Senior Project Engineer (Civils)

## Senior Project Engineer (Civils)Applylocations: Huntingdon: Ipswich: Milton Keynes: Northampton: Colchestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R36802**Salary:** Circa £55,000 depending on skills and experience **Location:** Flexible, with travel required across the Anglian Water region **Contract Type:** Full-time (flexibility for part-time), PermanentAt Anglian Water, our purpose is to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve. We’re proud to deliver safe, reliable water services for millions of customers while protecting the environment for future generations.We’re looking for a **Senior Project Engineer** with a strong focus on civils and construction activities, to support the successful delivery of our Storage Point refurbishment programme within our Supply Maintenance Delivery (SMD) function.Working alongside the Civils Delivery Manager, you’ll play a key leadership role across inspection, engineering, and construction activities, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with regulatory and business requirements. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine technical expertise with leadership and programme delivery in a critical operational environment.**Key Responsibilities*** Support the safe and compliant delivery of refurbishment works, ensuring alignment with CDM Regulations, Health & Safety standards, and Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) requirements.* Champion a strong safety culture across delivery teams and contractors, undertaking site audits and ensuring safe systems of work are followed.* Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Operations, Water Quality, Design, and Commercial teams to identify risks, optimise delivery, and minimise impact.* Oversee programme planning, cost tracking, risk management, and governance processes, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance with NEC contract requirements.* Provide leadership to delivery teams, including line management of technicians, supporting capability development and driving high performance.* Contribute to continuous improvement and innovation by working with enablement teams to enhance efficiency and delivery outcomes.* Support capital maintenance delivery from prioritisation through to execution, ensuring value for money and long-term asset integrity.**Requirements*** Experience delivering civils or capital maintenance programmes within utilities, infrastructure, or regulated environments* Strong understanding of CDM Regulations, health & safety compliance, and construction or refurbishment activities* Proven ability to manage stakeholders, collaborate across functions, and influence delivery outcomes* Experience in programme planning, risk management, and cost control, with knowledge of NEC contracts* Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities* Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience supporting or leading teams* Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience (e.g. engineering-based background, IOSH, or professional membership desirable).* Full UK driving licence required.**We invest in our people – as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:*** Personal private health care* Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%* 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household* 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more* Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)* Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)* Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay* Bonus scheme* Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.**Why Anglian Water?** Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we’d love to hear from you.**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 :** 02/07/2026**#loveeverydrop**### About UsWe are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk’To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice.Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.#J-18808-Ljbffr…