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Anglian Water Services

Design Strategy Manager

Anglian Water Services

Design Strategy Manager shaping Anglian Water’s multi-billion-pound reservoir programme. Leading design strategy, client requirements and technical assurance across major water infrastructure projects.

Posted 8/17/2026full-timePeterborough • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £73,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive design and technical experience in managing large design and build contractor procurements, with a focus on developing and maintaining design strategies and technical assurance across supply chains. Strong project management and stakeholder management skills are essential for overseeing solution development and ensuring alignment with client requirements.

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Design LeadershipProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementTechnical Assurance StrategyRisk Ownership

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Hard Skills
Design Strategy DevelopmentTechnical Assurance ManagementProcurement ScopingWork-Package IntegrationRequirements Definition
Soft Skills
CommunicationContinuous Improvement
Industry Keywords
DCOCDM ResponsibilitiesHealth and SafetyZero-Accident CultureEngineering Workstreams

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop and maintain the Design Strategy for the New Reservoirs Programme
  • Ensure the strategy reflects DCO, Reference, ECI, Early Works and Enabling Works design and engineering workstreams
  • Establish design liability ownership, risk ownership, CDM responsibilities and effective hand-offs between supply partners
  • Design and maintain the Technical Assurance Strategy across the supply chain
  • Oversee work-package integration and assurance plans
  • Prepare technical scopes for procurement
  • Manage the Technical Assurance Manager responsible for day-to-day system and process management
  • Define, develop and maintain Client Requirements aligned with programme outcomes
  • Direct and oversee solution development and requests to change or develop requirements
  • Supervise a Requirements Manager
  • Coordinate independent Technical Assurance activities, including technical scoping and progress monitoring
  • Liaise with engineering, programme management and commercial teams
  • Drive continuous improvement in health, safety and wellbeing and maintain a zero-accident culture

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant design/technical experience in senior roles of large design and build contractor procurements and management
  • Strong project management skills
  • Design leadership at detailed engineering and system level
  • Experience managing multiple internal and external stakeholders
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Car allowance
  • Private health care
  • Double-matched pension
  • Virtual GP service for you and your household
  • Life assurance at 8 times salary
  • Personal accident cover up to 5 times salary
  • 26 days annual leave, rising with length of service
  • Ability to buy more annual leave
  • Excellent family friendly policies
  • 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
  • 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave
  • Opportunity for shared parental pay
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle