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Lead Commissioning Engineer - Water Industry

A leading tier-1 MEICA contractor is looking for a Lead Commissioning Engineer to work on wastewater and water treatment projects as part of their Southern Water Framework.

If you are looking for your next move in the water and industrial sector, and have experience in water treatment, wastewater engineering, and site-based delivery, this opportunity is for you!

Duties for Lead Commissioning Engineer:

  • Carry out day-to-day management, coordination, and delivery of on-site commissioning activities.

  • Produce regular project reports and Commissioning Completion Reports on nominated projects.

  • Ensure all necessary Commissioning documentation is produced in a timely manner and co-operate with Technical Documentation teams to ensure timely delivery of O&M manuals.

  • Ensure the effective integration of assets into the existing works without detriment and risk to service level agreements.

  • Manage and complete off-site testing and pre-commissioning activities by suppliers or others.

    Qualifications and experience:

  • Previous demonstrable experience in a similar MEICA commissioning role.

  • MEICA/civil works multi-disciplined interfacing

  • Computer literate, particularly with MS Office applications is essential

  • CITB (SMSTS) and/or CSCS qualified for managing safely

  • Ability to work to target dates across multiple projects

    GRS (Gearing Recruitment Solutions) operates across the following sectors, frameworks and industries:- water treatment, clean water, wastewater, waste water, wwtw, wtw, thames water, anglian water, cambridge water, essex water, ses water, southern water, southeast water, amp 6, amp 7, scottish water, sutton and east surrey water, wessex water, south west water, severn trent water, welsh water, united utilities, yorkshire water, STW, sludge, treatment works, chemical dosing, sewage, pumping station, booster station, paper mill, brewery, food processing, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, process engineering

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