Severn Trent Water
Job title:
Senior Design Engineer
Company
Severn Trent Water
Job description
What do you get if you cross an award winning, innovative, water company and over 300 dedicated team members? Our Capital Design team of course!Our ambitious and innovative projects (all 5000+ of them) help to combat the challenges of waste and water infrastructure, flooding, and water quality. Be a part of something bringing benefits to our communities, health outcomes and environment.It could be the biggest challenge of your career. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you.We are bringing our design capability back in-house to provide better value for money for our customers and enhancing our expert client capability. As part of this innovation, we are looking for a Senior Design Engineers to join our Water Treatment Design Team.This role can be based on any of our capital hubs, Shrewsbury, Derby or Coventry.Do you have experience working in clean water treatment? Are you a Senior Design Engineer looking for a new challenge? Do you like working in a fast paced and challenging environment? We have a wide range of clean water treatment work going in our team and we can offer you technical exposure and skills you need to progress your career.Do you have experience of optioneering, design, the production of engineering drawings, managing projects, finding and solving problems? Would you like to build your career in a place where you will be supported in every way of your career path to grow and to do more?Well, if you are, read on.EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWIn this role you’ll manage the individual projects to achieve a technical solution for Water Treatment facilities for Severn Trent Water. During the early stages of a project you`ll undertake feasibility evaluation/assessment for projects; as the schemes progress you be creating and evaluating designs & specifications for tender through in-house design and through utilisation of consultant design teams.You will come up with innovative design solutions to support the delivery of our projects & you will need to think about the wider context of our changing environment, climate change pledge and carbon commitments.Teamwork is key across Capital Design and Delivery so we would want you to demonstrate leadership and assist with defining team goals and actively drive problem solving/ information processing and support the team in translating this information concisely.It is critical for us that you are a confident communicator and have good leadership and stakeholder management skills, as you will need to liaise with the stakeholders, build relationships and influence at mid and senior leadership levels.To do this role you will have experience of designing UK clean water treatment works and a robust understanding of CDM regulations in the design process.You will deliver projects to programme, within budget, to the correct quality standards. Be part of developing the future design team!WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLEYou`ll come equipped with your design experience and you`ll prepare conceptual designs to create innovative and efficient solutions. You`ll also need to engage with appropriate stakeholders in order to understand the root cause of the business problem so it`s very important for us you are confident to liaise with the stakeholders and build relationships and influence at mid and senior leadership levels.You’ll be degree qualified and showing your professional commitment as a member of one of the engineering Institutions or actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on.Having water industry background would be great but not essential however experience in treatment processes with a civil, mechanical or process background would be beneficial.You will have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people. You will be a forward-thinking innovator, capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment.Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.We do more, because we care.WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOUWorking here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential.Here are just some of our favourite’s perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250, which is subject to eligibility)
- Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- Dedicated training and development with our Academy
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two paid volunteering days per year
WHATS NEXT?We can’t wait to hear from you.Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date – so keep an eye on your phone and emails!And if your curiosity has peaked and you’re wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.
Expected salary
£48000 – 52000 per year
Location
Warwickshire
Job date
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:35:05 GMT
To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (un-jobs.net) you saw this job posting.