Location
Worsley, Manchester area

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£45,000 - £55,000 per year

About the Role
Join our Design team based in Worsley, supporting Northumbrian Water and other UK utility contracts. You’ll produce high-quality wastewater designs, working collaboratively to deliver safe, compliant and cost-effective infrastructure solutions that support essential services. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your technical expertise while contributing to a diverse portfolio of projects.

Key responsibilities include monitoring leading industry practices, recommending new design approaches, and identifying upcoming trends. You will develop high-quality concepts, working with the team on iterations and design, actively seeking feedback from Creative and Business stakeholders. You will be involved in all design phases of projects, including project set-up, programming, design, and construction administration.

Collaboration is essential, working with internal design teams, client design teams, and external consultants to execute creative projects. You will provide technical design support to other members of the design team and respond to and resolve issues with external parties such as clients, third-party organisations, and sub-contractors.

Representing the company, you will arrange pre-design and walk-off meetings with clients, undertake site investigation reports, and complete CDM documentation ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 throughout the design process. You will produce and maintain the Health & Safety file throughout various project stages, ensuring it is up to date and available at project completion.

You will competently produce detailed design and as-laid drawings using AutoCAD in accordance with client asset design standards and procedures, including plan and longitudinal drawings to meet client specifications. Creating private land notice plans in line with client processes and specifications is also required.

Liaising with clients to ensure site investigation, design, and construction phases run according to plan, you will provide regular detailed updates to the Project Manager and client. Working alongside the Project Manager, Operations Manager, and Design Manager, you will ensure all schemes are designed within budget and time constraints set by the client.

Experience
Experience of working in the water industry on wastewater projects is essential. Proven experience in wastewater, Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs), stormwater management, and wastewater networks is required. Knowledge and awareness of CDM 2015 regulations is necessary.

Proficient user of AutoCAD and competent in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work as part of a team and organise workload across multiple projects.

About you
You should be willing to mentor and support less experienced colleagues. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential to liaise effectively with clients, internal teams, and external consultants.

You are proactive in monitoring industry trends and open to adopting new design approaches to improve project outcomes.

Qualifications
Engineering qualifications are desirable; however, strong relevant experience will also be considered.