Overview
Join Severn Trent’s Design Team as a Design Engineer
At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
What do you get when you combine an award-winning, innovative water company with over 300 dedicated team members? Severn Trent’s Capital Design team!
Our ambitious five-year programme, encompassing over 5,000 innovative projects, is designed to tackle the growing challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
About the Role
We have an exciting new opportunity as a Design Engineer. In this role, you’ll have wide range of clean water infrastructure work to get involved in and our team can offer you technical exposure and skills you need to progress your career.
Location: This role can be based at any of our capital hubs: Shrewsbury, Derby, or Coventry.
To do this role you will ideally have experience of working with or designing clean water networks and an understanding of CDM regulations in design process.
Initially you will provide support to Senior & Principal Engineers to deliver project to programme, within budget, to the correct quality standards.
In addition, you will need to:
* Work to CDM 2015
* Understand STW H+S standards
* Be (or work towards being) principal designer
* Build, Drive & Manage your own programme
* Deliver to agreed timescales
* Design Clean Water Networks
* Understand hydraulics within a water system
* Understand pipe connectivity
* Work with hydraulic Modellers to optimise designs
* Design with carbon reduction in mind
* Prepare Key Deliverable documents
* Undertake site visits
What You’ll Bring to the Role
* Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
* Knowledge of how to design clean water distribution networks and pipelines
* Understand or have knowledge of hydraulic modelling packages and their limitations
* Ability to prepare optioneering and technical reports
* Understanding of health and safety standards
* Knowledge of how to operate and use systems including GIS and CAD
* An understanding of managing design phases from feasibility to detailed design
* Excel within a team of junior and senior/principal engineers
Join us in driving forward our innovation. We do more because we care. Is that you?
What’s in it for you
Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.
* 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
* Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
* Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
* Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
* Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
* Electric vehicle scheme
* Retail offers
* Family friendly policies
* Two volunteering days per year
What’s Next
We can’t wait to hear from you.
Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.
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