Join Our Team as a Design Engineer!
At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
Are you passionate about tackling climate change and making a positive impact on the environment? Our ambitious five-year programme, featuring over 5,000 innovative projects, is dedicated to overcoming the challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are set to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Design Engineer. The role will be based in Finham (Coventry). This role will sit in our expanding our major projects in waste treatment design team. Our Design Team use their technical skills to shape the wastewater strategies for the company, providing expert advice to lead projects from feasibility to detailed design to support the Severn Trent goals.
You will work with our stakeholders, consultants and contractors to protect and enhance the quality of our waste treatment assets and rivers; interrogate and make improvements to our data systems; undertake investigations; undertake outline designs so that we have the best evidence available from which we can make sound decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Sewage treatment assets - understanding our existing assets, completing risk assessments, undertaking outline designs for new assets to meet new business needs
Support the Price Review regulatory submissions; collaborating across the business as we build our river quality, sustainability and net zero carbon plans
Carry out self-led research on emerging technologies, to define new innovative treatment options and collaborate both internally and externally to promote new strategies
Support with the promotion of our ongoing waste treatment capital maintenance programme; ensuring that we have robust evidence-based understanding of how our waste treatment sites work to ensure final effluent quality is maintained
Support and advice to operational teams to maintain the availability and quality of our waste treatment services for our customers
Ensure Health and Safety are built into the lifecycle of the design
Identify and support with the review of potential delivery and operational risks e.g.H&S, environmental, commissioning through the design process
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
You’ll be degree qualified (desirable) and actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on. An engineering discipline would be required.
You will have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people. You will be forward-thinking, capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment. A full UK driving licence will be required. Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.
We do more, because we care.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential.
Here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:
28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250, which is subject to eligibility)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Dedicated training and development with our Academy
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two paid volunteering days per year
WHATS NEXT?
We can’t wait to hear from you.
Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails!
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Water is wonderful. Without it we’d be lost. With it, everything’s possible. For every toothbrush, for every loo flushed. For the hot showers, the cool drinks, the cups of tea. But it’s not just at the heart of our homes. It’s at the heart of everything; our schools, our businesses, our hospitals. Saving lives, helping communities thrive.
We’re Severn Trent, a diverse and amazing group of people who want to keep it that way. We bring you clean water and we take it away safely too. But it’s not just what we do. It’s how we do it: not just talking, but going over and above. Stepping up and rolling our sleeves up.
It’s because we care. Not only about our water but our corner of the country. And we care for our amazing people who make all this possible. Don’t just take our word for it; we’re a Glassdoor Top 50 Company – one of the best employers in the UK right now.
At Severn Trent, we do more, because we care.
