Senior Design Strategy Lead for Water Infrastructure

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private health care

Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)

Double-matched pension

26 days annual leave

Job summary

Anglian Water Services in the East of England is seeking a Design Strategy Manager for the New Reservoirs Programme, including the Fens Reservoir and Lincolnshire Reservoir, to lead design strategy, client requirements and technical assurance.

This client-side role collaborates across delivery, engineering, procurement and regulatory teams to ensure strategy documents, technical scopes and assurance processes are aligned and auditable.

Qualifications

• Significant design/technical experience in senior roles of large design and build contractor procurements and management
• Strong project management skills
• Design leadership at both detailed engineering and system level
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders internally and externally
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Design Strategy for the Programme, aligning design workstreams and governance.
• Design and maintain the Technical Assurance Strategy with First Line of Defence across the supply chain.
• Define, develop, and maintain Client Requirements, directing solution development and change management.
• Coordinate independent Technical Assurance activities and liaise with engineering, programme management & commercial teams.
• Champion Health, Safety & Wellbeing and drive a zero-accident culture.

Job description

Anglian Water Services in the East of England is seeking a Design Strategy Manager for the New Reservoirs Programme, including the Fens Reservoir and Lincolnshire Reservoir, to lead design strategy, client requirements and technical assurance.

This client-side role collaborates across delivery, engineering, procurement and regulatory teams to ensure strategy documents, technical scopes and assurance processes are aligned and auditable.