General information
City/town: Peterborough Job field: Construction External closing date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Type of contract: Permanent ID: 5481
Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
What you’ll do:
1. Lead the development of designs and the coordination of multidisciplinary teams to deliver clean water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
2. Conduct feasibility studies, optioneering, detailed design, and produce clear design sketches integrated into models using computer-aided design tools.
3. Contribute to proposals, work scopes, schedules, budgets, and implement risk management practices including Design Risk Assessments.
4. Ensure DSEAR compliance, prepare construction and safety files, and support technical queries with focus on cost, safety, and design integrity.
5. Oversee projects from feasibility through detailed design to construction, ensuring compliance with standards, budgets, and schedules.
What you'll bring to the role:
6. BEng or MEng/MSc Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
7. Knowledge and experience of undertaking structural calculations for various concrete structures meeting required standards.
8. Experience of undertaking design of various civil engineering structures within the water and waste water industry, including relevant engineering software packages.
9. Experience producing technical sketches in communicating with different disciplines to explore idea and pass design decisions.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
More information about the role
Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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