Construction Assurance Apprentice – Level 4 – Thames Water
Start your construction career with Thames Water. You’ll support projects through design, build, commissioning, and aftercare, helping integrate new assets smoothly into day‑to‑day operations.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Working Conditions
Where you will work: You’ll be based at one of the following sites: Oxford, Mogden – Isleworth, or Maple Lodge – Rickmansworth.
Hours: 36 hours a week across four working days plus one off‑the‑job training day.
Start date: September 2026.
Training and qualification: You’ll study with University of Built Environment, one of the UK’s leading training providers. Your training includes virtual sessions each week, as well as live seminars and recordings; tasks and learning resources are set on the VLE.
Qualification: Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Standard – Certificate of Higher Education Construction & Built Environment.
Duration: Permanent contract with a 42‑month structured programme.
Qualifications
- GCSE Maths and English (grade 9‑4 / A‑C)
- 64 UCAS tariff points or equivalent
- A full UK driver’s licence is required as you’ll be travelling across Thames Water sites. If you use your own vehicle for travel, you’ll need to have business insurance.
- Strong time management and organisation skills
- Passionate about learning and aligned with Thames Water’s goals for the future
Benefits
- Starting salary of £22,500 per annum
- Annual leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment).
We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else, just let us know.
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