Lead Design Engineer / Design Manager, Water

Overview

In this role you lead a multidisciplinary design team to deliver water infrastructure projects, spanning feasibility to handover. You will work closely with clients and partners to implement innovative, value-driven solutions that protect public health and the environment. The role sits at the heart of AECOM’s water business, contributing to high-profile UK and international projects and strengthening technical capability. You’ll mentor colleagues, manage packages of work, and shape project outcomes in a collaborative, inclusive environment. This is a chance to influence major water and flood schemes while growing with a global engineering leader.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• competitive salary
• comprehensive benefits package
• continuous learning and development
• inclusive, collaborative culture
• flexible work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure projects, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, value-added solutions throughout the design lifecycle
• Oversee key packages of work from concept to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients, and suppliers to create seamless technical solutions
• Collaborate with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in for solutions, contributing to broader technical capability and innovative approach
• Develop: perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, mentoring them

Key requirements

• Experience managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater projects with multi-disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary 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 towards 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

• collaboration
• stakeholder management
• leadership
• water and wastewater engineering
• treatment schemes
• pipeline design

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