About this role
Location:
Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in United Utilities Lingley Mere office. Site visits as required.
Permanent full-time (40 hours)
Competitive salary plus benefits
Aqua Consultants have an exciting opportunity to work with our partner United Utilities delivering Waste Water projects for AMP8. You will be involved in projects that improve their infrastructure over a range of project types.
You will be delivering project related tasks, managing a multi-disciplinary team where necessary, delivering solutions on wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects at various stages in the project life cycle. Ensuring they are delivered within agreed timeframes and budget.
The role requires:
Extensive experience and understanding of the waste water industry, and treatment processes together with equipment / system requirements
Extensive experience in feasibility and outline design phases and technical reviews
Understanding of DSEAR, CDM, WIMES, British and European Standards and other statutory, regulatory, and non-regulatory provisions and guidance
The ability to generate innovative and/or technically differentiated solutions to problems, to deliver added value for clients
Responsibility for providing a safe working culture within project teams and promoting safety
Delivery of complex projects successfully within budget and on schedule to our clients’ requirements
Fostering of a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
Commitment to supporting your team to ensure a high-quality service in delivery
Leadership of your team of diverse individuals, actively encouraging new ways of thinking to provide an agile delivery environment
The provision of a proactive risk identification and mitigation environment that allows for innovation and creative agile delivery
Line management and mentoring of junior engineers including training and development
Ability to foster and develop positive relationships through support of business partners and key clients
Experience in implementing and having input into company technical assurance
Managing client relationships and frameworks to ensure mutual value, hitting KPIs while exceeding client expectations
Generation of business in line with existing frameworks and new project and framework opportunities.
Commercial and contractual awareness
Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values, and culture
Working knowledge of Microsoft (Office) 365 packages
An industry applicable BEng, BSc, or equivalent in any engineering or project related discipline
Chartered Engineer or Project Manager or working towards this. Relevant experience will also be considered.
Personal qualities:
The engineering services we offer to our clients require us to be able to deliver in an agile way. The following are therefore examples of the type of skills and qualities we need you to have or be working towards:
Recognition that satisfying the customer is the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefits from our processes, whether end-users or other departments within the company
The ability to work remotely whilst successfully achieving deliverable-based outcomes through a virtual team
The ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines
Organisational skills, and a passion for excellence
Motivational skills and the ability to encourage those around you to work to your own high standards of quality and compliance
A desire for continual learning and drive to improve those around you by sharing information, lessons learnt and best practice
A drive to push yourself and work outside of your comfort zone when the need arises with a “can do” attitude, willingness to work through problems and make decisions
The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues and clients
Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
A trustworthy and ethical approach, exercising discretion where required
Examples of work types:
Site surveys and plant capacity assessments
Technical report writing at all stages of project lifecycle
Production of design risk assessments, project plans, project quality plans, method and risk assessment, forecasting reports (utilisation, work to date and cost to complete)
Participation in Hazard Studies including HAZOP, HAZCON and HAZCOM.
Development of standard and bespoke design solutions for the water industry and beyond.
Review of calculations, drawings and reports prepared by others
Desirable Skills/Attributes:
NEC accreditationKnowledge of United Utilities engineering standards and specification.Experience of designing CSO’s and storage tanks.
What we would like to offer you:
Competitive salary + discretionary bonusCompany pension 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays + option to purchase additional leave.Salary Sacrifice Pension schemeCompany mobile phone and laptop provided.Training and career progression opportunitiesProfessional Membership fees paid.Life Assurance Scheme 4 x annual salaryEmployee Assistance Programme (with access to GP appointments, Physio appointments and Mental Health Support)Medicash cash plan (Money back on everyday healthcare costs such as dental, glasses, contact lenses)Refer a friend scheme.Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
Why Aqua Consultants?
We are a fast-growing organisation with highly experienced staff at the heart of everything we do. We offer more than just a day job – Aqua offers very competitive salaries and a great working environment. You’ll be able to input into the development and growth of our business whilst we help you progress in your career.
Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.