Pre-Development Engineer

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal private health care

Generous pension (21% total contrib)

24‑hour Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance (up to 8× salary)

Personal accident cover (up to 5×alary

Family friendly policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. seeks a development planning specialist to assess developer enquiries and pre-planning submissions for water and wastewater services. You will identify capacity constraints, risks and sustainable connection options while liaising with developers and internal teams.

The role focuses on ensuring housing growth aligns with network resilience, sustainability, and environmental responsibilities within a hybrid Peterborough setting.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or environmental discipline is desirable.
• Some experience in water, infrastructure or environmental fields is desirable but not essential.
• The ability to interpret technical information and data.
• Strong written and verbal communication is essential.
• Interest in sustainable and practical engineering solutions.
• Good organisation skills and ability to manage a varied workload.

Responsibilities

• Assess developer enquiries and pre-planning submissions across water and wastewater services.
• Support identification of network capacity, flooding and environmental risks for proposed developments.
• Provide clear, accurate advice to developers, consultants and internal stakeholders.
• Help identify appropriate and sustainable connection options.
• Support early understanding of potential reinforcement requirements.
• Contribute to planning responses that support housing growth and network resilience.
• Collaborate with planning, operations and delivery teams.

Skills

Water sector experience

Education

Degree in engineering or environmental discipline

Job description

Circa £37,674 (depending on skills & experience) Full-time, 37 hours per week with flexibility for part time Peterborough – Hybrid working (typically two days in the office, three remotely). Make every drop of your potential count! Join Anglian Water’s Development Services team and play an important role in enabling sustainable growth across one of the UK’s fastest developing regions.

Based within our Planning & Capacity team, this role sits at the point where development, infrastructure and environmental responsibility come together. You’ll support the assessment of new housing, commercial and industrial developments, helping ensure growth is delivered in a way that protects our networks, supports customers and promotes long‑term resilience.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a logical and technical mindset to build commercial experience while contributing to work that directly shapes communities across the region in a sustainable and responsible way.

You’ll be part of a team delivering our pre‑planning service to developer customers, supporting the assessment of proposed developments and helping customers understand how their plans interact with our water and wastewater networks. Using network data, operational insight and technical assessment, you’ll help identify potential constraints, risks and opportunities early, supporting customers to understand where capacity exists, where further investigation may be required, and what sustainable options could be explored.

This is a varied role combining technical analysis, collaboration and customer engagement. You’ll manage a range of developer enquiries, from smaller or more straightforward sites through to supporting more complex schemes alongside experienced colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

• Assess developer enquiries and pre‑planning submissions across water and wastewater services
• Support the identification of network, capacity, flooding and environmental risks linked to proposed developments
• Provide clear, accurate advice to developers, consultants and internal stakeholders
• Help identify appropriate and sustainable connection options
• Support early understanding of potential reinforcement requirements
• Contribute to planning responses that support housing growth and network resilience
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across planning, operations and delivery teams

What does it take to be successful?

We’re looking for someone with a solid technical foundation who enjoys learning, problem‑solving and working with customers as part of a collaborative team environment. You’ll ideally bring:

• A degree‑level qualification in a technical, engineering or environmental discipline (or equivalent experience) is desirable
• Some experience in the water sector or a related utility, infrastructure or environmental field is also desirable but not essential
• The ability to understand and interpret technical information and data
• Strong written and verbal communication skills is essential
• An interest in sustainable and practical engineering solutions
• Good organisation skills and the ability to manage a varied workload with support

The way you work matters too

We value people who are:

• Keen to learn and develop their technical and professional skills
• Customer‑focused and practical in their approach
• Comfortable working collaboratively across teams
• Organised, adaptable and open to feedback
• Curious and motivated to continuously improve

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21% !
• 24‑hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Life assurance (up to 8×salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5×salary)
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave.
• Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Closing Date: 01/11/26 #loveeverydrop

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process.

If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.