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Lead Design Engineer (Water)

Birmingham, England, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead technical delivery of water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure projects, managing multidisciplinary teams from concept to handover.

Role type

Lead Design Engineer (Water Infrastructure)

Builds

Potable water networks, sewage treatment works, flood mitigation schemes, and drainage systems.

Domain

Civil Engineering / Water Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Technical delivery of water/wastewater projects, leading multidisciplinary design teams, concept to handover management, feasibility studies, options appraisal, concept design, outline design, detailed design, treatment scheme design, pipeline design, line management, mentoring

Preferred skills

Experience with water company clients or design and build contractors, Chartered or Incorporated status (ICE, CIWEM)

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Drive technical delivery of water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure projects; oversee key packages of work from concept to handover; collaborate with clients and partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in; perform line manager duties and mentor junior team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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