Project Engineer

Job Description

Circa £46,000 (Depending on Skills & Experience)

Hybrid - Base Location Flexible - Predominantly covering Essex Sites

Permanent / Full Time / 37 hours per week (with opportunities for flexible working)

Make every drop count – join us in shaping essential infrastructure

Our Central Services Capital Projects team delivers a diverse range of schemes that keep water and wastewater services running safely and reliably across the Anglian Water region. We’re looking for a committed Project Engineer to help develop, plan and deliver our capital programme, ensuring our sites, assets and customers benefit from high-quality engineering solutions.

This is a great opportunity to make a difference in a role where no two days are the same, working with operational teams, contractors and colleagues to bring projects to life.

What will you be doing?

·Responsible for enabling activities to facilitate the delivery of planned/emergent capital projects

·Develop solutions in line with corporate governance and delivery route goals

·Ensure solutions are Water and/or Wastewater quality compliant

·Completion of Root Cause Analysis

·Complete optioneering of solutions

·Comply with the corporate Risk and Value process

·Ensure standard products and other technical standards (e.g. minimum asset standards) are adhered to

·Complete and comply with all operational site H&S requirements to ensure safe working practices

·Production and support completion of CDM Documentation

What does it take to be a Project Engineer?

·Appropriate engineering qualification or membership of professional body or equivalent experience

·Proven technical experience within the relevant environment (Water or Wastewater)

·Knowledge of Health & Safety (H&S), and Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations

·Experience managing a capital budget

·Experience of project planning, delivery and site supervision

·Root cause analysis to optionee suitable solutions

·Good IT literacy plus it would be desirable to have experience of M2i, SAP and Power Bi

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

·Car allowance

·Full Personal private health care

·26 days annual leave – rising with length of service

·Flexible working

·Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

·Bonus scheme

·Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Closing Date: 15th February 2026

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