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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.

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Mechanical Design Engineer - Water & Process

£400-£500 per DailyManchester

We're looking for an experienced Mechanical Designer to support the delivery of mechanical designs across water and wastewater projects. You'll work across pumps, pipework, valves, tanks and process plant, producing and developing P&IDs, GA layouts, equipment schedules and detailed mechanical designs. We're particularly interested in designers with 2D AutoCAD experience and a background in water. -Manchester -Outside IR35 -12-month rolling contract -Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office

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M&E Site Manager / Project Engineer - Water

£350-£450 per DailyManchester

We're looking for an experienced M&E Site Manager / Project Engineer to support the delivery of mechanical and electrical installations across water and wastewater projects. You'll take responsibility for day-to-day site delivery, coordinating subcontractors, labour, plant and materials while maintaining standards across H&S, quality, programme and project documentation. -Manchester -Outside IR35 -12-month rolling contract -Hybrid working with project-site attendance

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EICA Design Engineer

£400-£500 per DailyManchester

We're recruiting an experienced EICA Designer for a long-term programme of water-sector engineering projects. You'll deliver electrical, instrumentation, control and automation designs, producing calculations, drawings, cable schedules, block diagrams, single-line diagrams, electrical layouts and technical specifications. -Manchester -Outside IR35 -12-month rolling contract -Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office This will suit an EICA professional with previous water, utilities, industrial o

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Commissioning Engineer - Water & Wastewater

£450-£600 per DailyManchester

We're looking for an experienced Commissioning Engineer to support a long-term programme of water and wastewater projects. You'll be involved across the commissioning lifecycle, from planning and pre-commissioning through to functional testing, troubleshooting, performance testing and handover of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control systems. Manchester Outside IR35 12-month rolling contract Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office.

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Senior Quantity Surveyor

£400-£500 per DailyMaidstone

Senior Quantity Surveyor | Kent | Up to £500 per day | Outside IR35 I'm supporting a specialist engineering contractor delivering water and wastewater projects across Kent and am looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to take ownership of the full commercial lifecycle from tender handover through to final account. ✅ Up to £500 per day ✅ Outside IR35 ✅ Water & wastewater projects ✅ Commercial leadership responsibility ✅ Kent-based delivery programme

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Site Manager - Civils

£400-£450 per DailyMalmesbury

Civil Site Manager | Wastewater Treatment Works | Near Swindon. I'm currently supporting a leading contractor delivering a major Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade scheme in Malmesbury and am looking to speak with experienced Civil Site Managers from the water sector. 🔹 £450 per day CIS 🔹 12-month rolling contract 🔹 AMP8 wastewater infrastructure project 🔹 Immediate / flexible start 🔹 WTW, civil engineering and infrastructure experience required

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