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Talent for Water Companies

Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Thames Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Wessex Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client JN Bentley Tier Providers
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client Mott MacDonald
Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Portsmouth Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client Northumbrian Water
Water Engineers - Client 2M Automation
Water Engineering Recruitment - Tier Provider - Client Balfour Beatty
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client ADSYST Automation
Water Engineering Recruitment - Anglian Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client Northavon group
Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Yorkshire Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Ross Shire Engineering
Water Engineering Recruitment - Supply Chain - Client Saftronics
Water Engineering Recruitment - Water Framework - Client Scottish Water
Water Engineering Recruitment - Client Constain
Water Engineering Recruitment - Recruiting water engineers for Client Capula

Our work with water companies.

Since 2015, Murray McIntosh has been working closely with UK water companies, delivering expert talent solutions across engineering and commercial roles. We understand the pressures you face: regulatory scrutiny, the scale of investment under AMP8, ageing infrastructure, and the need to maintain service quality for customers.

The sector has entered its largest investment period since privatisation, creating unprecedented demand for skilled professionals amid an ageing workforce and intense competition for talent. We help water companies meet these pressures by securing permanent and contract talent, ensuring recruitment never becomes a bottleneck when delivery deadlines are critical.

Beyond recruitment, we work with education providers, industry bodies, and employers to improve access to skilled workers and build future talent pipelines for the sector. We also champion equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), recognising that a diverse workforce strengthens resilience and innovation.

Working with water companies, including Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Portsmouth Water, Scottish Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water, and Yorkshire Water, we understand your operational pressures. Our proactive approach means we start planning a year ahead of each AMP phase, ensuring you stay ahead of deadlines.

As members of AquaFed, Future Water, and the Institute of Water, Murray McIntosh combines sector insight with extensive networks to deliver results. This expertise ensures we help you meet AMP targets, strengthen operational performance, and secure workforce resilience now, into AMP9 and beyond.

Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Senior Planner - Water Sector

£65,000-£70,000 per annumBristol

Senior Planner - Water Sector #WaterIndustry #SeniorPlanner #PrimaveraP6 #ProgrammeControls #Infrastructure #Utilities #AMP8 #WaterProjects #PlanningProfessionals

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Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Design Manager

£75,000-£80,000 per annumWalsall

Design Manager - Water Infrastructure & Civil Engineering Location: UK (project and framework-based work) Salary: Competitive (indicative market range: £65,000-£85,000 + package) Type: Permanent Join a leading Tier 1 civil engineering and infrastructure contractor delivering major water, wastewater and environmental projects across the UK.

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Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Estimator

£80,000-£85,000 per annumManchester

Estimator | Manchester | £80,000 | Permanent I'm currently recruiting for an Estimator to join a leading infrastructure organisation delivering major projects across the UK water and civil engineering sectors. Based in Manchester, this permanent opportunity offers a salary of £80,000 and the chance to work on a diverse portfolio of projects including pipelines, tunnelling, shafts, MEICA, rail civils and groundworks.

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Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Site Engineer - Water

£45,000-£50,000 per annumBasingstoke

Site Engineer - Civil Engineering (Water / Infrastructure) Location: South East / Thames Water region (regional projects) Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 + car/car allowance + package Permanent, full-time A leading UK civil engineering contractor is looking to appoint a Site Engineer to support delivery across a portfolio of water and infrastructure projects.

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Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Process Commissioning Engineer

£50,000-£60,000 per annumNewport

🚧 Process Commissioning Engineer - Water / Wastewater | South Wales 🚧 Prefer being on site rather than behind a desk? This is a role where you'll own the final and most critical stage of project delivery - bringing assets to life. You'll take newly built treatment systems and turn them into fully operational, compliant assets, working hands-on with process plant, MEICA systems and live environments.

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Murray McIntosh

Permanent

Project Design Lead

£45,000-£55,000 per annumBristol

🚨 Project Leader - Water / Design & Build | South West (Bristol + Sites) 🚨 A strong opportunity for a Project Leader / Design Manager / Project Engineer to join a long-term water infrastructure programme delivering projects. This role combines project management and hands-on engineering, giving you ownership from outline design through to construction and handover.

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