Engineer (B3) Pumps & Drainage

Job title: Engineer (B3) Pumps & Drainage

Salary: £61,500.00                                     
Grade: Pay Band 3

Contract type: TfL                                                         Reference: 5837 

Team: Pumps & Drainage                                              Directorate: Engineering

Contract details: Permanent                                         Location: London,Stratford

Application closing date: 14th of October at 23:59 

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.  At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.   

*Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.  

* Please note that this role may occasionally require night shift working. On average, you should expect to work approximately one night shift per month; however, the frequency may vary depending on operational and business requirements.

Overview of role 

Play a vital role in keeping London moving by providing specialist Pumps and Drainage engineering expertise that supports TfL’s operations, strategic objectives, major projects, and asset management programmes. Working across the full asset lifecycle, you will influence everything from planning and design through to construction, maintenance, and operational performance, helping to deliver safe, reliable, and resilient infrastructure for millions of customers.

You will be at the forefront of protecting and enhancing critical Pumps and Drainage assets, ensuring their safety, integrity, and efficiency while addressing the challenges of an evolving transport network. This includes contributing to initiatives that strengthen resilience against extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change, helping to safeguard the network for the future.

The role also offers the opportunity to take ownership of asset risk management activities, maintaining and developing STRATA risk assessments for London Underground Pumps and Drainage assets, as well as equivalent risk management frameworks across other TfL assets. Through your technical expertise and proactive approach, you will play a key role in driving continuous improvement, informed decision-making, and long-term asset sustainability.

Key Accountabilities  

• Ensures the safety, functionality or compliance of low to medium risk newly implemented or altered assets, engineering processes, procedures or systems
• Leads the development and implementation of low complexity engineering solutions within their stated discipline or functional specialism, through the application of defined engineering standards and governance
• Provides internal stakeholders with appropriate challenge and professional advice to ensure the development or delivery of high quality, tested engineering solutions
• Undertakes on-site risk-based monitoring and surveillance of works as required, resolving and or escalating risks and issues as appropriate
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable standards, design codes and legislation applicable to their discipline or functional specialism
• Evaluates, selects and applies appropriate solutions to low risk/value/complexity engineering problems that improve efficiency or effectiveness, while improving safety and reducing operating costs.
• Makes technical recommendations for own discipline or functional specialism to customers or senior management to inform technical decision making
• Supports continuous improvement through the use of best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis

Skills, Knowledge & Experience 

Knowledge

• Ideally either a Member or working towards Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers or other relevant internationally recognised institution. - desirable
• Knowledge of legislation, technical standards and industry best practice related to Pumps and Drainage – Essential
• Knowledge of health, safety and environmental considerations applicable to Pumps and Drainage  - Essential
• Knowledge of the design, construction, operation, maintenance and assessment of Pumps and Drainage – Desirable

Skills

• Ability to undertake design and/or construction of Pumps and Drainage under supervision - Desirable
• Ability to assess the condition of Pumps and Drainage assets under supervision – Essential
• Ability to maintain and undertake asset management of Pumps and Drainage assets -Essential

Experience

• Experience in several of the following areas: conception, specification, design, construction, testing, commissioning, bringing into use, operation and or disposal of assets, systems or changes to engineering practice – Desirable
• Experience of managing small multi-disciplinary engineering teams or applying engineering principles to resolve low complexity technical challenges – Desirable
• Experience of applying professional engineering judgement to support low risk /  complexity projects or operational activities – Essential
• Experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholder at all levels within and outside of the organisation – Desirable
• Experience in some or all of: Pumps and Drainage design, construction, operation and maintenance. -Essential

Application Process  

• Please apply using your CV only 

• Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV 

• PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images 

Equality,  diversity and inclusion 

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them. 

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments.  

We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair. 

Benefits 

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below: 
 

Final salary pension scheme  
Free travel for you on the TfL network  
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home 
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow 
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) 
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme 
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers  
Discounted Eurostar travel 
  
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice. 

Vetting Process 

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.