Job Description
Water Network Engineer (Consulting)
The perfect first step from being a hands-on Hydraulic Modeller/Designer and moving into Project Management, supporting the client directly.
Location: West Midlands (hybrid: 1 day in the office or client's site, 4 days a week from home)
Salary: £45,000–£55,000 base (DOE) + expenses
About the role
Join a consulting team that blends hydraulic modelling with delivery on the ground. You’ll be embedded with water-utility stakeholders, building and calibrating clean-water network models (DMAs, trunk mains) and—crucially—turning model outputs into clear actions for control rooms, planners, streetworks/permitting and field teams. Expect a mix of feasibility, operational support, and capital planning, all aligned to Ofwat outcomes (leakage, PCC, supply interruptions).
What you’ll do
1. Designing Network solutions with the client, be it replacement assets (Pipeline, Valves, infrastructure etc..)
2. Run scenario analysis - for example pressure optimisation/PRV set-points, DMA splits/rezoning, trunk main shutdowns, resilience routes, storage/pumping policies, and developer-services impacts.
3. Translate results into stakeholder...