Technical Manager (Water - non infrastructure) - Peterborough

BALFOUR BEATTY-4; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Technical Manager for Water Non-Infrastructure projects. You will lead engineering teams, ensuring innovative and sustainable solutions. This role offers a chance to drive industry change and develop your career while working on significant projects.

Benefits

Smart working with up to 40% remote work

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in water-sector projects.
• Proven ability to lead engineering design teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering design delivery for WNI projects.
• Develop Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost.

Skills

Engineering Expertise

Leadership Skills

Collaborative & Solution-Focused

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Nitrate & PFAS Removal

Chemical Dosing

Job description

About the role

Technical Manager (Water Non Infrastructure) - Balfour Beatty Alliance

Alliance is a partnership of eight leading companies—Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO—delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.

As a Technical Manager (WNI), you'll lead a team of engineering experts to deliver a diverse range of clean water (potable) non-infrastructure (treatment) projects. You'll be at the forefront of design management, innovation, and project execution, ensuring value-driven, sustainable solutions align with Anglian Water's objectives.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

1. Engineering Leadership - Oversee the engineering design delivery for a portfolio of WNI projects.
2. Strategic Planning - Develop Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
3. Design Excellence - Implement best-practice design methodologies, ensuring high-quality, right-first-time outputs.
4. Supplier & Stakeholder Engagement - Manage supplier/subcontractor input, ensuring seamless integration into projects.
5. Project Optimisation - Identify and implement opportunities for cost-efficiency, value, and sustainability.
6. Carbon & Environmental Responsibility - Champion low-carbon, nature-based, and sustainable design solutions.
7. Risk & Compliance - Ensure all designs comply with CDM regulations and safety standards.
8. Team Leadership & Development - Inspire, mentor, and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Process).
9. Digital Transformation - Drive innovation, digitalisation, and continuous improvement in project delivery.

Who we're looking for

What Are We Looking For?

• Engineering Expertise - Degree in Engineering or equivalent, with extensive experience in water-sector projects.
• Project & Design Management Experience - Proven ability to lead engineering design teams and deliver complex projects.
• Technical Knowledge - Familiarity with nitrate & PFAS removal, taste & odour treatment, WTW upgrades, boreholes, pumping stations, and chemical dosing.
• Leadership Skills - Strong ability to motivate, mentor, and manage multi-disciplinary teams.
• Collaborative & Solution-Focused - A problem solver who thrives in cross-functional, high-impact environments.
• Stakeholder & Customer Focused - Ability to build strong relationships and drive customer satisfaction.

Looking for your next challenge? This is your chance to make a real impact in a forward-thinking organisation!

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit...