Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Water (Infrastructure)

Balfour Beatty; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for their Water (Infrastructure) team. This role involves providing technical leadership in potable water infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with standards, and mentoring engineers. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving industry change and supporting vital infrastructure development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension schemes

Share incentives

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing potable and wastewater pipelines.
• Familiarity with design software processes.
• Experience in quality assurance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design Managers to track milestones and review dates.
• Lead design review meetings and contribute to commissioning strategies.
• Mentor and guide engineers to develop skills.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree in water/wastewater engineering or related fields

Job description

About the role

Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Water (Infrastructure) - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

@one Alliance is a partnership of eight leading companies: Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO. We deliver over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing for our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.

We are seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in our Water (Infrastructure) team, focusing on potable water infrastructure (pipelines).

As the Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide civil and pipeline engineering technical reviews, guidance, and inputs to potable water (clean) and water recycling (wastewater) infrastructure projects, including pipelines and networks. You will support design for various infrastructure schemes, ensuring all designs are fit for purpose and compliant with current legislation and standards.

What you'll be doing

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Design Managers and Technical Managers to track milestones and review dates.
• Work with Principal Engineers to improve design calculations, standards, and products.
• Review project drawings, calculations, and change requests for adherence to standards and timely responses.
• Lead design review meetings and contribute to CDM and commissioning strategies.
• Maintain quality through Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) workflows and support discipline engineers to meet project timelines.
• Promote innovative technologies, manage technical knowledge, and adhere to MAS standards.
• Mentor and guide engineers to develop skills and establish standard procedures.

Who we're looking for

Skills, experience, and behaviors:

• Preferably educated to degree level in water/wastewater engineering or related fields.
• Proven experience as a technical expert in designing potable and wastewater pipelines, including quality assurance and risk management, with familiarity with design software processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

The role of the Lead Infrastructure Engineer is to provide technical leadership and support across project portfolios, not to deliver individual projects. If you're looking to lead and advance your engineering career, apply today!

Why work for us

Our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious projects, developing and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports economies and communities.

Why join us?

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Flexible working options, with up to 40% remote work where roles permit.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata).
• Family-friendly policies, including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks for paternity/partners leave.
• Additional benefits like pension schemes, share incentives, volunteering leave, and recognition schemes.

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work on electricity network projects, providing solutions across overhead lines, substations, and distribution networks, supporting the UK's power infrastructure development.

Diversity and inclusion

We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to our success. Through our strategies and memberships (WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, AFBE), we foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are committed to supporting disabled applicants and veterans, offering fair and accessible recruitment processes. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.