Senior Design Engineer

Severn Trent Water; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional water utility company is looking for a Senior Design Engineer to drive technical challenges in water and wastewater treatment. Candidates should have significant experience in process technology and a degree in engineering. The role involves improving existing assets and maintaining essential waste treatment services, offering competitive benefits including bonuses and extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme up to £2,250

Leading pension scheme

Private medical cover

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Significant experience in water, wastewater, or sludge treatment.
• Understanding of design and commissioning principles.
• Experience of successful collaborative working.

Responsibilities

• Drive designs in wastewater strategies and projects.
• Conduct investigations to improve existing data systems.
• Support operational teams to maintain waste treatment services.

Skills

Water treatment process

Wastewater treatment

Process technology

Analytical skills

Team working

Risk management

Education

Degree in engineering discipline

Job description

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Do you like using your knowledge and expertise to solve problems and define solutions?

Are you self-motivated and enthusiastic – looking to progress through the next stage of your career within a vibrant team who really strive to make a difference?

Do you want to do the best work of your life - playing your part in caring for the environment and communities we serve?

If you answered yes to all those questions, then read on.

Our people make Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

This is an exciting time as we are expanding our Waste Treatment Design Team. We have a senior design engineer role for the right candidate. We are looking for a talented, bright, and dynamic senior design engineer to join our team; a person who loves a technical challenge to drive our designs forward. Ideally with a water, wastewater or utilities background, we are looking for an individual with a sound practical understanding of outline and detailed design who are great at communicating and influencing others with those brilliant ideas and who really understand how to think big.

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

There are around 1,000 sewage treatment works within the Severn Trent Water region treating flows from hamlets through to some of Britain’s largest cities. Our Design Team uses their technical skills to shape the wastewater strategies for the company; providing expert advice to lead projects from feasibility through to detailed design to support the Severn Trent goals. You will work with our stakeholders, consultants and contractors to protect and enhance the quality of our waste treatment assets and rivers; interrogate and make improvements to our data systems; undertake investigations so that we have the best evidence available from which we can make sound decisions.

If you join Severn Trent, you can expect to use your technical skills to work across several different areas, including:

• Sewage treatment assets - understanding our existing assets, completing risk assessments and short to long-term complex investigations
  
  
• Developing strategies to allow us to enhance the existing assets and inform the Price Review regulatory submissions; collaborating across the business as we build our river quality, sustainability and net zero carbon plans influencing the business to transition away from traditional investment routes
  
  
• Carry out self-led research on emerging technologies, to define new innovative treatment options and to collaborate both internally and externally to promote new strategies
  
  
• Promoting our ongoing waste treatment capital maintenance programme; ensuring that we have robust evidence-based understanding of how our waste treatment sites work to ensure final effluent quality is maintained
  
  
• Tactical support and advice to operational teams to maintain the availability and quality of our waste treatment services for our customers.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

For this senior design engineer role, we want to attract those with the right experience but we also value character, positivity, and a caring attitude in equal weight.

With skill sets in mind, we need qualified senior design engineer with a proven track record in water, wastewater, or utility design.

You will have a degree in an engineering discipline (or similar) and a hold a breadth of knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• Significant experience in water, wastewater, sludge treatment or process technology
  
  
• Understanding of core design and commissioning principles in water, wastewater, or sludge.
  
  
• Proven analytical skills
  
  
• Significant risk management knowledge and understanding.
  
  
• Experience of successful team-working
  
  
• An understanding of the construction (design and management) regulations and how these apply to our designs
  
  
• Track record of technical development
  
  
• A track record of collaborative working with partner organisations and stakeholders
  
  
• An understanding of the water industry and the regulatory price review.
  
  

Senior design engineers will be expected to demonstrate a range of project / programme management skills and have a track record ofcollaborative working with partner organisations and stakeholders. Senior design engineers will also be expected to develop and mentor team members and other engineers.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do – safeguarding customers water supplies and making the environment we live and work in a better place.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity; who help us do just that.

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. Here’s some of our favourites:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 dependent on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Private medical cover, life assurance, income protection and personal accident cover
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year

LET’S GO

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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