Company: ANGLIAN WATER
Location: Peterborough
Posted: May 2nd, 2026
Circa £44,505 (Dependent on Skills & Experience)PermanentFull-time, 37 hours per weekGreat Billing, Colchester, Lincoln, Huntingdon or PeterboroughMake every drop of your potential count!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Drainage Engineer to join our Development Services Drainage team. You’ll play a key role in ensuring new adoptable sewerage assets are designed to national standards and protecting our existing sewerage infrastructure. Working within an experienced team, you’ll review sewer design proposals, assess diversion applications, and provide expert guidance to internal and external customers.
Your work will support sustainable development, regulatory compliance, and excellent customer service while helping shape the future of drainage infrastructure across our region.
What you'll be doing
Ensure new adoptable sewerage assets meet national Design Construction Guidance and Anglian Water standards
Assess applications for sewer diversions to protect existing infrastructure
Provide technical advice on drainage design, sewerage law, and best practice
Deliver excellent customer service, building strong working relationships
Support innovative, sustainable drainage solutions and keep up to date with industry developments
Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality asset delivery
What does it take to be a Drainage Engineer?
Degree or working towards a qualification in an Engineering discipline
Experience working on sewerage infrastructure design or within another Water Company
Knowledge of Sewerage Code for Adoption, DCG, and Sewerage Law
Strong communication, planning, and organisation skills
Ability to manage competing workloads and act on own initiative
Excellent numeracy, literacy, and decision-making skills
Benefits
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Personal private health care
26 days annual leave (rising with service)
Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 6%
Bonus scheme
Access to PPE
Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle
Inclusion at Anglian Water
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.
Closing Date: 6th April 2026
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