About the @one Alliance
The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, which will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we have ever delivered before. We'll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We are looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.
About Sweco
Transforming society together, we are planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future. Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable. We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients' most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future. To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with agility to achieve a healthy work/life balance, we ask our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
* Foster innovative ways of working to achieve sustainable outcomes rather than outputs.
* Represent the @one Alliance as the mechanical engineering authority, providing expert guidance on quality and compliance issues.
Discipline Management
* Develop procedures, standards, and guidance to achieve a right-first-time philosophy.
* Support the mechanical design team in delivering complex projects with suitable resources and methods.
* Provide direction and guidance to the team in appropriate design methods and assets.
* Collaborate with suppliers to ensure competency and performance and manage supplier frameworks.
* As part of the asset standards governance process, identify, support, implement and approve standard products for delivery efficiency and consistency in projects.
Project Delivery
* Support the identification of value-driven solutions at Stage 1 of projects.
* Conduct audits (internal and external) to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications.
* Lead the resolution of non-compliance issues, competency gaps, and procedural improvements.
* Offer expert direction for complex design challenges and stakeholder engagement.
Health & Safety
* Drive excellence in compliance with CDM regulations, ensuring safe and compliant designs.
* Conduct audits on mechanical safety standards (e.g., HAZOP, DSEAR) and lead improvements.
* Proficiency and application of Regulation 31 in relation to mechanical assets in water projects.
People & Team Development
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and career guidance to the mechanical engineering team.
* Champion professional development and qualifications while fostering an inclusive, respectful, and diverse environment.
Transformation & Innovation
* Inspire a culture of experimentation, safe failure, and continuous improvement.
* Lead the introduction of new technologies and techniques to advance performance and sustainability.
About You
To thrive in this role, you will need a strong background in mechanical engineering, preferably within water treatment or similar industries. Proven leadership experience, with the ability to inspire teams and drive innovation. A deep understanding of sustainability principles, including reducing carbon and protecting natural capital. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, and a passion for mentoring, professional development, and fostering a positive workplace culture.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
It is important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work – we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture that respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer and a Disability Confident Committed employer, inviting all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We also provide reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities.
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