Location
Access to the South London working area, based in Epsom.

Hours
45 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with additional hours through a standby rota. Flexibility during peak demand or high priority incidents is essential. Overtime payments apply for evening and weekend working.

Salary
Competitive salary from £34,300 to £40,000 per annum.

About the Role
As a Field Enabler within Water Networks, you will play a key role in ensuring all repair jobs requiring a highway authority permit are appropriately surveyed. You will recommend the street work site set-up to enable correct planning of repairs, ensuring the safety of workers and the public from initial site set-up through to repair, backfill, and reinstatement.

You will take ownership of coordinating all planned and reactive jobs, ensuring compliance with Highways Street Work legislation, Health & Safety regulations including CDM obligations, and service level agreements. Acting as the primary liaison between Thames Water and key external stakeholders such as councils, Highway Authorities, and other utilities, you will agree and enable site access and any necessary considerations to facilitate repairs.

Working collaboratively with Repair and Maintenance Supervisors, you will help reduce aborted work and remove blockers to ensure jobs are completed right first time. You will also provide feedback and coaching to internal stakeholders to identify improvement areas and contribute to implementing change.

A van, PPE, and tools will be provided to support you in your role.

About Thames Water
We are the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, serving over 16 million customers. We are committed to building a better future for our customers, communities, people, and the planet. Thames Water offers meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and excellent benefits. Join us to make a daily difference while helping to protect water resources for future generations.

Experience
- Experience working within the utilities sector is desirable.
- Knowledge of road types and reinstatement is advantageous.
- Ability to produce accurate sketches for CAD drawings and review CAD submissions to Highway Authorities is beneficial.

About you
- Zero compromise approach to Health & Safety.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Solution-focused with a can-do and positive attitude.
- Strong time management skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and provide constructive feedback.
- Full UK driving licence is essential due to travel requirements.

Qualifications
- Streetworks qualification (NRSWA minimum units 2 and 10) is highly desirable.
- Current EUSR water hygiene card is advantageous.
- Additional street work qualifications such as LANTRA M6/7 would be considered a plus.