Lead Water & SuDS Engineer — Hybrid & Impactful Role

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer in water engineering and SuDS to lead design delivery across UK projects, including utilities alignment and offshore collaboration. The role requires technical excellence, stakeholder coordination, and mentoring of engineers and graduates.

The position offers hybrid working arrangements, with responsibilities spanning technical leadership, cost estimates, and reporting to ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes for client water projects.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer, MICE or CIWEM preferred
• Essential demonstrable knowledge of SUDs designs
• Experience of working on infrastructure, transportation or civil engineering project
• Experience of team leadership (line management and/or virtual project team)

Responsibilities

• Define the design approach, integrate inputs from multiple disciplines, and resolve standards or stakeholder conflicts as the internal specialist.
• Lead production of work packages, breaking work into tasks, estimating inputs, setting dependencies, and maintaining programme, budget, and quality control.
• Drive technical excellence and first-time-right delivery, setting QA and Safe by Design checkpoints and approving key technical decisions.
• Ensure solutions meet client specifications and acceptance criteria, with clear reporting and cost estimates, delivered to programme and within budget.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance, review, and coaching for engineers and graduates, giving clear direction and constructive feedback.
• Develop and document innovative, repeatable methods and tools to address design problems and reduce cycle time.
• Allocate work effectively across designers and locations, delegating clearly and reviewing outcomes.
• Coordinate UK and international teams (including offshore production centres) to deliver integrated drainage designs with consistent quality.
• Lead CDM/design compliance activities, evidencing hazard elimination and capturing lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Job description

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer in water engineering and SuDS to lead design delivery across UK projects, including utilities alignment and offshore collaboration. The role requires technical excellence, stakeholder coordination, and mentoring of engineers and graduates.

The position offers hybrid working arrangements, with responsibilities spanning technical leadership, cost estimates, and reporting to ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes for client water projects.