Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP8 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commissioning Engineer (MEICA) to join our Thames Water Framework.

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

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Responsibilities

Oversee commissioning and systems integration activities across the project lifecycle
Configure and calibrate analytical equipment; integrate with monitoring systems
Provide progress and status reporting to the Core Management Team
Review and approve RAMS for commissioning activities
Supervise and inspect subcontractor installations, ensuring compliance with quality standards and ITPs
Manage installation activities and produce documentation for project close-out
Lead Factory and Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT) in line with ITPs
Coordinate commissioning plans and ensure completion of all associated documentation
Deliver training to operations teams on new process plant and equipment
Act as front-line supervisor during commissioning and installation phases
Role required to ensure safe, compliant, and timely delivery of commissioning activities
Risk of delays, quality issues, and non-compliance if not filled.
Duties cannot be effectively redistributed due to specialist technical requirements

Qualifications

Organise and prioritise work
Programme Management
Ability to plan, manage, and coordinate commissioning tasks within a larger project framework team
Identify risks and control measures
Follow health and safety and environmental legislation, regulations, and practice. For example, apply control measures, wear PPE, harness, gas detector and breathing apparatus required for the task

About Company

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

Company

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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