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AMP8 Skills Shortage — The Context
Sources: Water by Murray — Water Industry Labour Report 2025 · ECITB Workforce Census 2024
Showing 35 verified live roles across the UK water sector — updated 14 August 2026
Lead delivery of complex water infrastructure projects across the South West with a leading Tier 1 civil engineering contractor. Strong AMP8 pipeline across the region. Bonus, car and full benefits package included.
Design management role with a leading Tier 1 civil and infrastructure contractor delivering major water, wastewater and environmental projects nationwide. Framework-based project delivery across AMP8 capital programmes.
Senior network modelling leadership role on the South Coast. Strong salary ceiling for a technical (non-management-track) position. Posted just hours before this listing was checked — genuinely fresh to market.
Pre-contract QS supporting a major, live UK water infrastructure programme. NEC4-specific experience required. Strong day rate directly tied to active AMP8 capital delivery.
MEICA estimator role for a Tier 1 contractor delivering a Thames Water AMP8 Water Treatment Works scheme. MEICA estimating is one of the more acute AMP8 skills gaps — well-scoped, clearly banded.
Direct Severn Trent hire in the Capital Design team, providing geotechnical input across the AMP8 capital delivery pipeline. Confirmed salary band, direct-employer route rather than agency.
Direct Wessex Water hire covering machinery, ATEX and DSEAR compliance across operational sites. A rare, highly specific compliance specialism with a strong confirmed salary.
Civil Engineering
Senior or Principal Civil Engineer for rivers and coastal engineering. Multiple South West and Wales office locations. Hybrid working. Major water utility and Environment Agency client base. Joining a well-established consultancy with strong AMP8 workload.
Hydraulics civil engineer for a major water and environmental consultancy. Flexible across three UK office locations. Delivering drainage, flood risk and clean water infrastructure for water utility clients. Permanent, hybrid working.
Site engineer supporting delivery across a portfolio of water and infrastructure projects in the South East / Thames Water region. Full-time, site-based role with a leading UK civil engineering contractor. Car or car allowance included in package.
Binnies is hiring Civil Engineers for its water sector team in Chester. A named, well-regarded water consultancy that rarely appears on general job boards — worth watching directly.
Site-based Water Connections Surveyor role on Kier's South West Water framework, covering Redruth and Exeter. Live vacancy on Kier's own water careers site.
Construction Manager for works at Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works, delivered under Kier's Thames Water framework. Live vacancy on Kier's own water careers site.
Process design across water and wastewater treatment projects, resolving technical challenges on active AMP8 capital delivery schemes. Strong day rate for a process-design contract role, reflecting tight supply of process engineers this AMP8 cycle.
Project Management
Lead complex water infrastructure programme delivery for a major UK water company. Hybrid working from Poole. Experienced programme managers with water utility or major infrastructure background preferred. Advance TRS actively recruiting.
Combines project management and engineering — ownership from outline design through to construction and handover. Suited to Project Leader, Design Manager or Project Engineer. Long-term water infrastructure programme in the South West.
Senior Planner for a major civil and infrastructure contractor delivering AMP8 water sector programmes in the South West. Programme planning across multiple concurrent capital schemes. Primavera P6 or equivalent experience required.
Senior Project Planner role, hybrid working from Bristol. A distinct opening to the Murray McIntosh planner role above — different agency, different salary band.
Project Manager role on Kier's Southern Water account, covering Kent, Sussex and Hampshire with 3 days on-site per week. Live vacancy on Kier's own water careers site.
Project Manager role on a Tier 1 contractor's Anglian Water framework, based in Peterborough. Live vacancy via Carrington West's water desk.
Project Manager role on a Tier 1 contractor's Southern Water framework, based at Testwood, Hampshire. Live vacancy via Carrington West's water desk.
Site Agent role on a Tier 1 contractor's Southern Water framework, based at Testwood, Hampshire. Live vacancy via Carrington West's water desk.
MEICA
Leading Tier 1 contractor delivering major AMP8 projects across South East Water and Southern Water frameworks. MEICA Project Manager to own programme and cost delivery across multiple active schemes in the South East.
Bringing newly built water and wastewater treatment systems to life. Hands-on commissioning role across process plant and MEICA systems in live environments. Final stage of AMP8 capital delivery in South Wales.
Senior Mechanical Engineer joining a newly formed team at a growing water sector consultancy. Mechanical design for water and wastewater infrastructure. 3 days in St Albans, remainder remote. Excellent benefits package.
Experienced Electrical Design Engineer for some of the UK's largest water infrastructure AMP8 programmes. Flexible UK office location. Excellent benefits. Working across multiple water company clients in capital delivery.
Senior AMP8 mechanical design role at an established water and wastewater consultancy in Exeter. Posted alongside a paired Senior Mechanical Engineer opening at the same firm — signals a team build-out. Hybrid working from Exeter office.
Commercial / QS
Estimator for a major infrastructure organisation delivering water and civil projects — pipelines, tunnelling, shafts, MEICA, rail civils and groundworks. Diverse portfolio, strong career development. Based in Manchester.
Senior QS for a water infrastructure contract based in Leicester. 6+ months duration. NEC contract experience preferred. Immediate start available. Strong contract rate for the right candidate with water framework background.
Permanent QS role with exposure across Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and Severn Trent frameworks. NEC3/4 experience required.
Operations
Lead servicing, maintenance and post-project support across a water and wastewater treatment portfolio — client management, technical support, planning, procurement and team leadership. Hands-on role for an experienced water sector service professional.
Digital & Data
InfoWorks ICM Flood Modeller roles across multiple UK offices for a well-established environmental and engineering consultancy. Applications welcomed from early-career through senior modellers, working across water utility and Environment Agency client accounts.
Design
Drive BIM excellence across major water and wastewater construction schemes in the South West. Coordinate 3D models in Revit and Navisworks, manage the Common Data Environment and ensure ISO 19650 compliance. Water sector experience beneficial but not essential.
Mechanical design engineer for AMP8 water infrastructure capital programmes, based in Liverpool. Solid design-side role with a strong salary band at a contractor whose water desk is actively hiring this week. Permanent opportunity with room for progression.
Technical Author / Contract Editor supporting a major water infrastructure programme. Hybrid working across London and Peterborough offices.
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