Anglian Water Services

Engineering Lead

Anglian Water Services  •  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Remote)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Circa£85,000(depending onskills &experience)

Permanent

Full Time / 37 Hours (Flexible working opportunities available)

Peterborough

Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined)

Private Healthcare

Make every drop of your potential count!

We are looking for an EngineeringLeadto join Anglian Water's Major Infrastructure Delivery team and play a pivotal role in delivering some of the largest and most strategically important infrastructureprogrammesin our history.

With Major Infrastructure Delivery responsible for delivering between £1.5bn and £2bn of investment during AMP8, this is a senior engineering leadership role providing technical authority, governance and assurance across majorprogrammesranging from £50m to £1bn.

Projects include major environmental and growth initiatives such as Coastal Waters, CambridgeUpgradeand Project Nectarine (Universal Studios).

Operating within a Design and Build delivery environment, you will act as the accountable engineering authority for one or more majorprogrammes, leading engineering strategy, design assurance, riskmanagementand technical governance through the full asset lifecycle.

This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineering leader who can combine technical excellence, strategicthinkingand stakeholder leadership to deliver safe,sustainableand innovative solutions.

Whatyou'llbe doing:

  • Provide senior engineering leadership across major infrastructureprogrammesand projects

  • Act as the accountable engineering authority for scope definition, designassuranceand engineering risk management

  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control,automationand civil engineering disciplines

  • Chair engineering governance forums including design reviews, technicalapprovalsand assurance gateways

  • Drive technically robust,cost-effectiveand low-carbon engineering solutions

  • Lead technical assurance across optioneering, outline design, early contractor involvement, detailed design, construction,commissioningand handover

  • Ensure compliance with Anglian Water engineering standards, Construction Design and Management regulations, process safetyrequirementsand operational expectations

  • Championstandardisation, value engineering, designefficiencyand digital engineering across major projects

  • Develop engineering capability across Anglian Water, partners and suppliers, including mentoring graduates,apprenticesand emerging technical talent

  • Provide senior technical leadership during incidents and emergency engineering responses whererequired

Whatwe'relooking for

  • Degree-qualified engineer, or equivalent technical qualification and experience

  • Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards chartership, with a relevant professional institution

  • Significant experienceleading major infrastructure,engineeringor capital investmentprogrammes

  • Strong technical authority across design, construction,commissioningand handover environments

  • Proven understanding of water and water recycling processes, operationalinterfacesand asset performance

  • Deep knowledge of engineering assurance, technical governance, design riskmanagementand process safety

  • Strong understanding of Design and Build delivery, including NEC Option C or similar contract environments

  • Excellent stakeholder management,leadershipand communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels

  • Ability to maketimely, risk-based decisions in complex, high-consequence environments

Desirable:IOSH or equivalent health and safetyqualificationProgrammeor project management accreditation. Experience in digital engineering, Building Information Modelling, structured asset informationmanagementor smart infrastructure.

Why join Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, we are driven by purpose - delivering major infrastructure that protects the environment, supportsgrowthand improves communities for generations to come. In this role, you will provide engineering leadership acrossprogrammesvalued between £50m and £1bn, influence some of the UK's most significant environmental and infrastructure investments, and help shape engineering strategy,standardsand innovation across Major Infrastructure Delivery.

You will work with leading delivery partners, suppliers and technical specialists, develop future engineering capability, and mentor the next generation of engineering talent while being part of a business committed to safety, sustainability, technicalexcellenceand innovation.

Benefits

  • 26 daysannual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)

  • Flexible working options

  • Private health care

  • Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to7%

  • Life assurance at eight times your salary

  • Annual bonus

  • Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage

  • Personal medical assessments

  • Virtual GP service

  • Cancer screening

  • Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits

  • Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail,traveland utilities

  • Employee AssistanceProgramme

  • Volunteer days

  • Possible carallowance depending on evidenced business mileage

Inclusion at Anglian Water

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We are proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter and Armed Forces Covenant, and we are a Disability Confident employer.

Closing Date:9thAugust 2026

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Anglian Water Services

About Anglian Water Services

Anglian Water supply water and water recycling services to more than six million domestic and business customers in the east of England and Hartlepool. Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. We clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out.

We’re the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area. We’re also one of the driest regions in the country, with just 600 millimetres of rain each year, on average a third less than the rest of England. In fact some areas have a lower annual rainfall than Jerusalem. That’s why it’s vital that we look after the water that we’ve got.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Huntingdon, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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