Job Description United Utilities have awarded Costain a new Managed Service Provider (MSP) framework contract. Under the contract Costain provide the overall management and delivery of United Utilities' larger-scale water and wastewater asset maintenance activities across the entirety of its network, including 96 water treatment and 575 wastewater treatment sites, which serves over six million people in the North West of England. The Project Manager will support the delivery of planned CSO work across the UU region and develop key relationships with UU operational personnel, supply chain partners and promote a team spirit environment Responsibilities Leadership, line management and development of site teams Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful completion of maintenance projects and services, through design, procurement, assembly, commissioning, and handover Ensure supply chain remain compliant with the framework management plan Provide Leadership to create a safety culture to ensure Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents Ensure a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and choosing efficient delivery strategies Ensure all stakeholders within MSP and United Utilities are engaged at strategic & operational levels and supportive of the projects and services and their potential impacts Ensure consistent and reliable reporting of project/services performance into the MSP systems Ensure key project and programme risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible Skills, Experience Previous experience of managing multidisciplinary projects including Civils and MEICA (preferably in the water sector) Strong track record of delivery of project programmes Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software) Good communication and interpersonal skills Qualifications HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline SMSTS qualification Relevant CSCS card Full UK Driving Licence
Sep 01, 2025
Full time
Job Description United Utilities have awarded Costain a new Managed Service Provider (MSP) framework contract. Under the contract Costain provide the overall management and delivery of United Utilities' larger-scale water and wastewater asset maintenance activities across the entirety of its network, including 96 water treatment and 575 wastewater treatment sites, which serves over six million people in the North West of England. The Project Manager will support the delivery of planned CSO work across the UU region and develop key relationships with UU operational personnel, supply chain partners and promote a team spirit environment Responsibilities Leadership, line management and development of site teams Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful completion of maintenance projects and services, through design, procurement, assembly, commissioning, and handover Ensure supply chain remain compliant with the framework management plan Provide Leadership to create a safety culture to ensure Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents Ensure a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and choosing efficient delivery strategies Ensure all stakeholders within MSP and United Utilities are engaged at strategic & operational levels and supportive of the projects and services and their potential impacts Ensure consistent and reliable reporting of project/services performance into the MSP systems Ensure key project and programme risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible Skills, Experience Previous experience of managing multidisciplinary projects including Civils and MEICA (preferably in the water sector) Strong track record of delivery of project programmes Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software) Good communication and interpersonal skills Qualifications HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline SMSTS qualification Relevant CSCS card Full UK Driving Licence
Job Description The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. As a Lead Civil Engineer for SPA, you will provide technical direction to the engineers in your discipline for clean water infrastructure (Infra) and non-infrastructure (Non-Infra) projects. You will provide design support for numerous schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards. You will be responsible for the checking and reviewing of civil deliverables produced by other civil engineers within SPA and/or our supply chain to ensure the correct processes and procedures are followed. The Lead Civil Engineer will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi-disciplinary project design teams to ensure the selected solution is providing best value for business through being fit for purpose and being completed on time, to budget, and to the correct quality. You'll also collaborate with other stakeholders throughout the business and externally to drive continuous developments in engineering, design, and innovation. This role is hybrid. However, regular attendance at the Peterborough office is encouraged (2 days a week if the candidate is local, or 3-4 days in a row every month if based further away). Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Regularly report to and liaise with the Discipline Lead Collaborate with the Discipline Lead and the Design Managers to achieve project milestones and design review dates Ensure designs comply with all water industry standards and regulations Ensure designs comply with all Anglian Water standards Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate appropriately Actively seek innovative technology and processes Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary project team Work across the Alliance project areas and Pan-Alliance to set technical common standards and processes Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models Support your team to reduce carbon and increase natural capital within designs Support development of team members by mentoring and coaching Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential Integrity - Carries out their responsibilities in an ethical manner, respects people, protects our reputation and conducts their work with integrity People Management - Manages own workload effectively. Undertakes line management for a project/discipline team Sustainability - Actively develops solutions to reduce carbon and increase natural capital CDM - Drives excellence in health, safety and welfare in design Design - Identifies, reviews and selects methods for undertaking engineering design tasks. Exercises sound independent engineering judgement. Supervises others and checks their output. Contributes to improving practices and procedures Qualifications Essential Degree in a civil engineering discipline or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience. Chartered status or equivalent. Demonstrate an appropriate level of competence in practical civil design experience in the water industry environment. Experience of mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers. About Us
Sep 01, 2025
Full time
Job Description The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. As a Lead Civil Engineer for SPA, you will provide technical direction to the engineers in your discipline for clean water infrastructure (Infra) and non-infrastructure (Non-Infra) projects. You will provide design support for numerous schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards. You will be responsible for the checking and reviewing of civil deliverables produced by other civil engineers within SPA and/or our supply chain to ensure the correct processes and procedures are followed. The Lead Civil Engineer will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi-disciplinary project design teams to ensure the selected solution is providing best value for business through being fit for purpose and being completed on time, to budget, and to the correct quality. You'll also collaborate with other stakeholders throughout the business and externally to drive continuous developments in engineering, design, and innovation. This role is hybrid. However, regular attendance at the Peterborough office is encouraged (2 days a week if the candidate is local, or 3-4 days in a row every month if based further away). Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Regularly report to and liaise with the Discipline Lead Collaborate with the Discipline Lead and the Design Managers to achieve project milestones and design review dates Ensure designs comply with all water industry standards and regulations Ensure designs comply with all Anglian Water standards Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate appropriately Actively seek innovative technology and processes Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary project team Work across the Alliance project areas and Pan-Alliance to set technical common standards and processes Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models Support your team to reduce carbon and increase natural capital within designs Support development of team members by mentoring and coaching Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential Integrity - Carries out their responsibilities in an ethical manner, respects people, protects our reputation and conducts their work with integrity People Management - Manages own workload effectively. Undertakes line management for a project/discipline team Sustainability - Actively develops solutions to reduce carbon and increase natural capital CDM - Drives excellence in health, safety and welfare in design Design - Identifies, reviews and selects methods for undertaking engineering design tasks. Exercises sound independent engineering judgement. Supervises others and checks their output. Contributes to improving practices and procedures Qualifications Essential Degree in a civil engineering discipline or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience. Chartered status or equivalent. Demonstrate an appropriate level of competence in practical civil design experience in the water industry environment. Experience of mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers. About Us
Job Description The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. Leading the core technical input through SPA Discipline Heads (System, Process, Mechanical, EICA, Civil Infra and Non-Infra, CAD, Geotech, Quality, Carbon) across a significant programme of major potable water transfer projects (total value £1,800M) Work collaboratively with the Head of Engineering, Design Manager and Senior Designers to understand design need. Work collaboratively with Delivery teams, including construction, procurement, enabling, planning and commercial, to ensure the design is delivered to a high quality and consistency in accordance with constructability requirements. Ensure the Engineering Disciplines are suitably resourced with sufficient competence and capacity to ensure Engineering quality processes are robust Lead the Disciplines in driving process improvement and standardisation of design activities driving innovation and efficiency across the programme Drive and support resolution of complex technical challenges The role will be hybrid with a requirement of attending the office 2 days per week. Responsibilities Lead the SPA Discipline technical teams ensuring engineering outputs are of a suitable quality and consistency Support onboarding of new design staff and development of existing design staff, with technical training and details to set out SPA design expectations Oversee production and ownership of Standard Products, Standard Details and Design Guides to drive efficiency and consistency of outputs. Ensure these outputs are shared and incorporated into wider Anglian Water Standards Drive improvement, innovation and efficiency across the Engineering team to support SPA programme performance Represent the SPA engineering team in key technical meetings and support programme decision making for multi-functional technical outputs Drive and support the engineering teams with resolution of complex technical issues Work closely with SPA partners and supply chain to ensure engineering functions are suitably resourced to support SPA programme People Management - undertake for the SPA Discipline Heads, including performance management, mentoring and development to reach their potential. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential A high-level of training and experience in your field of expertise, together with the ability to listen to and understand others' expertise High-level of experience of technical leadership of large and complex engineering programmes Qualifications Essential Bachelor's degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience Chartered member of professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB etc) Desirable Master's / post graduate degree Other secondary professional qualifications and training (e.g. MAPM, MCIarb, MICW etc) Project Management training / skills About Us
Sep 01, 2025
Full time
Job Description The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. Leading the core technical input through SPA Discipline Heads (System, Process, Mechanical, EICA, Civil Infra and Non-Infra, CAD, Geotech, Quality, Carbon) across a significant programme of major potable water transfer projects (total value £1,800M) Work collaboratively with the Head of Engineering, Design Manager and Senior Designers to understand design need. Work collaboratively with Delivery teams, including construction, procurement, enabling, planning and commercial, to ensure the design is delivered to a high quality and consistency in accordance with constructability requirements. Ensure the Engineering Disciplines are suitably resourced with sufficient competence and capacity to ensure Engineering quality processes are robust Lead the Disciplines in driving process improvement and standardisation of design activities driving innovation and efficiency across the programme Drive and support resolution of complex technical challenges The role will be hybrid with a requirement of attending the office 2 days per week. Responsibilities Lead the SPA Discipline technical teams ensuring engineering outputs are of a suitable quality and consistency Support onboarding of new design staff and development of existing design staff, with technical training and details to set out SPA design expectations Oversee production and ownership of Standard Products, Standard Details and Design Guides to drive efficiency and consistency of outputs. Ensure these outputs are shared and incorporated into wider Anglian Water Standards Drive improvement, innovation and efficiency across the Engineering team to support SPA programme performance Represent the SPA engineering team in key technical meetings and support programme decision making for multi-functional technical outputs Drive and support the engineering teams with resolution of complex technical issues Work closely with SPA partners and supply chain to ensure engineering functions are suitably resourced to support SPA programme People Management - undertake for the SPA Discipline Heads, including performance management, mentoring and development to reach their potential. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential A high-level of training and experience in your field of expertise, together with the ability to listen to and understand others' expertise High-level of experience of technical leadership of large and complex engineering programmes Qualifications Essential Bachelor's degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience Chartered member of professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB etc) Desirable Master's / post graduate degree Other secondary professional qualifications and training (e.g. MAPM, MCIarb, MICW etc) Project Management training / skills About Us
Job Description This is an excellent opportunity where you will hold the Lead Design Engineer position on one or more Projects in our Energy Sector. Within this sector, Costain deliver projects to industry leading clients across a number of phases. Whether it be a concept study, FEED or ECPcm project, you will work as part of multi-discipline team to deliver best in class engineering on time and to budget. Our pipeline provides the opportunities to work in a variety of areas from brownfield Oil and Gas assets to cutting edge Hydrogen production and storage. We also offer the opportunity to work in our other sectors such as Nuclear and Defence or Transport. Costain provide a collaborative and supportive working environment to enable our people to thrive. Responsibilities As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve: Electrical discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering deliverables Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers Production of high-quality electrical engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with Preparing equipment and materials requisitions for HV and LV switchboards, transformers, motors, UPS systems, power factor correction, earthing, trace-heating, lighting and other electrical equipment Preparing installation scopes of works Reviewing supplier's quotations and preparing technical bid assessments More specific technical deliverables could include: Protection grading studies and earthing calculations Power system analysis including fault level calculations and load flows HV and LV cable and equipment sizing Production of electrical equipment datasheets and specifications Commissioning support DNO engagement Qualifications Degree in relevant engineering discipline (e.g. Electronic / Electrical / Control Engineering) Apprenticeships may be considered Chartered or Incorporated engineer Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries. Significant engineering experience in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear and/or Water sectors Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards Competence in the requirements for installation of equipment in process plants involving potentially explosive areasatus with a relevant professional body or evidence of being close to gaining these professional titles Relevant stakeholders Focussed on business improvement by proactively creating efficiencies, supporting the recruitment of talented people, promoting the Costain brand and contributing to an excellent working environment About Us Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
Sep 01, 2025
Full time
Job Description This is an excellent opportunity where you will hold the Lead Design Engineer position on one or more Projects in our Energy Sector. Within this sector, Costain deliver projects to industry leading clients across a number of phases. Whether it be a concept study, FEED or ECPcm project, you will work as part of multi-discipline team to deliver best in class engineering on time and to budget. Our pipeline provides the opportunities to work in a variety of areas from brownfield Oil and Gas assets to cutting edge Hydrogen production and storage. We also offer the opportunity to work in our other sectors such as Nuclear and Defence or Transport. Costain provide a collaborative and supportive working environment to enable our people to thrive. Responsibilities As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve: Electrical discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering deliverables Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers Production of high-quality electrical engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with Preparing equipment and materials requisitions for HV and LV switchboards, transformers, motors, UPS systems, power factor correction, earthing, trace-heating, lighting and other electrical equipment Preparing installation scopes of works Reviewing supplier's quotations and preparing technical bid assessments More specific technical deliverables could include: Protection grading studies and earthing calculations Power system analysis including fault level calculations and load flows HV and LV cable and equipment sizing Production of electrical equipment datasheets and specifications Commissioning support DNO engagement Qualifications Degree in relevant engineering discipline (e.g. Electronic / Electrical / Control Engineering) Apprenticeships may be considered Chartered or Incorporated engineer Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries. Significant engineering experience in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear and/or Water sectors Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards Competence in the requirements for installation of equipment in process plants involving potentially explosive areasatus with a relevant professional body or evidence of being close to gaining these professional titles Relevant stakeholders Focussed on business improvement by proactively creating efficiencies, supporting the recruitment of talented people, promoting the Costain brand and contributing to an excellent working environment About Us Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: