerlocations: CANTERBURY: CHICHESTER: Worthingtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: December 29, 2025 (26 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR7401 Closing Date 2025-12-29 Job Title: Delivery Engineer Location: Across all our Counties (Sussex, Hampshire & Kent)- Hybrid working with site visits. Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week Salary: Up to £37k - based on experience, plus company car This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday and we are offering a salary of up to £37,000 per annum depending on skills and experience which includes a company van, with other benefits including: More benefits! A company car (for business use only) which you can take home, and a fuel card All necessary PPE, tools, uniform and training to excel in your career at Southern Water 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays Health cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage) Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers Pension contributions up to 11% (depending on your contribution) An employee assistance program A network of sports and social clubs Company and performance-related bonus Life assurance equal to 4x salary Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service) Two paid volunteering days a year Occupational health service Discounts with over 800 popular retailers Digital GP service Study support may be available for job-related qualifications Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options Cycle to work schemeIt's a great time to join our organisation as we continue with our Transformation and build towards a greener and more resilient future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact, and reducing our carbon footprint!As a Delivery Engineer it will be your job to ensure that contractors are safely delivering the required assets on time, to the required Southern Water standard and within budget, whilst also making sure that the work meets regulatory and statutory requirements and maximising the benefits to Southern Water.Working within a team to provide support to other functions within Southern Water, you will be required to maintain all hired assets within the Wastewater function to minimise the risks of failure and to comply with regulations.We are ideally looking for an experienced Delivery Engineer with a background in managing contracts against time/cost /quality or Project Management to join the Wastewater team on a full-time basis.This role has a focus on someone with previous experience of working with contractors and has a previous Wastewater experience.As a Delivery Engineer you will need to have a clear understanding of the roles within the team and working co-operatively with other teams to achieve business aims, as well as being confident in communicating with internal and external stakeholders.The nature of this work will be ideally suited to someone with previous experience of dealing with contractors, has ability to multitask, who has strong critical thinking and the ability to provide resolutions.You will be solutions focussed with excellent knowledge of maintaining all assets within the Asset Maintenance function to minimise risks and adhere to Compliance.You will be working within a team to provide support to other functions across the business with the responsibility to maintain all projects in accordance with health and safety regulations, environment and quality standards, whilst ensuring the contractors comply with our in-house expected standards and behaviours.We are particularly keen to hear from people who understand Wastewater processes and the importance of continuingly having the assets in good working order.If you have a full UK driving licence, have experience in project and contract work and are a confident user with excel, we would love to hear from you!Join Southern Water and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position. Our Benefits Company and performance-related bonus Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary Health benefits through a Cash Plan Two paid community volunteering days a year 25 days annual holiday Occupational health service Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences Study support may be available for job-related qualifications We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options