Waste Water Project Engineer

Do you have proven project engineering experience within wastewater, utilities, or heavy infrastructure, supporting delivery teams across technical, commercial, and operational interfaces?
Are you confident coordinating stakeholders, contractors, landowners, and internal teams while ensuring full compliance with wastewater policies, H&S requirements, and regulatory protocols?
Are you looking to join a growing programme where you can directly influence wastewater network improvements across the region while developing your technical and project leadership skills?
The Opportunity
Due to ongoing programme expansion and continued investment in wastewater network improvements, our client, working in partnership with United Utilities, is strengthening its delivery team. These opportunities offer the chance to play a key role in enhancing network performance, customer outcomes, and compliance standards across a high-profile regional framework. You’ll be joining a collaborative engineering environment with clear development pathways, exposure to major programmes, and the ability to shape the way projects are delivered.

We are seeking individuals with strong organisational, technical, and stakeholder skills who thrive in a dynamic utilities environment and are motivated by meaningful, community-mpacting work.

Your duties and responsibilities:
To support the Programme Managers in developing a prioritised programme of work that will balance customer requirements, operational performance, and health & safety needs within the given financial constraints.
To work closely with the County Performance and our internal teams ie Commercial Partners, Framework Contractors and other specialist service providers across UUW (e.g. A&A; Developer services etc.) to ascertain the most appropriate solution and delivery route.

To liaise with the relevant teams to arrange customer appointments for all surveys, work, inspection and final checks as required and support analyst in ensuring all corporate systems are updated accordingly.

To produce all relevant paperwork associated with the project e.g. pre site meeting; PCI pack; project handover to allow the project to be priced as accurately as possible.
To co-ordinate S159 notices to landowners and/or occupiers for gaining access to private land, as required.
To review and agree draft Operations and Maintenance manuals, Health and Safety file and ‘As-Built’ drawings with the Field and Maintenance team, as required, and provide feedback and archive accordingly, whilst ensuring that UUW Commercial and Wastewater Network Operations needs have been met.
To ensure compliance with all Wastewater Network policies, strategies; procedures, Environment Agency protocol and regulatory requirements on a daily basis.
To provide local day-to-day technical, contractual and commercial support to the respective, and Infrastructure Delivery teams, and other stakeholders as required and support UUW Commercial Team in resolving both escalated and complex contractual and commercial issues, as required.
To identify synergies and best practice through establishing a close working relationship with our internal teams, our framework contractors and Alliance Partners and to identify and carry out any training needs/requirements to all relevant stakeholders as required.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
There will be a requirement to meet up with your allocated project team at one of United Utilities office locations, this could be Lingley Mere, Blackburn, or others, depending on your location. The number of days required in the office depends on project requirements and could be 2-3 days per week.

The setting for the role
This will be a site-based role. A safety induction will be provided.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

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