Project Design Manager

Anglian Water's @one Alliance; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water infrastructure organization in Peterborough is seeking an experienced Project Design Manager to oversee capital projects aimed at reducing operational risk. You will lead a high-performing team to deliver safe and compliant solutions, while collaborating with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates have a degree in engineering and experience in water project delivery. Join us to contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of water infrastructure.

Benefits

Opportunity for professional growth

Collaboration with experts across disciplines

Focus on innovation and sustainability

Qualifications

• Experience in water or wastewater project delivery.
• Knowledge of health & safety regulations, ideally with IOSH qualification.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of capital projects while reducing operational risk.
• Lead a team to deliver compliant and safe solutions.
• Develop robust Delivery Execution Plans.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical skills

Project delivery

Communication skills

Education

Degree in engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

CDM compliance knowledge

APMP qualification

Job description

Join the @one Alliance – a collaborative partnership of eight industry-leading companies delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for AMP8, we’re looking for talented individuals to shape the future of water infrastructure.

At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring – ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.

Your Purpose

As a Project Design Manager within one of our four business units, you will champion the delivery of capital projects that reduce operational risk. You will lead a cross-disciplinary team in developing and overseeing safe, compliant, on-time, and on-budget solutions that meet quality, environmental and governance standards.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Oversee multiple projects through full lifecycle delivery—from scoping and design through construction, handover and post-handover management.
• Assure CDM compliance and promote a zero-harm culture through audits, peer reviews and checks.
• Develop and empower a high-performing team of project engineers, planners, cost managers and coordinators.
• Manage programme-level delivery, cost forecasts, risk and change, maintaining alignment with Integrated Project Leaders.
• Drive constructability reviews and solution development with a focus on TOTEX, Risk/Opportunity/Value, and win-win outcomes.
• Ensure robust Delivery Execution Plans (DEPs) are in place and accepted by stakeholders.
• Foster collaborative working with Alliance teams, clients, and supply chain partners to deliver integrated outcomes.
• Translate client governance requirements and support IPLs at governance boards as required.

About You

You are a credible and experienced Project Design Manager with strong leadership, technical and delivery skills. You will ideally have:

• A degree in engineering (or equivalent experience), with proven experience in water or wastewater project delivery.
• Sound knowledge of CDM and health & safety regulations, ideally with IOSH qualification.
• APMP qualification or equivalent and experience working within a commercial or Design & Build environment.
• Strong stakeholder management, team development and communication skills.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple simultaneous projects.
• The ability to operate strategically and resiliently, delivering outcomes under tight deadlines.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to drive cost-effective, sustainable and inclusive solutions.

Business Units

Place Based Thinking

The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.

Water

The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.

Water Recycling (East and West)

Our Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting-edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact.

Safety and Wellbeing

At Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we believe in being Safer Every Day. Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Being Safer Every Day means making positive choices, moment by moment, to protect ourselves and those around us. We create a culture where health, safety and wellbeing come first. Together, we will be the change.