The Role
Support delivery of emergency and planned water/wastewater projects across the region by enabling works, tracking progress (time, cost, quality), analysing risks and costs, leading root-cause analysis and optioneering, maintaining governance and reporting, and ensuring site health and safety compliance.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Project Engineer is a flexible Alliance role responsible for supporting the Delivery Programme Manager, Lead Project Engineer, and Area Operations Managers in delivering projects and planned programmes that reduce operational risk.
The role involves enabling activities for both large‑scale emergency works and planned project parcels across the region.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver enabling activities for major emergency projects across the region.
- Provide progress updates (time, cost, quality) to key stakeholders.
- Analyse data and risks to develop clear cost–benefit propositions.
- Work flexibly across the region as workload dictates.
- Lead root cause analysis and optioneering where required.
- Adhere to governance requirements, including spend authorisation and periodic reviews.
- Support reporting requirements for the Delivery Programme Manager and Lead Project Engineer.
- Comply with all site health and safety requirements.
- Maintain valid personal H&S and MTRA documentation.
Experience and Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent (desirable)
- Proven technical experience in water / wastewater environment (desirable)
- Knowledge of H&S & CDM regulations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills – multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication and reporting skills – written and verbal
- Experience of working within a governance framework
- Ability to manage workload of self and others to tight deadlines
- Commercial Acumen – and understanding of the value of work
- Ability to manage your own time
- Ability to challenge constructively, question and receive feedback
- Ability to motivate and encourage
- Tenacity, strong drive and a desire to achieve
Salary and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.
Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
We are Armed Forces-friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
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About
Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer.We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.
Skills Required
- Knowledge of H&S & CDM regulations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills (multiple stakeholders)
- Excellent communication and reporting skills (written and verbal)
- Experience of working within a governance framework
- Ability to manage workload of self and others to tight deadlines
- Commercial acumen and understanding of the value of work
- Ability to manage your own time
- Ability to challenge constructively, question and receive feedback
- Ability to motivate and encourage
- Tenacity, strong drive and a desire to achieve
- Comply with all site health and safety requirements
- Maintain valid personal H&S and MTRA documentation
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Proven technical experience in water / wastewater environment
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The Company
What We Do
Network Plus is a leading utility and infrastructure service provider operating across the UK. They design, build, and maintain essential infrastructure assets in sectors such as water, wastewater, gas, power, telecoms, and transport, keeping communities connected and businesses running.
