Technical Manager - Water Non- Infrastructure working on Nitrate Schemes

Sweco UK Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Manager to lead innovative water non-infrastructure projects. This role involves creating value-driven solutions, managing project designs, and fostering a collaborative team environment. You will spearhead efforts to reduce carbon footprints while ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. If you have a passion for engineering and a drive to make a difference in the water sector, this is the perfect opportunity to elevate your career and contribute to sustainable development in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Engineering or equivalent degree preferred, with chartered status desirable.
• Extensive experience in water-sector assets and capital project delivery is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design delivery for projects, ensuring quality and safety.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance value and sustainability in designs.
• Manage and mentor multi-disciplinary project design teams.

Skills

Engineering Design Management

Project Delivery

Health & Safety Compliance

Team Leadership

Collaboration

Carbon Reduction Strategies

Digital Technologies

Education

Engineering Degree

Chartered Status (or working towards)

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of eight partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

What will you be doing as our new Technical Manager in WNI?

You will be responsible for creating and developing value-driven solutions that align with our capital investment programme outcomes and effectively manage the delivery of project designs within Water Non-Infrastructure Nitrate Schemes.

You will lead and nurture a dynamic project design team to deliver high-quality outcomes, pioneer new methodologies focusing on outcome-driven solutions, carbon reduction, and embracing digital innovations.

Key Accountabilities:

Design Management

• Lead and manage engineering design delivery for assigned projects.
• Develop and oversee Engineering Project Plans encompassing scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
• Collaborate with engineering discipline leads to ensure optimal design methodologies and outputs.
• Implement design quality procedures to ensure right-first-time philosophy adherence.
• Manage supplier and subcontractor design input, ensuring integration and alignment with project goals.
• Produce designs prioritizing health & safety, environmental considerations, construction feasibility, and stakeholder needs.

Project Delivery

• Work collaboratively with other project functions to deliver outcomes efficiently.
• Seek opportunities to enhance affordability and value throughout the design process.
• Support project programmes to achieve milestones and drive efficiencies.
• Develop sustainable designs contributing to carbon reduction and natural capital enhancement.
• Contribute to risk management and value-driven outcomes.

Health & Safety

• Ensure compliance with Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations, managing design-related health and safety risks.
• Identify and address health, safety, and welfare issues within the team.

People/Team Development

• Provide clear leadership to the project design team, fostering a positive and inclusive environment.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams, including performance management and mentoring.
• Identify competency gaps and support recruitment and development initiatives.

Transformation

• Cultivate a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Support initiatives to reduce carbon footprint and embrace digital technologies for enhanced project delivery.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

To join us on the team, you’ll hold an Engineering or equivalent degree (preferable), have Chartered status or be working towards (desirable). You’ll have extensive experience in water-sector assets and capital project delivery preferred. Familiarity with the design and build environment is advantageous.

Able to inspire and lead a team, you’ll be customer focussed in all the activities you undertake. With a strong appreciation of how collaboration can truly unlock complex projects, you’ll be able to assess unique situations and draw upon your technical expertise to make decisive, yet safety conscious, decisions to keep projects on track.

If you are looking for the next step in your career, please apply today!

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.