South West Water framework recruitment
South West Water serves Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset and Somerset. Tilbury Douglas is part of the South West Water framework delivering waste water non-infrastructure projects across the East of the South West Water operating area.
About the framework
Tilbury Douglas is one of the contractors who will lead in the east as a main construction partner on the framework.
Among the planned projects are two new reservoirs, new ceramic water-treatment works in Bournemouth and a waste-reuse plant in Poole.
The water company also plans to replace 9,000 lead pipes and 34km of cast-iron mains.
The South West has experienced the second highest net migration of any English region in the past 10 years, almost all of which has been people arriving from other parts of the UK. With much of the increase made up of retirees or people able to work from home, the impact on variability of demand during the day has been significant. This is exacerbated by disproportionate numbers of second homes in the region.
As a result, the next five years will see investment raise water supply by 50 million litres per day – enough to meet the needs of two new cities the size of Exeter. This will also help to reduce the water taken from environmentally sensitive rivers by as much as 12 million litres per day.
Why work for Tilbury Douglas?
At Tilbury Douglas, we are committed to helping our employees build careers in the construction industry with us. We have a core of experienced employees supporting and mentoring a vibrant population of colleagues in their early careers, many studying for professional memberships or apprenticeship qualifications at all levels.
It’s our people that make Tilbury Douglas a success. We believe that our inclusive culture encourages new ways of thinking, which enables us to innovate and remain resilient. We value and celebrate all individual differences.
Whether you are looking for the next steps in pursuing your construction and engineering career or want an exciting working environment with a great team ethos, we are always looking for ambitious people to join!
Job opportunities
Whether you currently work within the water sector and are looking for your next challenge, or are interested and looking for a career change working on some great projects, we recognise transferable skills and would love to hear from you!
Click here to view the locations of the projects we’re working on.
Current vacancies
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We will be hosting a number of virtual recruitment events so you can find out more – watch this space for dates and times and further details.
We look forward to meeting you!
Meet some of our people
We asked a few of our team what their experience has been like working at Tilbury Douglas. View our case studies below.
Benefits package
Our benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary
- 26 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
- Two days volunteering opportunities
- Flexible and agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee assistance programme
- Professional membership fees
- Flexible benefits scheme
Our values
Take pride in what you do
We celebrate our achievements, share our experiences and define the next best-practice standards for future generations across our business.
Everyone has a voice
We strive to bring more diversity into our business through recruitment and specialist partnerships, and with diversity comes a strong culture of inclusivity. We ensure that everyone’s voice is heard through open-door policies and community events throughout the business.
Do the right thing
We go to the nth degree for our clients, always approaching a project with a can-do attitude that is grounded in experience.
Bring better to life
We challenge ourselves and our clients to push our work further, to deliver a greater, sustainable and societal impact.
Better Together is the name for all of our diversity and inclusion initiatives across Tilbury Douglas.
Being better together means our differences are valued and celebrated and our workplaces are free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
Being inclusive means we all feel comfortable sharing our ideas and perspectives, because our differences are respected and valued. Everyone has a voice, and everyone will be heard. Every employee feels safe, accepted, and appreciated with an equal opportunity to grow and succeed at Tilbury Douglas.
We have four Better Together employee networks:
- ‘multiculTureD’ is about making a positive difference in our workplace and creating a culture that promotes, values and celebrates diversity
- ‘Women @ Tilbury Douglas’ promotes an inclusive environment that promotes and demonstrates gender equality, amplifying the progress of women within the organisation
- ‘Pride’ aims to create greater visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in construction
- Our disability network helps raise awareness about seen and unseen disabilities and how they may affect colleagues
Tilbury Douglas has successfully achieved the National Centre for Diversity’s (NCD) full Investors in Diversity Standard. This demonstrates that we’ve committed to building a culture based on ‘FREDIE’ values:
- Fairness for all is a reality
- Respect for all is the norm
- Equality of opportunity for all is embedded
- Diverse employees feel that they belong
- Inclusion is widely understood
- Engagement amongst colleagues
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