Systems Engineering Lead – Water & Utilities

Quest Global; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global seeks a Systems Lead to drive design, integration and delivery of conventional island systems including water, wastewater, chemicals, HVAC, and utilities. You will ensure quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across multidisciplinary teams.

The role covers development from concept through detailed design, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering work packages within agreed time and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• System design and integration across process, utility, water, gas, HVAC and related systems.
• Technical documentation including calculations, analyses and reports.
• Coordination across mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, safety and process disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver system design, calculations, specifications and technical documentation for assigned systems.
• Integrate designs with multidisciplinary inputs to meet project requirements and standards.
• Review and accept deliverables from partners and suppliers.
• Identify and manage technical risks, issues, assumptions and opportunities.
• Coordinate system interfaces for seamless cross-discipline integration.
• Support regulatory, environmental, safety, and assurance activities.
• Apply configuration management and design change processes throughout the lifecycle.
• Deliver work packages to quality, cost and schedule targets.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, contractors and partners.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, standardisation and engineering efficiency.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide system maturation from concept to detailed design.

Skills

System Design

Technical Documentation

Multidisciplinary Coordination

Engineering Partner Management

System Interfaces

Safety & Regulatory Compliance

Configuration Management

Risk Management

Process & Utility Knowledge

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Job description

Quest Global seeks a Systems Lead to drive design, integration and delivery of conventional island systems including water, wastewater, chemicals, HVAC, and utilities. You will ensure quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across multidisciplinary teams.

The role covers development from concept through detailed design, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering work packages within agreed time and budget constraints.