Lead Civil Engineer

Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

8/6/2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water’s region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.

As a Lead Civil Engineer for SPA, you will provide technical direction to the engineers in your discipline for clean water infrastructure (Infra) and non-infrastructure (Non-Infra) projects. You will provide design support for numerous schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You will be responsible for the checking and reviewing of civil deliverables produced by other civil engineers within SPA and/or our supply chain to ensure the correct processes and procedures are followed.

The Lead Civil Engineer will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi-disciplinary project design teams to ensure the selected solution is providing best value for business through being fit for purpose and being completed on time, to budget, and to the correct quality. You’ll also collaborate with other stakeholders throughout the business and externally to drive continuous developments in engineering, design, and innovation.

This role is hybrid. However, regular attendance at the Peterborough office is encouraged (2 days a week if the candidate is local, or 3-4 days in a row every month if based further away).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly report to and liaise with the Discipline Lead
• Collaborate with the Discipline Lead and the Design Managers to achieve project milestones and design review dates
• Ensure designs comply with all water industry standards and regulations
• Ensure designs comply with all Anglian Water standards
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate appropriately
• Actively seek innovative technology and processes
• Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary project team
• Work across the Alliance project areas and Pan-Alliance to set technical common standards and processes
• Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models
• Support your team to reduce carbon and increase natural capital within designs
• Support development of team members by mentoring and coaching
  
  

Essential

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Integrity - Carries out their responsibilities in an ethical manner, respects people, protects our reputation and conducts their work with integrity
• People Management – Manages own workload effectively. Undertakes line management for a project/discipline team
• Sustainability – Actively develops solutions to reduce carbon and increase natural capital
• CDM - Drives excellence in health, safety and welfare in design
• Design - Identifies, reviews and selects methods for undertaking engineering design tasks. Exercises sound independent engineering judgement. Supervises others and checks their output. Contributes to improving practices and procedures
  
  

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in a civil engineering discipline or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience.
• Chartered status or equivalent.
• Demonstrate an appropriate level of competence in practical civil design experience in the water industry environment.
• Experience of mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers.