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Anglian Water Services

Engineering Lead

Anglian Water Services

Engineering Lead providing leadership across major infrastructure programmes at Anglian Water. Responsible for design assurance, risk management and technical governance through full asset lifecycle.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timePeterborough • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £85,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates senior engineering leadership in major infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with engineering standards and driving cost-effective, low-carbon solutions. Possesses strong technical authority in design, construction, and commissioning, with a focus on mentoring and developing engineering talent.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Chartered Engineer StatusEngineering Risk ManagementDesign and Build DeliveryStakeholder ManagementDigital Engineering

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Hard Skills
Engineering LeadershipDesign AssuranceTechnical GovernanceProcess SafetyWater Recycling ProcessesAsset PerformanceDesign Risk ManagementConstruction ManagementCommissioningHandover
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationInfluencingDecision-MakingMentoring
Tools & Technologies
Building Information ModellingStructured Asset Information ManagementSmart Infrastructure
Certifications & Qualifications
IOSH QualificationProject Management Accreditation
Industry Keywords
Infrastructure ProgrammesEngineering StandardsConstruction Design and Management RegulationsValue EngineeringDigital Engineering

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide senior engineering leadership across major infrastructure programmes and projects
  • Act as the accountable engineering authority for scope definition, design assurance and engineering risk management
  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, automation and civil engineering disciplines
  • Chair engineering governance forums including design reviews, technical approvals and assurance gateways
  • Drive technically robust, cost-effective and low-carbon engineering solutions
  • Lead technical assurance across optioneering, outline design, early contractor involvement, detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover
  • Ensure compliance with Anglian Water engineering standards, Construction Design and Management regulations, process safety requirements and operational expectations
  • Champion standardisation, value engineering, design efficiency and digital engineering across major projects
  • Develop engineering capability across Anglian Water, partners and suppliers, including mentoring graduates, apprentices and emerging technical talent
  • Provide senior technical leadership during incidents and emergency engineering responses where required

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Degree-qualified engineer, or equivalent technical qualification and experience
  • Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards chartership, with a relevant professional institution
  • Significant experience leading major infrastructure, engineering or capital investment programmes
  • Strong technical authority across design, construction, commissioning and handover environments
  • Proven understanding of water and water recycling processes, operational interfaces and asset performance
  • Deep knowledge of engineering assurance, technical governance, design risk management and process safety
  • Strong understanding of Design and Build delivery, including NEC Option C or similar contract environments
  • Excellent stakeholder management, leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
  • Ability to make timely, risk-based decisions in complex, high-consequence environments
  • Desirable: IOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification. Programme or project management accreditation. Experience in digital engineering, Building Information Modelling, structured asset information management or smart infrastructure.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
  • Flexible working options
  • Private health care
  • Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7 %
  • 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, travel and utilities
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Volunteer days
  • Possible car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage