Engineering Design Lead

Overview

Department: Capital Design Salary (£): Competitive Engineering Design Lead. Severn Trent’s Capital Design team works on a five-year programme with innovative projects aimed at tackling the challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services, addressing flooding and river health, and benefiting customers and the environment. This role, Engineering Design Business Lead (also known as Technical Director, Regional Director or Framework Director), directs a design function undertaking feasibility, outline and (where appropriate) detailed designs for capital solutions to enable delivery of investments over the next five years. The role can be based at any of our capital hubs: Shrewsbury, Derby or Coventry.

What you’ll do

Reporting directly into the Head of Design, you’ll lead a team (direct reports) and work with external design houses and consultancies to deliver high-quality, efficient designs within the Capital Delivery works programme. You will be responsible for developing and nurturing a highly engaged, high-performing team and ensuring that both internal teams and external partners deliver innovative designs aligned with strategic goals.

• Develop and manage a resource-loaded programme to ensure quality, cost, and key milestone targets are met.
• Ensure your team discharges the role of Principal Designer under CDM Regulations.
• Oversee design work by external consultants and construction partners to meet relevant standards.
• Manage operating costs within authorised budgets.
• Foster strong industry relationships and research external best practices.
• Align designs with strategic goals to achieve carbon neutrality, enhance natural and social environments, provide value for money, meet programme milestones, and comply with all relevant strategies, policies, procedures, and standards.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Experience in leading and developing multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Strong risk management experience in engineering design solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
• A positive, caring attitude and a commitment to making a difference.
• A proven ability to deliver strong financial and operational success.

What’s in it for you

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and offer award-winning training to help you reach your potential. Here’s some of our favourites:

• days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to additional days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to % of base salary per annum based on company performance)
• Car allowance of £, paid in monthly instalments
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to % when you contribute 😉
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year