Drainage Engineer

Overview

Circa £44,505 (Dependent on Skills & Experience)

Secondment / Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

Full-time, 37 hours per week

Great Billing, Colchester, Lincoln, Huntingdon or Peterborough

Make every drop of your potential count!

• Ensure new adoptable sewerage assets meet national Design Construction Guidance and Anglian Water standards
• Assess applications for sewer diversions to protect existing infrastructure
• Provide technical advice on drainage design, sewerage law, and best practice
• Deliver excellent customer service, building strong working relationships
• Support innovative, sustainable drainage solutions and keep up to date with industry developments
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality asset delivery

• Degree or working towards a qualification in an Engineering discipline
• Experience working on sewerage infrastructure design or within another Water Company
• Knowledge of Sewerage Code for Adoption, DCG, and Sewerage Law
• Strong communication, planning, and organisation skills
• Ability to manage competing workloads and act on own initiative
• Excellent numeracy, literacy, and decision-making skills

• Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave (rising with service)
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Access to PPE
• Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.

Closing Date: 22nd February 2026

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