Job Description
Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km's of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
About the role:
We are looking for people to join one of our established and expanding Commercial Teams and over the course of your career at Thames Water, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging in value from £25k to £200M.
In this entry role, you will learn to provide advice to your colleagues across our business in order to help Thames Water obtain Value for Money and Excellent Service for our customers and from our supply chain.
You will gain insight into how the UK's largest water company selects and manages its suppliers across a wide spectrum of services, from supplying pumps to repairing leaks and recruiting temporary staff, through to managing our facilities and treatment plant upgrades.
What you'll be doing:
What we're looking for:
What's in it for you?
This role will provide the opportunity to experience a wide range of QS duties in managing programmes and projects.
This role offers you the opportunity to become part of the Thames Water family and work to become a Chartered Quantity Surveyor. In this role you will be enrolled onto a Degree in Quantity Surveying, depending on your existing qualification and Thames Water will fund this in full, subject to a learning contract.
The team also has a very successful structured APC Training programme with the support network of a number of Chartered Quantity Surveyors, RICS APC Assessors, as well as colleagues studying to become MRICS and FRICS.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We're proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we're moving to a hybrid approach where we'll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you'll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We're also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability.
Confident Leader and we're a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
Click here to find out more about working at Thames Water.
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km's of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
About the role:
We are looking for people to join one of our established and expanding Commercial Teams and over the course of your career at Thames Water, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging in value from £25k to £200M.
In this entry role, you will learn to provide advice to your colleagues across our business in order to help Thames Water obtain Value for Money and Excellent Service for our customers and from our supply chain.
You will gain insight into how the UK's largest water company selects and manages its suppliers across a wide spectrum of services, from supplying pumps to repairing leaks and recruiting temporary staff, through to managing our facilities and treatment plant upgrades.
What you'll be doing:
- Assist the Manager in ensuring that payments are made on time and in accordance with the Contracts they are working on
- Help ensure that appropriate processes are in place and monitored on portfolio of Contracts to ensure that Contractual Compliance is maintained, and any non-performance is identified, and corrective actions implemented as necessary
- Assist the Manager with the management and optimisation of budgets and spend (in conjunction with Finance).
- Support the Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor with the resolution of Claims as necessary.
- Support the Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor with Purchaser duties and other task under the Alliance Contracts.
What we're looking for:
- Some practical work experience is highly desirable
- C Grade or above in GCSE Mathematics or equivalent
- AS or A Level Qualifications or equivalent desirable
- Desire to work towards a Qualification in Surveying that would enable RICS Membership
- Some knowledge of water regulation (incl. OFWAT price review methodology)
- Strong attention to detail, IT skills and competence, especially in Microsoft Excel
- Good communication skills
What's in it for you?
This role will provide the opportunity to experience a wide range of QS duties in managing programmes and projects.
This role offers you the opportunity to become part of the Thames Water family and work to become a Chartered Quantity Surveyor. In this role you will be enrolled onto a Degree in Quantity Surveying, depending on your existing qualification and Thames Water will fund this in full, subject to a learning contract.
The team also has a very successful structured APC Training programme with the support network of a number of Chartered Quantity Surveyors, RICS APC Assessors, as well as colleagues studying to become MRICS and FRICS.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We're proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we're moving to a hybrid approach where we'll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you'll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We're also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability.
Confident Leader and we're a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
Click here to find out more about working at Thames Water.
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