Start your Construction career with Thames Water
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.
What you’ll do as a Construction Assurance Apprentice - Level 4
1. Support construction assurance to meet time, cost, and quality targets.
2. Assist with pre‑construction reviews and readiness checks.
3. Monitor contractor safety, environmental compliance, and asset standards.
4. Help resolve site issues, non‑conformances, and deviations.
5. Work with Operations Readiness teams to ensure smooth asset integration.
6. Help prepare and review RAMS, TWOSAS, and permits.
7. Take part in audits and performance reviews, driving improvement.
8. Support planning, lookahead meetings, commissioning, and aftercare.
Where you will work:
Location: You'll be based atone 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
What you should bring to the role:
9. GCSE Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C)
10. 64 UCAS tariff points or equivalent
11. 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
12. Strong time management and organisation skills
13. Passionate about learning and aligned with Thames Water’s goals for the future
What’s in it for you?
14. Starting salary of £22,500 per annum
15. Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
16. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
17. Generous Pension Scheme through AON
18. 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.