Job Description

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.

We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable – please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.

Asset Integrator

Kent and the wider Southern Water Framework

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Asset Integrator to join Galliford Try's Water Division, supporting the Southern Water Strategic Delivery Wastewater Framework.

This role plays a key part in ensuring the successful commissioning, handover, and integration of assets across the framework. Working closely with project teams, commissioning specialists, client representatives, and operational stakeholders, you will help ensure that projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with Southern Water commissioning and testing standards.

As an Asset Integrator, you will support projects throughout their lifecycle, helping to ensure compliance with Southern Water's Commissioning and Testing Standards Manual (COM Process) and facilitating a smooth transition from project delivery through to operational takeover.

Working collaboratively with Southern Water's Capital Asset Creation Team, Galliford Try Project Managers, and the Commissioning Manager, you will help ensure that commissioning activities, documentation, quality requirements, and handover deliverables are completed to the required standards.

You will also support the successful resolution of defects, management of project risks and opportunities, and continuous improvement initiatives across the framework.

What You’ll Be Doing

Project Commissioning & Integration

• Support the delivery of commissioning and testing activities in accordance with Southern Water's Commissioning and Testing Standards Manual (COM Process).
• Create, maintain, and manage Asset Integration Manuals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop a thorough understanding of project-specific MEICA requirements, commissioning activities, and interfaces with existing assets and operational processes.
• Support the development of commissioning strategies, commissioning plans, and related documentation during both design and delivery phases.
• Ensure commissioning requirements, project constraints, interfaces, and deliverables are clearly identified and documented.
• Monitor the completion of commissioning documentation and support project teams in maintaining accurate and up-to-date records.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Build effective working relationships with Southern Water Asset Creation and Operational Teams, project teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and specialist support functions.
• Engage with client representatives to understand lessons learned, identify opportunities for improvement, and support positive customer outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with Technical Authors, Document Controllers, DSEAR specialists, and other key stakeholders to ensure project requirements are understood and achieved.
• Support framework-wide knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives.

Project Reporting & Governance

• Produce regular project reports to communicate commissioning status, documentation progress, risks, opportunities, and project readiness.
• Maintain records that demonstrate project configuration, testing, verification, and compliance activities.
• Provide updates to project teams and framework leadership to support effective decision-making and programme management.
• Identify and communicate project risks, opportunities, and quality improvements.

Asset Handover & Takeover

• Support the successful completion of project takeover activities and ensure handover requirements are fully understood and achieved.
• Work with project teams and client representatives to agree and manage takeover deliverables.
• Coordinate the completion of commissioning activities, outstanding actions, and snagging items prior to asset takeover.
• Support the planning and verification of operational readiness requirements before takeover.
• Act as a key point of contact during post-takeover defect management, coordinating activities with project teams and stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
• Produce regular reports on post-takeover defects and progress towards close-out.

Health, Safety & Quality

• Promote safe working practices and support compliance with Galliford Try and client health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Support the application of Electrical and Mechanical Safety Rules.
• Ensure MEICA installation and commissioning activities are delivered in accordance with project specifications, asset standards, and industry requirements.
• Encourage a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and proactive problem-solving across all project activities.

About You

We welcome applications from individuals with experience in water, wastewater, MEICA, commissioning, operational integration, or related infrastructure environments. If you have relevant experience and transferable skills, we would be pleased to hear from you.

• Experience within the water, wastewater, utilities, infrastructure, or related sectors.
• Experience supporting or managing MEICA, commissioning, asset integration, or project delivery activities.
• Understanding of project handover, operational readiness, commissioning, and takeover processes.
• Experience building effective working relationships with clients, contractors, operational teams, and project stakeholders.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including report preparation and presentation.
• Understanding of health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements within a regulated industry.
• Knowledge of water industry processes, assets, and operational requirements.
• Familiarity with mechanical and electrical systems used within the water industry.
• Understanding of commissioning processes for industrial plant, equipment, and systems.
• Strong organisational, planning, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively across multiple teams.

Qualifications & Certifications

The following qualifications are desirable, although we recognise that candidates may bring equivalent experience:

• CSCS or ECS card in a relevant discipline.
• EUSR National Water Hygiene Card.
• SMSTS (preferred) or SSSTS.
• First Aid at Work qualification (preferred).
• DSEAR Awareness training (preferred).

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you. We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Charlotte Gornall on charlotte.gornall@gallifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements, we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview 

Galliford Try is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

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