Senior Civil Engineer in Peterborough

Join the @one Alliance – a collaborative partnership of eight industry‑leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8, we’re looking for talented individuals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure. At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring – ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.

Your Purpose

As a Senior Civil Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll provide engineering technical direction, collaborate with key stakeholders and support multi-disciplinary project teams. You’ll provide design support for numerous schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards, and completed on time and within budget. A key aspect of this role includes leading, coaching, and developing junior and less experienced engineers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Check and review civil design deliverables produced by other Civil Engineers to ensure the processes and procedures are followed.
• Input into Construction Design Management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Review and ensure the design CDM deliverables have been completed for projects.
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate knowledge across the civil engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with Minimum Asset Standards and provide constructive challenges when necessary.
• Work across Alliance project areas and Pan-Alliance to establish technical common standards and processes.
• Implement and embrace new digital technologies to achieve fully attributed 3D models.
• Provide one‑on‑one or team‑based technical guidance and support to engineers.
• Develop design alerts to promote continuous learning and improvement.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Degree in engineering (or equivalent) and ideally chartered or working towards it.
• Expertise in reinforced concrete, steel buildings, buried pipework, and site infrastructure.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for health, safety, and innovative design solutions.

Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of our four business units:

• Place Based Thinking - The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance.
• Water - The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network.
• Water Recycling (East and West) - Our Water Recycling Business Unit is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting‑edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact.

At Anglian Water's @one Alliance, we believe in being Safer Every Day. Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Being Safer Every Day means making positive choices, moment by moment, to protect ourselves and those around us. We create a culture where health, safety and wellbeing come first. Together, we will be the change.