Water Design Manager

AECOM; Ebford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm is seeking a Design Manager in its Water Solutions team in England. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams on high-impact water infrastructure projects. Ideal candidates have experience in technical project delivery and hold a degree in engineering. This role supports hybrid working and offers opportunities for leadership development.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing water and wastewater engineering projects.
• Hands-on experience with wastewater treatment design.
• Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical delivery of water infrastructure projects.
• Oversee work packages from conception to handover.
• Manage and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Managing technical delivery of projects

Leading multi-disciplinary design teams

Designing complex wastewater treatment solutions

Education

Degree in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering

Job description

Overview

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Ready to lead a multidisciplinary design team and shape the future of water infrastructure? Join our Water Solutions team as a Design Manager, based in our England & Wales offices with a flexible hybrid working model. We deliver exceptional water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with clients such as Wessex Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water, Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, South West Water, and international contractors.

In this role, you’ll work on high-impact projects ranging from potable water and wastewater networks to treatment works of all scales, covering all stages from feasibility to construction, operation, maintenance and asset management. Major on-going projects include design elements of Alderney and Knapp Mill water treatment plants for South West Water, Avonmouth water recycling centre for Wessex Water, Wanlip sewage treatment plant for Severn Trent Water, and AMP8 treatment works upgrades for Southern Water, among others. This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your leadership and operational capability in technical project delivery.

For the right applicants who are looking to grow their leadership and operational capability, part-time opportunities to take on additional team responsibilities alongside this role are available, such as managing and developing teams to ensure brilliant delivery within our Water business in England & Wales. Please flag in your application if such an additional role is of interest.

Responsibilities

• Lead: Drive technical delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure / treatment projects, managing multi-disciplinary technical teams to deliver value-added solutions to client challenges throughout the design lifecycle.
• Manage: Oversee key packages of work from conception to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients and suppliers to create a seamless technical solution.
• Collaborate: Work closely with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in to solutions, and contribute to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
• Develop: Perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater engineering projects with multi-disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design. Experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Relevant experience in a similar role for a water company, consultancy or contractor.
• Hands-on experience designing complex wastewater treatment solutions.
• A degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.
• Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution (e.g. ICE, CIWEM or working towards it).
• Experience undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements or have transferable skills, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle—from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. We solve complex challenges across transport, buildings, water, energy and the environment with a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and a focus on environmental, social and governance priorities. A Fortune 500 firm, we invite you to learn more at aecom.com.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. We provide disability accommodations upon request and accommodate individuals with disabilities via the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.