SEVERN TRENT
Senior Design Engineer (Civils)
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At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score — reflecting how much our people love working here. Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team. Our ambitious five-year programme, encompassing over 5,000 innovative projects, is designed to tackle the growing challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer (Mechanical, Civil or Process). The role will be based in Raynesway (Derby). These roles will sit in our expanding our major projects and bioresources waste treatment design team. Our Design Team use their technical skills to shape the wastewater strategies for the company, providing expert advice to lead projects from feasibility to detailed design to support the Severn Trent goals.
You will work with our stakeholders, consultants, and contractors to protect and enhance the quality of our waste treatment assets and rivers; interrogate and make improvements to our data systems; undertake investigations; undertake outline designs so that we have the best evidence available from which we can make sound decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Sewage treatment assets - understanding our existing assets, completing risk assessments, undertaking outline designs for new assets to meet new business needs and short-to-long-term complex investigations
- Developing strategies to allow us to enhance the existing assets and inform the Price Review regulatory submissions; collaborating across the business as we build our river quality, sustainability and net zero carbon plans influencing the business to transition away from traditional investment routes
- Carry out self-led research on emerging technologies, to define new innovative treatment options and collaborate both internally and externally to promote new strategies
- Promoting our ongoing waste treatment capital maintenance programme; ensuring that we have robust evidence-based understanding of how our waste treatment sites work to ensure final effluent quality is maintained
- Tactical support and advice to operational teams to maintain the availability and quality of our waste treatment services for our customers
- Ensure Health and Safety are built into the lifecycle of the design
- Understand and review potential delivery and operational risks e.g. H&S, environmental, commissioning through the design process
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WHAT YOU’LL BRING
You’ll be degree qualified (desirable) and showing your professional commitment as a member of one of the engineering Institutions or actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on. Having water industry background would be great but not essential, however, an engineering discipline would be required.
You will have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people. You will be a forward-thinking individual capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment. A full UK driving licence will be required.
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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 recognize great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential.
Here are just some of our favorite 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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