Thames Water is recruiting key members of the senior team which will be working on its £4 billion Thames Tunnel super-sewer project.
Among the positions Thames is seeking to fill is Head of Construction & Asset Delivery. Whoever gets the job will have overall responsibility for the engineering solution, execution, operation and maintenance of the £4 billion Thames Tunnel project.
The role includes responsibility for engineering design and technical standards and the direction of the appointed Programme Manager in developing and implementing the design solution. The Head of Construction & Asset Delivery will also be required to facilitate strong competition for the contracts that are expected to be tendered as part of the project and supporting the Head of Delivery in communicating with all stakeholders to ensure that the tunnel design, construction and operation are well understood by all.
The appointee will also need to be a Chartered Civil Engineer with a good practical knowledge and experience of major construction projects, ideally involving tunnelling.
Other senior positions Thames Water is currently recruiting to work on the Thames Tunnel project include Head of Commercial who will have overall responsibility of the contractual and regulatory commercial arrangements and be required to develop and document the regulatory framework for the project.
The role also includes evaluating the economic implications of the framework for Thames Water and working with stakeholders (such as Ofwat, Defra and HM Treasury) in negotiating and agreeing the arrangements. The Head of Commercial will also manage the professional advisors appointed to support Thames Water in developing the arrangements, together with developing and delivering the procurement and contracting strategies for the project.
The Thames Tunnel project is the largest of its kind currently taking place in Europe at the time.and is intended to address two major problems for Thames Water - overloaded sewage treatment works and overloaded sewers. After heavy rainfall, five of its sewage treatment works on the tidal River Thames and sewers in London can become overloaded which results in sewage being discharged into the river network untreated.
The Thames Tunnel is the largest and most complex of three major solutions – the others being sewage treatment upgrades and building the Lee Tunnel.
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