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South Derbyshire, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-06-09
Listing for:
Severn Trent
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-09
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Environmental Compliance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About the Role
A Design Engineer based in Raynesway (Derby) supporting major projects and bioresources waste treatment design team. Shape wastewater strategies from feasibility to detailed design, protecting and enhancing waste treatment assets and rivers.
Key Responsibilities- Sewage treatment assets – understanding existing assets, completing risk assessments, undertaking outline designs for new assets to meet new business needs.
- Support the Price Review regulatory submissions; collaborate across the business in building river quality, sustainability and net‑zero carbon plans.
- Carry out self‑led research on emerging technologies, define new innovative treatment options and promote new strategies internally and externally.
- Promote the waste treatment capital maintenance programme; ensure robust evidence‑based understanding of site performance to maintain final effluent quality.
- Support and advise operational teams to maintain availability and quality of waste treatment services for customers.
- Ensure Health & Safety built into the design life‑cycle.
- Identify and support review of potential delivery and operational risks (e.g., H&S, environmental, commissioning) through design.
You’ll be a degree‑qualified engineer, preferably in an engineering discipline, and actively working towards incorporated or chartered status (desired). You must have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, be able to build relationships with diverse stakeholders, be forward‑thinking, anticipate challenges, respond to change in a rapidly evolving environment, and hold a full UK driving licence.
Benefits- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year.
- Annual bonus scheme with up to £2,250 subject to eligibility.
- Leading pension scheme – double your contribution up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%.
- Sharesave – discounted share purchase.
- Dedicated training and development through Academy.
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.
- Family‑friendly policies.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
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