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With AMP8 set to launch in April 2025, UK water companies face growing demands to enhance infrastructure, promote sustainability, and manage costs responsibly. While permanent roles offer stability, contract positions present significant career growth opportunities for commissioning engineers. Read on to discover the ten reasons to consider switching to contract work as a commissioning engineer in the water industry.

In this article we’ll examine key Design Engineer skills needed to work in the nuclear industry and a typical Design Engineer job description. We’ll also look at Design Engineer key responsibilities and how to upskill.

As we come to the end of our first quarter, we have been reflecting on the start of the year […]

What have we done in our first month with our new well-being platform Heka? Read about George’s well-being experience. Well-being […]

Did you know that Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) will be on Sunday 22nd January this year? This huge […]

The United Nations created World Water day with the goal to draw attention to the importance of water and how […]

International Women’s Day has been a recognised and ongoing day of celebration and protest for more than 100 years. First […]

Today marks a celebration of women and girls in science as we continue to work towards equality and opportunity for […]

We’re in the middle of National Apprenticeship week now, where countless events have already taken place and so many more […]

November is a month that celebrates and supports men and creates a time to highlight the struggles they face, with […]

When looking for a new job, it is important to present yourself on paper and in person, the best way […]

Before you even make it to the interview, you have to make sure you show all the right things on […]

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, set by the federation for Mental Health, is ‘Mental health in […]

Job searching can be difficult at the best of times but to make it even harder, it can sometimes be confusing […]

“Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic” is this year’s theme for World Youth Skills Day as it pays tribute to the resilience […]

Wednesday the 23rd June 2021 marks International Women in Engineering Day and this year we are celebrating the thriving women in the industry. In this article we have quotes from Lucy […]

June 14th is the start of men’s health week this year, addressing the physical, mental, and emotional health of men […]

After years of supporting the renewable energy industry, we took steps into becoming carbon neutral. After an analysis of our […]

It can feel like a bit of a minefield when searching for an agency that you can trust to save […]

Many people’s expectations for the working environment have changed. With new methods showing the capability of remote working, it has become a […]

A worldwide pandemic has put the necessity of clean water into the spotlight; a basic essential that is not accessible […]

Hinkley Point C has promised to create 25,000 jobs and the aspiration to create 1000 apprenticeship positions. These opportunities will […]

International Women’s day is prominent for many people all over the world as it continues leading the pursuit of equality […]

How green do you view nuclear power? In a survey of just under 2000 people, nearly half neither supported nor […]

2020 was tough to say the least, so what is 2021 going to bring for us now? There are a […]

Each generation that is born, brings something completely different. Understanding and accepting this is important. Why? Because it tells us […]

With such a large construction project, HPC will be the provider of 25,000 jobs as well as socio-economic benefits with […]

National Apprenticeships week for 2021 starts on Monday 8th February and hosts a wide range of events and activities for you to get […]

How much is going to change for Personal Service Companies during IR35s shift in liability? With not just the concern […]

Getting IR35 wrong can be costly. Both contractors and fee payers are at risk of losing out without paying careful attention to […]

IR35 changes in April 2021. Are you concerned about contractors going elsewhere? Some of the best talent will be looking […]

IR35 may seem new to you, but it isn’t. Introduced in March 1999 and becoming law in 2000, this latest […]

One of the most common objections when pitching Specialist Video Interviewing Software is… “yeah okay sounds cool, but surely you […]

On average, a talent pipeline takes 2-4 months to mature. This means we run the risk of turning a 3-month […]

Unfortunately in the current climate there’s been a lot of redundancies, which in turn has resulted in many people looking […]

World Mental Health Day 2020 is one of the most important ones yet – the months of lockdown and loss […]

Working from home can bring with it a number of challenges, whether it being in-home distractions or lack of social […]

Even though data centre centre staff are deemed as ‘critical workers’ – footfall traffic at the sites has been scaled […]

Introduction In response to COVID-19, many companies, universities and schools have asked their employees to work remotely. Whilst, only 30% […]

What does furlough mean? The term ‘furloughed worker’ is someone who remains employed but, are not undertaking work. The idea […]

As you can imagine, it has not been an easy month for the data centre industry. As work and schools […]

Working from home is now the new norm, and for parents across the UK, ‘bring your kids to work day’ […]

As we all deal with this unprecedented global pandemic, people will be working from home now, more than ever.  However, […]

Many people worry about video interviews for many reasons, here are a few:  I don’t understand how to set it […]

For a number of years, International Women’s Day has been a key date in Highfield’s calendar. We come together each […]

STEM is an acronym (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) introduced in the US by scientific administrators of the National Science […]

On Thursday the 17th of October, we attended the annual South Coast Business awards 2019. We were finalists in the […]

The growth in technology in the last decade has been massive, and AI is slowly becoming a very recognizable part […]

The aim for world mental health day is to raise awareness for mental health issues as well as advocate against […]

9 Things about Highfield Professional Solutions You May Not Have Known This article is simply to give you a glimpse […]