Project Engineer: Sludge Process Improvement

awg; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Virtual GP

Annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Family-friendly policies

Annual bonus

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Project Engineer to join our Water Recycling Operations team, delivering sludge-focused improvement projects across our operational sites.

This role supports engineering and process improvements that enhance sludge thickening and dewatering performance, improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, strengthen environmental compliance, and increase resilience across our sludge treatment processes.

Qualifications

• A full UK driving licence.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of wastewater systems and processes.
• Strong knowledge of sludge treatment processes and the end-to-end sludge lifecycle.
• Experience working within a regulated operational environment.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental requirements within operational settings.
• Experience operating under CDM principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement practical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and operational teams.
• A proactive and continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to support change and embed new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Support investigations into underperforming sludge thickening and dewatering assets to identify root causes.
• Support improvements in upstream sludge management to optimise downstream dewatering performance.
• Assist the delivery of a portfolio of sludge improvement projects from concept through to implementation and handover.
• Support commissioning and readiness of new sludge assets to ensure performance outcomes.
• Monitor project delivery against performance, cost and timeline targets.
• Establish performance monitoring frameworks and KPIs to sustain improvements long-term.

Skills

Wastewater knowledge

Regulated environments

CDM principles

Stakeholder management

Analytical problem solving

Continuous improvement

Communication

Job description

Anglian Water is seeking a Project Engineer to join our Water Recycling Operations team, delivering sludge-focused improvement projects across our operational sites.

This role supports engineering and process improvements that enhance sludge thickening and dewatering performance, improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, strengthen environmental compliance, and increase resilience across our sludge treatment processes.