Field Engineer (Nights)

We are seeking a Night Field Engineer to work as a part of our South London team.
With this role, experience is desirable but not essential and is a brilliant opportunity to join Thames Water’s Water Networks team at an exciting time as it continues its business and cultural transformation.

Your role will be to ensure we’re providing an excellent service to our customers through effective operation and maintenance of the Networks.

What you’ll be doing as a Field Engineer (Nights):

• Maintaining a high level of health and safety for yourself and your colleagues.
• Undertaking a series of tasks to enable the identification and resolution of leakage in our hydraulic systems, investigations will include activities such as step testing, portioning of areas to understand leakage, flow testing, correlation, and logger deployment.
• Identifying and resolving system issues impacting levels of service such as Poor Water Quality, Poor Pressure Burst Pipes etc.
• You will be fully supported and provided the necessary training, whilst working alongside an experienced engineer, to carry out all the above activities.
• Taking ownership of any issue/anomaly and seeing it through to resolution.

Base location: Stroud Green - Croydon - CR0 8YY
Working pattern or hours: Night Shift - 38 Hours per week (Mon - Thurs). This role will be carried out on an out-of-hours shift pattern, 20:00 – 06:00.

What you should bring to the role?
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:

• Previous field experience would be beneficial but is not essential – we welcome people who are keen to learn.
• Be a team player and must be passionate about your personal development.
• Keen to learn a new industry.
• Health and safety focused.
• Deliver great customer service through a positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team.
• Possess IT skills to communicate via a portable device.
• Hold a valid full UK driving licence.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary up to £38,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
• Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Company Van and PPE Provided.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.