Project Engineer
- LocationPeterborough; Enterprise House; Colchester Water Recycling Centre; Cliff Quay Water Recycling Centre +4 more
- Work typeNot stated
- EmploymentFull-time
- Posted2 November 2026
- SourceAnglian Water's careers page (Workday)
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- ContractFixed term, 12 months
- Skills and toolsSAP, Power BI
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Check my fitAbout the role
Circa £49,000 (Depending on Skills & Experience)
Anglian Water Regionwide - Location flexible
3 x 12-month fixed-term contract positions
Full Time / 37 hours per week (with opportunities for flexible working)
Double Matched Pension Scheme (Up to 21% Combined)
Private Healthcare
Make every drop count – join us in shaping essential infrastructure
Our Central Services Capital Projects team delivers a diverse range of schemes that keep water and wastewater services running safely and reliably across the Anglian Water region.
We’re looking for a committed Project Engineer to help develop, plan and deliver our capital programme, ensuring our sites, assets and customers benefit from high-quality engineering solutions.
This is a great opportunity to make a difference in a role where no two days are the same, working with operational teams, contractors and colleagues to bring projects to life.
What will you be doing?
- Responsible for enabling activities to facilitate the delivery of planned/emergent capital projects
- Develop solutions in line with corporate governance and delivery route goals
- Ensure solutions are Water and/or Wastewater quality compliant
- Completion of Root Cause Analysis
- Complete optioneering of solutions
- Comply with the corporate Risk and Value process
- Ensure standard products and other technical standards (e.g. minimum asset standards) are adhered to
- Complete and comply with all operational site H&S requirements to ensure safe working practices
- Production and support completion of CDM Documentation
What does it take to be a Project Engineer?
- Appropriate engineering qualification or membership of professional body or equivalent experience
- Proven technical experience within the relevant environment (Water or Wastewater)
- Knowledge of Health & Safety (H&S), and Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations
- Experience managing a capital budget
- Experience of project planning, delivery and site supervision
- Root cause analysis to optionee suitable solutions
- Good IT literacy plus it would be desirable to have experience of M2i, SAP and Power Bi
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Car allowance
- Full Personal private health care
- 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
- Flexible working
- Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
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