Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Water Recycling - Peterborough

ZipRecruiter; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to provide technical leadership for water recycling projects. This role involves ensuring compliance with industry standards, mentoring engineers, and driving innovation in infrastructure design. Join a team that is committed to delivering impactful projects and fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

40% remote working

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a technical expert in potable and wastewater pipeline design.
• Familiarity with design software and industry processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical reviews and guidance for infrastructure designs.
• Lead design review meetings and contribute to CDM discussions.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree in Water/Wastewater Engineering

Tools

Design Software

Job description

Job Description

About the role

Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Water Recycling (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—delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is an unparalleled opportunity to shape industry standards, drive innovation, and accelerate your career.

Are you ready to be part of something transformative?

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide technical leadership, design oversight, and strategic guidance for potable water (clean) and water recycling (wastewater) infrastructure projects, including pipelines and networks. You will play a crucial role in ensuring designs are efficient, compliant, and future-ready, while also supporting the growth and development of our engineering teams.

What you'll be doing

Key responsibilities:

• Provide technical reviews, guidance, and input for infrastructure designs, ensuring compliance with legislation and industry standards.
• Work closely with Design Managers and Technical Managers to track key milestones and review dates.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers to enhance design calculations, standards, and product innovation.
• Lead design review meetings and contribute to CDM and commissioning strategy discussions.
• Oversee quality control processes through Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), supporting discipline engineers to meet project timelines.
• Champion new technologies and best practices, ensuring alignment with MAS standards.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering professional development and standardizing procedures.

Who we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• A degree (but not essential) in water/wastewater engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience as a technical expert in potable and wastewater pipeline design, quality assurance, and risk management.
• Familiarity with design software and industry processes.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a passion for mentoring and developing teams.

This role provides strategic technical leadership across a portfolio of projects, not assigned to individual projects. If you are ready to take the next step in your engineering career and make a lasting impact, apply today!

Why work for us

Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects—developing, building, and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports economies and communities.

Why join us?

In addition to contributing to impactful work, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. Customize your benefits to suit your needs. Key benefits include:

• Smart working, with flexible start/finish times and up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata).
• Family-friendly policies, including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility to design, construction, and maintenance, our in-house experts and innovative solutions support some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Our values and inclusion

We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential for a successful workplace. Through our initiatives and memberships, such as WISE, enei, Business Forum, and AFBE, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Confident Employer, we are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities and long-term health conditions, offering interviews if minimum requirements are met. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We aim to continually improve our recruitment process for fairness and inclusivity. Feedback can be shared at: [e-mail]