Southern Water is a key employer in the South East of England with about 2,000 people working across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Our headquarters are based in Worthing, West Sussex. We also have offices in Brighton, in Sussex, Otterbourne, in Hampshire, and Chatham, in Kent, as well as operational sites throughout the region.

Southern Water supplies the highest quality drinking water to two million customers and removes and recycles the wastewater from four million customers.

To do this we manage:

• 390 wastewater treatment works
• 2,000 pumping stations
• 21,000 km of sewers
• 104 water supply works
• 13,300 km of water mains

|Between 2005 and 2010 Southern Water is investing £2 billion to further improve its water and wastewater treatment works, water supply works and infrastructure.

This huge investment programme will give rise to a range of exciting challenges for staff and a wealth of opportunities to help shape the environment in the South East.

The company is working with a range of contractors and specialists including engineers, planners, lawyers, environmentalists and scientists to plan for the future.

We also rely on our in-house friendly and professional teams who help our four million customers every day of the year either on the telephone or in the community.

We pride ourselves in offering a wide variety of challenging roles with more than 500 different positions across the business.

These range from engineers, scientists and accountants to customer service advisors, sewerage operatives and environmentalists.

We have different generations of the same families working in the company and strive to offer a progressive environment for personal and professional development in a environmentally driven business with strong community links.

You can apply online for any of the vacancies listed or email us at recruitment@southernwater.co.uk for more information.