Lead Process Engineer - Place Based Thinking

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work / life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

What will you be doing as our new Lead Process Engineer?

Working as a Lead Process Engineer in our Place Based Thinking team, you will provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in your area, in either water or water recycling non-infrastructure projects. Part of the role involves providing design support for several non-infrastructure schemes and ensuring all designs fit within the current legislation and standards.

You will be responsible for the checking and reviewing of process design deliverables produced by other process engineers in the @one Alliance to ensure the processes and procedures are followed as well as coaching and mentoring junior engineers.

You will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi-disciplinary project teams to ensure the project solution is providing best value for business through being fit for purpose and completed on time, to budget, and to the correct quality.

Key responsibilities :

• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Manager, and project Design Managers to review upcoming projects and design review dates.
• Check Process and Instrumentation drawings and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Check project design calculations and ensure they have been completed by the project teams.
• Drive sustainability and low-carbon designs.
• Ensure designs comply with process standards, regulations, and Anglian Water standards.
• Develop design alerts where lessons are to be learned.
• Provide technical knowledge and experience to the lettings of @One frameworks.
• Undertake site visits when appropriate.
• Present lessons learned and technical developments to the engineers and wider alliance.
• Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models.

A little bit about your skills, experience, and behaviours….

To be eligible for this dynamic role within the @One Alliance, you should possess a Degree in Engineering or an equivalent qualification or be able to demonstrate a degree-level of knowledge through relevant experience. It is essential that you possess experience in water-sector assets and capital projects in large water recycling projects.

You will have a proven track record in mentoring and coaching junior engineers. This is an exciting opportunity for those who bring a combination of academic background, professional credentials, and practical experience to contribute to our team.

If you are an enthusiastic and driven Lead Process Engineer looking for an opportunity to showcase your talent and add value to your career with an industry leading alliance, please apply today!

OneAlliance vision

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to :

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

OneAlliance Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we :

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring.

The Anglian Water @one Alliance. Nine partners, endless opportunities.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity / paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK .

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. “reasonable adjustments”) with the application process?

If you’re an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact GB_Function-HR-Resourcing@sweco.co.uk for assistance.

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Upon receipt of this information, we’ll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

Please note : we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

Sweco UK&I have an internal resourcing team who are responsible for all recruiting activity. We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted agencies who we work with on those “hard to fill” roles.

We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

Our Preferred Supplier List was reviewed in November 2024 and we are not looking to add any additional agencies. We’ll be reviewing the PSL again at the end of 2025 and non-compliance with the above statements could be detrimental to you having the opportunity to be included.

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