Design Manager – PBT (Nutrient Removal & Growth)
Hybrid – Peterborough (We ask candidates within the Anglian Water region to be in the office 3 days per week. If you are based outside the region, we’re happy to discuss a suitable hybrid arrangement.)
Join the award-winning @one Alliance, a partnership delivering a £9bn investment programme to protect water resources and support sustainable growth across the East of England—one of the UK’s most water-stressed regions.
The Role
We’re looking for a Design Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team (15–20 people) delivering a £110m portfolio of wastewater treatment projects. Working across multiple catchments, you’ll drive solutions focused on phosphorus removal, storm overflow reduction, and enabling future growth—using a holistic, place-based approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design delivery across a portfolio of complex wastewater projects
- Manage engineering plans covering scope, programme, cost, risk and resources
- Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver outcomes
- Drive affordability, sustainability and low-carbon design solutions
- Ensure compliance with CDM regulations and champion health & safety
- Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team
- Promote innovation, standardisation and digital engineering (e.g. 3D modelling)
About You
- Degree in Engineering (or equivalent); Chartered or working towards
- Experience leading engineering teams and delivering design on capital projects
- Knowledge of CDM regulations and design responsibilities
- Wastewater or utilities experience desirable
- Strong leadership, collaboration and problem-solving skills
- Passion for sustainability, innovation and continuous improvement
Why Join Us?
Be part of a collaborative alliance delivering industry-leading, environmentally focused infrastructure. You’ll play a key role in shaping resilient water systems while developing your career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
Closing date: 17th July 2026
Skills Required
- Degree in Engineering (or equivalent)
- Chartered or working towards chartered status
- Experience leading engineering teams and delivering design on capital projects
- Knowledge of CDM regulations and design responsibilities
- Wastewater or utilities experience
- Strong leadership, collaboration and problem-solving skills
- Experience promoting innovation, standardisation and digital engineering (e.g. 3D modelling)
- Passion for sustainability, innovation and continuous improvement
What We Do
The Anglian Water's @one Alliance is a partnership consisting of 8 companies, who each provide specialised knowledge allowing the @one Alliance to deliver complex delivery projects in the most efficient way, reducing the cost to Anglian Water’s customers. Within @one Alliance we’ve currently embarked on a huge programme of work costing a massive £1.2 billion. We’ve entered year 5 of our current 5-year Asset Management Period (AMP7) meaning we’re full steam ahead in delivering around 50% of Anglian Water’s capital delivery projects. Our partners are Anglian Water Asset Delivery, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), SWECO, SKANSKA and MWH Treatment. Employees in the @one Alliance are employed across all our partner companies and work together to deliver complex programmes of work. The @one Alliance is currently working on over 700 projects all designed to improve and expand the Anglian Water network to better serve existing customers and help ensure supply for future customers as well. As we move into AMP (Asset Management Period 8) in 2025, our work is set to increase from a £1.2 to an approximate £2.6 billion programme of works….so there has never been a better time to join us on our journey! Take a look at our jobs page to see the options available to you
