Design Manager - Water Recycling (Complex) - @One Alliance

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Design Manager to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance. As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

As the Design Manager for Water Recycling, you’ll lead the design and delivery of solutions across the infrastructure team; wastewater pipelines. Your role will focus on developing innovative, outcome-driven solutions to transform wastewater networks, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance efficiency. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop sustainable, carbon-efficient, and innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design Management: Oversee design teams to ensure high-quality project plans, controlling scope, costs, risks, and resources. Collaborate with discipline leads and the BIM manager to establish and monitor design quality. Engage with subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring designs meet safety, environmental, and operational standards.
• Project Delivery: Partner with @one functions and stakeholders to deliver value-driven outcomes on time and within budget. Manage risks proactively and support teams in value optimization.
• Health & Safety: Fulfil Principal Designer duties per CDM regulations and oversee competency assessments. Ensure robust design risk assessments and H&S documentation for project portfolios.
• People & Team Development: Provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team, focusing on performance management, development, and a diverse, inclusive culture. Allocate resources strategically, identifying skill gaps and supporting recruitment as needed.
• Transformation & Innovation: Lead the shift to AMP8 with a focus on digital transformation and sustainability. Drive innovation in carbon reduction, 3D modelling, and standardization within design processes.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours… To join us on the team, an engineering, or equivalent degree is preferential however experience in the water sector and a similar role is more important. It is essential you have experience of wastewater assets; proven expertise in designing wastewater infrastructure solutions, including rising mains, pipelines, pumping stations, and CSO. You’ll be a strong leader with a track record in team development and stakeholder collaboration. A commitment to sustainability, innovation and reducing carbon impacts through advanced engineering practices, and a solid understanding of Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations and the ability to ensure safety and compliance throughout the project lifecycle. Able to inspire and lead a team, you’ll be customer focussed in all the activities you undertake. With a strong appreciation of how collaboration can truly unlock complex projects, you’ll be able to assess unique situations and draw upon your technical expertise to make decisive, yet safety conscious, decisions to keep projects on track. Always operating with integrity and accountability, you’ll be able to build rapport and trust amongst your stakeholder and establish yourself and the team across the Alliance.

What we can offer: At Mott MacDonald Bentley you will be offered a competitive salary which is commensurate based on your experience. Our core benefits include: Pension matched by employer up to 7%, option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave, life assurance, private medical insurance, critical illness insurance and health screening options, 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave, shared parental leave, payment of annual professional institution subscription costs, gym membership discounts, UK wide cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available.

Other information: This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business, established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy, Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley offers fully integrated design and build services to its clients, combining the contracting expertise of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald. This role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.

About Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence. We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better. We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities. We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: At Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect. Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us.

Agile working: We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business.