Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Ready to lead a multidisciplinary design team and shape the future of water infrastructure?
Join our dynamic Water Solutions team as a Lead Design Engineer, based in our North & Midlands offices, with the benefit of our flexible hybrid working model.
In this role, you’ll work on high-impact projects ranging from potable water and sewage networks to treatment works and flood mitigation schemes, covering all stages of design and delivery—from feasibility to construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management.
Responsibilities
- Lead: Drive technical delivery of water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure projects, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, value-added solutions throughout the design lifecycle.
- Manage: Oversee key packages of work from concept to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients, and suppliers to create seamless technical solutions.
- Collaborate: Work closely with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in for solutions, contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
- Develop: Perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.
Qualifications
- Experience in managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater engineering projects with multi-disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design; ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams.
- Relevant experience in a similar role for a water company, consultancy or contractor.
- Hands‑on experience designing complex wastewater treatment solutions.
- A degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g., civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.
- Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution (e.g., ICE, CIWEM) or working toward it.
- Experience of undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Flexible hybrid working model to support work–life balance.
- Career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days.
- Inclusive and forward‑thinking environment valuing contributions.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccomodations@aecom.com.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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