Project Engineer

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

Private health care

Pension (double match)

Job summary

Anglian Water is looking for a Project Engineer – Maintenance Delivery to support capital programmes across Water Supply assets. You will coordinate delivery, ensure CDM compliance, and work with operations, delivery teams and stakeholders to drive efficient project execution.

The role requires an appropriate engineering qualification, knowledge of H&S/CDM regulations, strong IT literacy, and experience managing capital budgets. Hybrid 2/3 on-site, 2/3 from home, with travel across the region.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification (Electrical or Mechanical) is required.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM regulations is essential.
• Strong IT literacy and commercial acumen are expected.
• Experience managing a capital budget and resource planning is required.
• Experience in water/wastewater environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Capital Maintenance Delivery: support end-to-end capital delivery to maximise risk reduction and value.
• Programme Delivery: coordinate and support regional maintenance programmes with data accuracy.
• Stakeholder Engagement: engage stakeholders and ensure data accuracy and efficiency metrics.
• Health and Safety: comply with H&S requirements, conduct audits, and produce CDM documentation.
• Safer Every Day: promote continuous improvement in H&S standards.

Skills

Electrical or Mechanical engineering

Health & CDM regulations

IT literacy

Capital budget management

Water/wastewater experience (desirable

Education

Engineering qualification (Electrical or Mechanical)

Job description

Salary Circa £47k-£52k depending on skills and experience + Car Allowance Permanent, Full time, 37 hourswith flexibility for part time Location: Rutland, Bedford, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Huntingdon – with travel requited across this region. Hybrid working - Expectation is 2/3 days a week on site, 2/3 from home

Join Anglian Water as a Project Engineer – Maintenance Delivery!

Are you an experienced engineer looking to make a significant impact in the water industry? Anglian Water is seeking a dedicated and skilled Project Engineer to join our growing Maintenance Delivery team and help ensure the efficient delivery of capital programmes across our Water Supply assets.

About the Role:

As a Project Engineer, you will play a key role in enabling and coordinating project delivery while ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, technical specifications, operational requirements, and stakeholder needs. You will work closely with operational colleagues, delivery teams, programme management, and other stakeholders to drive efficient project execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Capital Maintenance Delivery:Support the end-to-end capital delivery process, ensuring maximum risk reduction and value for expenditure.
• Programme Delivery:Coordinate and support the execution of regional maintenance programmes, ensuring accurate asset data management and monthly reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement:Proactively engage with all stakeholders, ensuring the accuracy of project data and capturing efficiency data.
• Health and Safety:Complete and comply with all operational site H&S requirements, undertake H&S audits, and produce CDM documentation.
• Safer Every Day:Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety, ensuring consistent H&S standards are maintained.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Appropriate engineering qualification (Electrical or Mechanical)
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM regulations
• Strong IT literacy and commercial acumen
• Experience managing a capital budget and resource planning
• Experience within the water or wastewater environment (desirable not essential)

Skills & Behaviours:

• Excellent stakeholder and customer management skills
• Strong and adaptable communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workloads to meet tight deadlines
• Resilient to feedback and challenge

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

• 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 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x 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.
• Inclusion at Anglian Water

Closing date

Closing date: 15/09/26

Equality and Diversity

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.

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