Senior Design Engineer

SevernTrentLife; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company seeks a Senior Design Engineer to enhance sewage treatment strategies and engage with stakeholders. This role requires a background in engineering, strong communication skills, and the ability to tackle innovative projects that support sustainability goals. Enjoy benefits like 28 days holiday, a company pension scheme, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave scheme

Training and development opportunities

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or working towards engineering status.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk assessments and investigations on sewage treatment assets.
• Collaborate to enhance asset quality and sustainability.
• Provide tactical support to maintain waste treatment services.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Research on emerging technologies

Communication

Understanding of sewage treatment assets

Education

Degree in engineering (desirable)

Job description

Overview

Join Severn Trent’s Design Team as a Senior Design Engineer

At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.

What do you get when you combine an award-winning, innovative water company with over 300 dedicated team members? Severn Trent’s Capital Design team!

Our ambitious five-year programme, encompassing over 5,000 innovative projects, is designed to tackle the growing challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.

This is an exciting time as we are expanding our Waste Treatment Design Team. We have an exciting new opportunity as a Senior Design Engineer. In this role you’ll challenge to drive our designs forward. 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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 YOU’LL BRING

You’ll be degree qualified (desirable) and showing your professional commitment as a member of one of the engineering Institutions or actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on. Having water industry background would be great but not essential however an engineering discipline would be required.

You will have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people. You will be a forward-thinking capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment. A full UK driving licence will be required.

Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.

We do more, because we care.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential.

Here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 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, which is subject to eligibility)
• 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
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two paid volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails!

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