Project Engineer Level 4 Apprentice

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Reading (RG1 8DB)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

Posted on 10 February 2026

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Summary

Kick‑start your future as a Construction Assurance Apprentice, supporting the UK’s largest water and wastewater provider. You’ll support projects through design, build, commissioning, and aftercare—helping integrate new assets smoothly into day‑to‑day operations. 

Wage

£22,500 a year

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Training course
Construction site supervisor (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.

36 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Support construction assurance to meet time, cost, and quality targets
  • Assist with pre‑construction reviews and readiness checks
  • Monitor contractor safety, environmental compliance, and asset standards
    Help resolve site issues, non‑conformances, and deviations
  • Work with Operations Readiness teams to ensure smooth asset integration
  • Help prepare and review RAMS, TWOSAS, and permits
  • Take part in audits and performance reviews, driving improvement
  • Support planning, lookahead meetings, commissioning, and aftercare

Where you'll work

Clearwater Court
Vastern Road
Reading
RG1 8DB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Training course

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify risk of activities and encourage all employees to demonstrate safety-conscious behaviours.
  • Assess, identify and record the environmental impact of projects.
  • Assist in the implementation of the most appropriate solutions for construction projects.
  • Use effective management principles and be able to supervise construction workers.
  • Understand overall plan for project and measure and record progress against plan.
  • Assess and report on quality standards and assist in commissioning of finished construction projects.
  • Understand financial and legal constraints and measure and record progress against budget.

Training schedule

  • Knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Standard
  • Certificate of Higher Education Construction & Built Environment 
  • Your training includes virtual sessions each week, as well as live seminars and recordings; tasks and learning resources are set on the VLE

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 9-4 or A-C)

Other in:

Relevant subject (grade Distinction/Merit/Pass/A-C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • Full UK driver's license needed, if using own vehicle will need business insurance  

About this employer

Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come

https://careers.thameswater.co.uk/our-roles/early-careers/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance targets
  • Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Permanent contract with a 42-month structured programme 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014333.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.