Water Recycling Project Engineer

ANGLIAN WATER; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A water utility provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Engineer to oversee water recycling projects. The successful candidate will deliver project needs, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with safety and governance standards. Key qualifications include a relevant engineering degree, technical expertise, and strong communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a car allowance and flexible working options.

Benefits

Car allowance

Full personal private health care

26 days annual leave

Flexible working

Competitive pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Proven technical experience within the relevant environment.
• Experience managing a capital budget.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned and reactive project needs for Water Recycling Operations.
• Develop solutions compliant with governance processes and safety standards.
• Ensure operational site requirements are met for safety and quality.

Skills

Technical experience in engineering

Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations

Project planning and delivery

Root cause analysis

Good IT literacy - O365

Education

Appropriate engineering qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Water Recycling Project Engineer
Salary: Circa £47,553 (depending on experience and skills) + car allowance
Location: Lincoln, Buckinghamshire & Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Rutland & North Cambridgeshire, Suffolk
Contract: Permanent

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Who are we?

Anglian Water is committed to providing the best water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard our future water supplies.

We are looking for Project Engineers to join our Water Recycling Operations delivery teams, to ensure our capital maintenance projects are delivered successfully from inception to completion, ensuring all required standards, regulations, commercial affordability targets and time frames are met.

What you will be doing as our Project Engineer?

The Project Engineer will deliver planned and reactive project needs for Water Recycling Operations, you'll look to drive the development of solutions with a focus on the whole life cost and business risk reduction of the solution whilst ensuring they are compliant with all required standards and regulations.

This is a fast-paced and dynamic role but one where you can add value across the business and to your career aspirations.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver planned and reactive project needs for Water Recycling Operations
• Assess solutions, complete root cause analysis with consideration to whole life cost and business risk reduction using the Risk, Opportunity, and Value process.
• Develop solutions in line with corporate governance processes, technical/safety standards, and legal requirements.
• Ensure all enabling; including the design, programme, cost and CDM requirements are completed ready for construction handover.
• Complete and comply with all operational site Health & Safety, Environmental, Quality requirements to ensure safe working practices.
• Support the capture of assets and cost in the relevant corporate systems.

Key Experiences/Skills & qualifications:

• Appropriate engineering qualification or membership of professional body or equivalent experience
• Proven technical experience within the relevant environment
• Knowledge of Health & Safety (H&S), and Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations
• Good understanding of process safety
• Experience managing a capital budget
• Experience of project planning, delivery and site supervision
• Root cause analysis to optionee suitable solutions
• Good IT literacy - O365
• Experience of Anglian Water IT systems particularly M2i, SAP and Power Bi

• Experience in capital delivery within the water sector with a key focus on directly employed staff delivering projects
• Excellent knowledge and experience in customer management as well as our external stakeholders
• Be an excellent communicator at all levels to be able to interpret, problem solve and share data at all levels
• Commercial awareness working with multiple stakeholders

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

• Car allowance
• Full Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave - rising with length of service
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing Date: 15th August 2025

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