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Your impact
With major 2026 growth plans, our UK Water team have a number of newly created roles Civil Engineering professionals.
In these roles you will work across multiple national client frameworks, delivering everything from strategic planning and catchment management to feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and construction and operational support, always being a the forefront of the of the delivery of the biggest water and supply projects in a generation, tackling the UK's most challenging water problems; from providing end-to-end services alongside our construction partners within United Utilities' AMP8 framework, to our roles innovating across the Strategic Resource Options such as the Fens and Lincs SRO reservoirs.
The posibilities are endless, with roles available across Senior, Principle and Lead your remit will include;
* Lead and deliver detailed design solutions alsongside discipline integration for clean water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects
* Support design-and-build delivery across multiple frameworks.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical excellence and regulatory compliance
* Conduct site inspections and assessments to verify compliance with design specifications and quality standards
* Mentor and support colleagues and peers through their professional development.
* Drive innovation and sustainability in water sector engineering
Here's what you'll need
Our recuitment team would be delighted to hear from and speak to candidates who can demonstract a good blend of the following attributes
* Civil engineer, with knowledge in and experience of detailed design and design-and-build execution for water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects
* The ability to deliver civil engineering inputs to multidisciplinary projects, either at specific design stages or across full project lifecycles.
* Experience in the water, wastewater engineering, effluent treatment sectors.
* Working towards, or at Chartered / Incorporated Engineer status with a professional body such as the ICE or CIWEM.
* Curious about emerging technologies and a strong interest in sustainability.
What's in it for You?
Alongside our competitive packages designed to attract and retain the best talent, some of the additional benefits will include
* Hybrid working, flexible hours and options for part-time roles
* Up to 10% company pension contribution
* Support for professional development and memberships
* 24 days holiday plus bank holidays with the options to buy/sell 10 days annual leave
* Free medical cover and digital GP access
* Life and accident insurance
* Disability benefits
* Enhanced parental leave
* Fertility and family-forming benefit provided by Carrot
* Volunteering time matching
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