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About this Project Engineer role at Anglian Water

Anglian Water · Onsite · Enterprise House

IOS Project Engineer

Location: Peterborough, Lincoln and Northampton areas

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Salary: circa £47,345

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Who are we?

The Integrated Operational Solution contract is a 5-year programme valued at approximately £444 million, delivering specialist water and water recycling projects. This role involves managing projects under the NEC3 contract suite, with a focus on Option E (Pre-Contract Planning) and Option A (Priced Contract with Activity Schedule).

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Project Manager and delivery teams to ensure robust management of contractual obligations and compliance with Anglian Water’s governance standards. The role is employed by Anglian Water and involves working in partnership with framework partners Barhale, Kier, and MGroup.

What will you be doing as our Project Engineer

You will be responsible for providing engineering leadership and technical assurance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring projects are developed, designed, constructed and commissioned in accordance with business requirements, regulatory obligations, governance standards and health & safety expectations. The role works collaboratively with internal stakeholders, contractors and delivery partners to develop solutions, manage risk, assure technical compliance and deliver sustainable business outcomes that provide value to customers and the business.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours

  • Scope technical solutions that meet operational and business needs.

  • Challenge data, assumptions, and drivers to identify the best value solution.

  • Lead Delivery Assurance meetings across the project lifecycle.

  • Review project outputs to ensure governance and compliance requirements are met.

  • Proactively identify and manage project risks and opportunities.

  • Build strong relationships with contractors, designers, operational teams, and stakeholders.

  • Undertake site assurance activities during construction and commissioning.

  • Provide engineering expertise throughout delivery and own technical issues through to resolution.

  • Education to A level of equivalent

  • Appropriate engineering qualifications (desirable)

  • Knowledge of H&S legislation as well as CDM Regulation

  • Water Industry Experience

  • Understanding of NEC contracts

  • Full UK Drivers Licence

Why Anglian Water?
At Anglian Water, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their hard work is recognised and rewarded. Some of our benefits include:

  • Bonus scheme

  • Private healthcare

  • Competitive pension scheme

  • Up to 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service

  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

  • Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

  • Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

  • Life Cover at 8x your salary

  • Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

If the opportunity to add value to a commercial team who deliver community-centric and vital projects appeals to your career aspirations, please apply today.

Closing date:  18th September 2026

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About Anglian Water

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. To

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