Lead Solutions Engineer

Our Water company client is seeking a Lead Engineer to help deliver wastewater schemes on a permanent basis out of Peterborough with hybrid working.

Our client works with alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the Anglian region by maintaining existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies.

This role would be attached to IOS - comprising of Anglian Water, MGroup, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base.

The Lead Solutions Engineer will take a central role in delivering First Time Sewerage schemes under Section 101A of the Water Industry Act 1991. This role will Manage the First Time Sewerage (S101a) Applications, Assessments and Appeals process.

You will own the applications from start to finish - from early feasibility reviews through detailed technical assessments, site surveys, stakeholder engagement, and delivery oversight. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on autonomy, problem-solving, and meaningful environmental impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete both Initial Assessments, Detailed Assessments and Appeals from S101a Applications.
• Ability to complete outline sewerage infrastructure designs of Alternatives/solutions.
• Input First Time sewerage Alternatives (Options) into the client Estimating system, currently Copperleaf C55. This will allow financial assessment of options between public sewerage Alternatives and private sewerage Alternatives. Any accepted projects will be utilised for the AWS Business Plan.
• Site visits to meet potential sewerage Customers, Parish Councils & the EA and assess the area for potential pollution to the local ground / watercourses.
• Manage the S101a (First Time Sewerage) Applications and Assessment & Appeals process. This will include managing to attain external information from the EA & Local Environmental Health Officers etc and organising percolation tests for the areas being assessed.
• Manage the S101a (First Time Sewerage) mailbox - to answer queries from Customers and external Agencies/Bodies.
• Collaborate with Customers, the Environment Agency, Local Councils, Parish Councils etc. and input into the AWS Business Plan for S101a projects.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety (H&S), ensuring consistent H&S standards are maintained.

Skills/experience/qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in undertaking the design of various pipeline projects within the Wastewater Industry
• Relevant engineering experience or qualification (desirable)
• Experience in producing outline technical sketches in communicating alternatives/solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Good report writing skills and ability to undertake analysis and results interpretation.
• Collaborative; working with a variety of people and teams to achieve business success

Benefits

• Salary circa £45k per annum
• 37 hour working week
• Flexible working/hybrid discussed during interview process
• Double matched pension ie 6% employee, 12% employer
• 25 days annual leave increasing with years served
• Holiday buy/sell
• Private Healthcare
• Health cash plan
• Discretionary bonus