Graduate (SuDS Solutions Engineer)

Anglian Water Services Limited; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading water company as a Graduate SuDS Solutions Engineer and play a pivotal role in designing and implementing innovative sustainable drainage solutions. You'll collaborate with stakeholders, contribute to design excellence, and support projects from early phases to construction while being part of a values-led team committed to sustainable transformation.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to engage technical teams and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of drainage design standards and health & safety principles.
• Collaborative mindset and passion for sustainable, green infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Assist in scoping, assessing, and delivering SuDS opportunities.
• Work closely with stakeholders to co-create solutions.
• Support projects from feasibility through to construction.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Confidence in urban environments

Knowledge of drainage design standards

Education

Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering (2:1 minimum)

Tools

GIS

Job description

Graduate (SuDS Solutions Engineer) - Help Shape a Greener Tomorrow

Location: Peterborough/ Hybrid (2-3 days on site/with stakeholders)

Join the @one Alliance, a collaboration of eight industry-leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. With AMP8 ahead, we're gearing up for our biggest challenge yet-delivering an ambitious programme of projects that will shape the future of water infrastructure.

Are you passionate about sustainable drainage and nature-based solutions (NbS)? Do you want to help create healthier, more resilient communities across the Anglian Water region? Join our SuDS Engineering team and turn that passion into impact.

As a Graduate (SuDS Solutions Engineer), you'll play a vital role in developing and delivering innovative SuDS and NbS schemes - from the early optioneering phase through to construction. Whether it's designing swales alongside highways, reimagining schoolyards with rain gardens, or enhancing public spaces for biodiversity, this is your chance to make a real difference.

Assist in scoping assessing, and delivering SuDS opportunities in urban, rural, and public realm settings
Work closely with stakeholders - from local authorities to community groups - to co-create solutions
Use GIS, spatial data, and topographic insights to inform sustainable design
Support projects from feasibility through to construction, with site visits and design input
Collaborate across the alliance - design, CAD, enabling, construction, ecology & more
Contribute to design excellence, health & safety, and environmental best practice
Champion innovation and smarter ways of working in stormwater management

What we're looking for:

• A degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering (2:1 minimum)

• Confidence working in retrofit and constrained urban environments

• An understanding of drainage design standards and health & safety principles

• Strong communication skills to engage technical teams and external stakeholders

• A collaborative mindset and passion for sustainable, green infrastructure

Bring your knowledge of drainage, love for green infrastructure, and confidence in working with others to a role where your voice matters - and your ideas become reality.

You'll be welcomed into a collaborative, values-led team committed to sustainable transformation.

Ready to help us deliver the future of drainage? Apply now and let's reimagine water together.

Closing date: 4 July 2025