Delivery Engineer

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December 29, 2025 (26 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR7401
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* Job Title:

Delivery Engineer
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* Location:

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* ** Across all our Counties (Sussex, Hampshire & Kent)- Hybrid working with site visits.
**** Contract Type:
Permanent
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* 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 scheme

It’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.

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