Water/Wastewater Project Design Lead | Hybrid

Southern Water; Falmer; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is seeking a Project Design Lead to oversee engineering design across wastewater projects, guiding activities from needs identification to commissioning while ensuring the lowest whole-life cost without compromising safety, quality, or environmental outcomes.

With hybrid working between Falmer and home, you will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, apply design governance, and deliver robust, compliant designs for major water investments at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering design and design management within complex projects.
• Experience in regulated water/wastewater projects is preferred.
• Ability to review and assure designs, not just produce them.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams with partners.
• Knowledge of health and safety standards and CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input across needs, optioneering, design, construction and commissioning.
• Assure design deliverables are robust, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Lead outline design and optioneering for lowest whole-life cost solutions.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams and delivery partners.
• Ensure designs comply with standards, safety, environmental expectations and CDM.
• Manage design scope, cost, quality, resources and change control.

Skills

Engineering design

Design management

Technical assurance

Project delivery

Education

Engineering degree

Professional institute membership

Job description

Southern Water is seeking a Project Design Lead to oversee engineering design across wastewater projects, guiding activities from needs identification to commissioning while ensuring the lowest whole-life cost without compromising safety, quality, or environmental outcomes.

With hybrid working between Falmer and home, you will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, apply design governance, and deliver robust, compliant designs for major water investments at scale.