Location
Ashford Common, Surrey and Reading

Hours
Full Time - Hybrid working with a mix of home, office and site-based working. Regular travel across the Thames Water region is required.

Salary
£50,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
Are you an experienced reservoir safety professional seeking the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of reservoirs, influence risk-based investment decisions and help deliver the highest standards of reservoir safety and resilience? Join Thames Water’s growing Reservoir Safety Team as a Senior Reservoir Engineer and take on a high-impact role focused on the safety, integrity and statutory compliance of reservoirs and associated assets across the business. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced reservoir safety professional to play a leading role in managing one of the UK's largest and most diverse portfolios of statutory reservoirs and water storage assets, helping to safeguard critical infrastructure, influence long-term investment decisions and shape the future of reservoir safety.

Reporting to the Reservoir Safety Manager, you'll support Thames Water in meeting its obligations under the Reservoirs Act 1975 by carrying out inspections, technical assessments and engineering assurance across a diverse reservoir portfolio. You will provide expert technical leadership, advise stakeholders across the business and support the safe operation of essential infrastructure that serves millions of customers.

Key responsibilities include:
- Leading inspections and condition assessments of raw water reservoirs, service reservoirs, and associated infrastructure
- Supporting statutory undertaker duties, including Section 10 and Section 12 inspections and delivery of statutory recommendations
- Identifying, assessing and managing reservoir safety risks and deterioration mechanisms affecting compliance, resilience or public safety
- Producing clear technical reports, recommendations and engineering guidance to support operational priorities and long-term investment decisions
- Providing technical reservoir safety advice to the Reservoir Safety Manager and stakeholders across Operations, Engineering and Asset Management
- Reviewing designs, drawings, technical reports and submissions, providing engineering assurance and constructive technical challenge
- Collaborating with Operations, Engineering teams, regulators, consultants and contractors to ensure reservoir safety and compliance requirements are met
- Driving continuous improvement in reservoir safety practice, asset management and governance across Thames Water

Experience
- Proven experience in reservoir engineering, inspections, civil asset management or dam safety
- Experience inspecting civil engineering structures and producing high-quality technical reports, recommendations and assurance outputs
- Sound understanding of reservoir safety legislation, compliance requirements, risk management and industry best practice

About you
- Technically strong and safety-focused reservoir engineering professional
- Ability to combine sound judgement with clear communication and confident stakeholder engagement
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess technical risk and recommend practical engineering solutions
- Excellent communication skills with confidence to provide clear technical advice to both technical and non-technical audiences

Qualifications
- Degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent reservoir or dam-related discipline
- Supervising Panel Engineer status under the Reservoirs Act 1975, or strong progress towards panel application
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (essential due to regular travel requirements)