Severn Trent
Senior Design Engineer
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Business Unit: Capital Delivery
Division: CA CA Capital Design
Pay Grade Level: Level 2 - Technical Expert
Post end date: 58,000
Salary Range: £50,908.76 to £58,689.14
Role Type: Full Time Contract
Recruiter: Harley Bowcutt
Manager Name: Anna Czerwiec
Join Our Team as a Senior Design Engineer!
At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
Are you passionate about tackling climate change and making a positive impact on the environment? Our ambitious five-year programme, featuring over 5,000 innovative projects, is dedicated to overcoming the challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are set to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
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The Senior Design Engineer takes the lead on all our Water Treatment technical solutions. You will undertake feasibility evaluation / technical assessments for projects and create designs for Water Treatment plants that will serve our 10 million customers across the Midlands leaving a true legacy in the community. You will be required to create and evaluate engineering designs produced by our in-house designers and through consultant design teams. Working with experienced Principal Design Engineers and by mentoring junior members of the team this is a role where we want you to grow your own skills and mentor others.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer with Civil Engineering skills. The role covers sites across the Midlands and can be based in any one of our 3 regional hubs - Finham (Coventry), Raynesway (Derby) or Shelton (Shropshire).
In this role you’ll be our lead on all technical aspects of feasibility and design for our water treatment projects. Help us to deliver the best solutions for getting water into supply by driving innovative, best in class outputs with a focus on sustainability and quality. Our solutions need to meet the challenges of today and look forward to the demands of producing a clean water supply for millions of people in an ever changing climate.
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Each day will be different as you create civil designs & specifications, for a range of civil assets across the full project lifecycle. From project conception through to commissioning, you will be ensuring civil designs are safe, efficient, operable and aligned with our customers’ needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Creation of designs (optioneering, outline design, detailed design) and specifications for subsequent delivery.
- Assurance and control of third-party designs to meet the requirements of our customers and regulators.
- Coach and support the programme team so that the best solution is delivered (and commissioned) to the agreed, contracted design specification.
- Develop and own design assessment and design completion milestones within the Project Team.
- Proactively drive the project risk management and ensure risk registers are maintained throughout the entire design process.
- Provide Expert support to the wider design team by coaching and mentoring other engineers to ensure they can deliver to the highest future standards.
- Promote a Health and Safety focus into the lifecycle of the design.
- Use your Engineering excellence to develop our standardised designs.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
You will come equipped with your design experience and a desire to create innovative and efficient solutions for the challenges facing Water Treatment. You will need to be confident engaging with stakeholders in all areas and levels of the business to get the designs right. You must be able to build relationships and influence at all levels of the business, from frontline operations to senior leadership.
You will have a degree in civil engineering and showing your professional commitment as a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers or actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on.
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The industry is facing unprecedented change to the environment around us with longer periods of dry weather and rapid increases in population wanting us to continuously improve our service. You will need to be a forward-thinking innovator, capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment.
You will need to be a team player, working with other engineering disciplines to develop the best solutions
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.
We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?
What’s In It For You
Working 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
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