Senior Design Engineer (Civils)

Severn Trent Derby, England May 22, 2026

Type Contract
Pay Not listed
Work Onsite
Level Senior

Senior Design Engineer focuses on developing strategies to allow us to enhance the existing assets and inform the price review regulatory submissions.

What the role involves

  • Developing strategies to allow us to enhance the existing assets and inform the Price Review regulatory submissions.
  • Collaborating across the business as we build our river quality, sustainability and net zero carbon plans influencing the business to transition away from traditional investment ro.
  • Carry out self-led research on emerging technologies, to define new innovative treatment options and collaborate both internally and externally to promote new strategies.
  • Ensuring that we have robust evidence-based understanding of how our waste treatment sites work to ensure final effluent quality is maintained.
  • Promoting our ongoing waste treatment capital maintenance programme.
  • Tactical support and advice to operational teams to maintain the availability and quality of our waste treatment services for our customers.

Skills and requirements

  • Relevant technical, electrical, mechanical, maintenance, gas, plumbing, or engineering experience may be required.

Candidate fit

  • technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

  • Capital Design Salary (£): £,-£, Senior Design Engineer (Civils) Join Our Team as a Senior Design Engineer!
  • If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.
  • With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
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