Engineering Lead

Jobtailor; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water seeks a senior engineering leader to steer major infrastructure projects, ensuring robust design, risk management and adherence to standards.

You will mentor teams across disciplines, chair governance forums and drive low-carbon, cost-effective solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified engineer with Chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

Decision-Making

Mentoring

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree-qualified engineer

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Building Information Modelling

Structured Asset Information Management

Smart Infrastructure

Job description

• 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

• 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.

Core Competencies

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 Status
• Engineering Risk Management
• Design and Build Delivery
• Stakeholder Management
• Digital Engineering

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Engineering Leadership
• Design Assurance
• Technical Governance
• Process Safety
• Water Recycling Processes
• Asset Performance
• Design Risk Management
• Construction Management
• Commissioning
• Handover

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Influencing
• Decision-Making
• Mentoring

Certifications & Qualifications

• IOSH Qualification
• Project Management Accreditation

Industry Keywords

• Infrastructure Programmes
• Engineering Standards
• Construction Design and Management Regulations
• Value Engineering
• Digital Engineering

Tools & Technologies

• Building Information Modelling
• Structured Asset Information Management
• Smart Infrastructure