Egis Group
Senior Principal EICA Engineer - Water / Wastewater
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Senior Principal Electrical / EICA Engineer – UK Water/Wastewater
Company Description Water | Wastewater | Biosolids/Sludge | AMP 8 | SROs | MEP-Led Team
Shape the Future of Water Infrastructure with Egis
Location London | Bristol | Manchester (Hybrid)
Electrical/ EICA Engineering Design | UK-Wide Impact | High-Growth Environment
Egis is rapidly expanding across the UK, backed by a global team of over 23,500 experts spanning 70+ countries. As a leader in intelligent, sustainable infrastructure, we tackle climate challenges while reinforcing community resilience. Within our fast-growing UK Water team, you’ll thrive in an agile environment where progress is swift, visibility is high, and your impact is immediate.
About the Role
The UK water sector is undergoing a transformative period of investment. Egis is accelerating its growth in the UK Water Business and is building a high-performing EICA Engineering team to help shape the future. We’re seeking applicants who want to play a key role in delivering major water and wastewater programmes and contribute to technically robust, sustainable, and innovative treatment solutions across nationally significant projects.
This is a rare opportunity to join at a critical stage in our UK growth, helping to establish, direct, and expand Egis' EICA engineering capability, built on our global infrastructure expertise and long-term sector commitment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior technical leadership for the Electrical / EICA discipline within the UK Water/Wastewater treatment design team.
- Act as discipline lead, sub-lead or senior technical authority across all project stages:
- Feasibility
- Optioneering
- Design
- Construction support
- Commissioning and handover
- Set and enforce discipline design standards, including:
- Design requirements
- Risk processes
- Digital workflows
- Quality expectations
- Lead and ensure the execution of complex deliverables, including:
- Key technical decisions
- Supplier packages
- Contractor submissions
- Multidisciplinary interfaces
- Drive integrated mechanical, EICA, MEP, civil/structural, construction, and operational coordination to ensure efficient, buildable, and maintainable solutions.
- Lead senior client engagement, technical workshops, design reviews, optioneering, and value engineering.
- Embed modern delivery approaches, such as:
- Digital design
- Simulation and automation
- Standardised tools
- Data-led decision-making
- Supplier integration
- Support project directors and project managers in:
- Technical risk assessment
- Scope, resourcing, and programme planning
- Budget and change control management
- Design quality assurance
- Build and develop your discipline sub-team through:
- Recruitment
- Mentoring
- Line management
- Succession planning
- Professional development
- Support business planning and client development, including:
- Bid strategy
- Work winning
- Growth of Egis’ UK water/wastewater treatment capability
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Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- BEng/MEng, or equivalent degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer status with a recognised professional institution.
- 10–12+ years of relevant experience, exclusively within UK water/wastewater treatment, utilities, process, energy, or infrastructure design.
- A proven record of discipline design leadership and technical assurance on complex multidisciplinary projects.
- Strong understanding of UK water sector drivers, including:
- Water company asset standards
- CDM 2015 regulations
- Safety-by-design principles
- Environmental and regulatory demands
- Common delivery models.
- Mastery of deep EICA technical expertise, ability to guide, review, and approve complex engineering decisions.
- Experience in developing people, including mentoring, line management, technical coaching, recruitment, or resource planning.
- Strong client and stakeholder management, with credibility to lead senior technical discussions and influence project direction.
- Strong commercial awareness including:
- Scope development
- Fee estimating
- Programme and resource planning
- Risk and change control management.
- Digital and innovation mindset, with experience in modernising delivery methods such as:
- Digital design and simulation
- Automation
- BIM/MEP coordination
- Standardisation
- Data workflows.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience as a discipline lead, design manager, or sub-team lead in:
- Consultancies
- Contracting firms
- Water companies
- Technology providers
- Engineering businesses.
- Extensive client network supporting bid leadership, work winning, and UK water sector growth.
- Experience in digital wastewater treatment, including:
- Process optimisation
- Operational intelligence
- Smart assets management
- Energy/lower-carbon solutions
- Modular or offsite design.
- Proven experience in technical governance, including communities of practice, design standards, QA frameworks, and delivery improvement initiatives.
- Experience in building teams during growth phases, including:
- Skills mapping and capability planning
- Creating a positive, delivery-focused culture.
- UK working visa or right to work in the UK.
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What’s in It for You?
- Accelerated career growth in a fast-expanding UK business.
- Top Employers 2025 recognized globally – Egis is a trailblazer in HR excellence, sustainability, and inclusion.
- Global leader in sustainable infrastructure, dedicated to shaping communities through innovation.
- Leadership-level reward package, among the industry’s most competitive.
- Hybrid and flexible working to balance professional and personal commitments.
- 26+ days annual leave plus all bank holidays.
- Professional development, including chartership support and global mobility.
- An inclusive, supportive culture centred around sustainability and long-term community impact.
Join Egis & Shape the Future
Play a pivotal role in sustainable UK water infrastructure. Join Egis, and help leave a lasting positive legacy, both locally and globally.
Egis Foundation Commitment
All our projects follow a deep-seated commitment to sustainability. Thanks to the Egis Foundation, a portion of our resources funds initiatives addressing the climate crisis, education, and social responsibility.
Equal Opportunities Employer
We diversify our workforce, fostering inclusivity across all dimensions: age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and more. Application assessments will solely consider experience, suitability, and qualifications.
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