Water Design Manager

Company Description

At AECOM, we are delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Ready to lead a multidisciplinary design team and shape the future of water infrastructure? Join our dynamic Water Solutions team as a Design Manager, based in England & Wales with a flexible hybrid working model. In this role you’ll work on high‑impact projects ranging from potable water and sewage networks to treatment works of all scales, covering all stages of design and delivery – from feasibility to construction, operation, maintenance and asset management.

Key partners include Wessex Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water, Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, South West Water and international contractors.

• Lead :
  Drive technical delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure/treatment projects, managing multi‑disciplinary technical teams to deliver value‑added solutions to client challenges throughout the design lifecycle.
• Manage :
  Oversee key packages of work from conception to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients and suppliers to create a seamless technical solution.
• Collaborate :
  Work closely with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy‑in to solutions, also contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
• Develop :
  Perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.

• Experience in managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater engineering projects with multi‑disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design.
• Relevant experience in a similar role for a water company, consultancy or contractor.
• Hands‑on experience designing complex wastewater treatment solutions.
• A degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.
• Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution e.g. ICE, CIWEM, or working towards it.
• Experience undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at Reas All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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