Senior Client Design & Engineering Leader

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life assurance 8x salary

Double-matched pension

Annual leave 26 days

Bonus up to 15%

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Services is seeking a Client Design & Engineering Manager to lead strategic technical oversight across engineering, design and constructability within the Reservoirs Programme. You will supervise the design function, influence major decisions and ensure value for money in a high-profile NSIP portfolio.

The role demands robust leadership, regulators engagement and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across governance, planning, land, environment and procurement.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering leadership experience on major infrastructure or Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
• Significant technical expertise in a relevant discipline such as dam engineering, river engineering or similarly complex infrastructure.
• A relevant engineering degree.
• Experience managing consultancy partners and major engineering contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management capability, including experience working with regulators and external partners.
• The ability to balance technical excellence with programme outcomes and commercial considerations.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic technical oversight across engineering, design and constructability activities.
• Supporting development of programme design strategies, processes and technical requirements.
• Reviewing and accepting key engineering outputs and deliverables on behalf of Anglian Water.
• Ensuring technical integrity is maintained across scope, programme, cost and prioritisation decisions.
• Leading the resolution of complex technical challenges and risks.
• Acting as a technical representative for Anglian Water and Cambridge Water within programme governance and external stakeholder engagement.
• Working closely with regulators, environmental bodies, utility providers and other strategic partners.
• Championing health, safety and design risk reduction throughout the programme lifecycle.

Skills

Engineering leadership

NSIPs experience

Dam/River engineering

Stakeholder management

Regulators engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Anglian Water Services is seeking a Client Design & Engineering Manager to lead strategic technical oversight across engineering, design and constructability within the Reservoirs Programme. You will supervise the design function, influence major decisions and ensure value for money in a high-profile NSIP portfolio.

The role demands robust leadership, regulators engagement and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across governance, planning, land, environment and procurement.