Engineering Assurance Lead

What do you get if you cross an award winning, innovative, water company and over 300 dedicated team members? Severn Trent’s Capital Design team.

Our ambitious five-year programme, encompassing over 5,000 innovative projects, is designed to tackle the growing challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. We are committed to addressing issues such as flooding and river health, ensuring the best outcomes for our customers and the environment. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact. If your ambition is to be at the forefront of tackling the impact of climate change, making real, positive contributions to the environment and exceeding our customers’ expectations, then we’d love to talk to you.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Assurance Lead, this role will lead a team of Subject Matter Experts across a range of engineering disciplines, acting as the ‘go‑to’ function for all discipline-related queries across the wider supply chain and the entire capital programme.

With responsibility for 6–9 direct reports, a wider team of approximately 30-70 people, and additional framework services provided by consultants and contractors, you will build, develop and nurture a highly engaged, high‑performing team. You will develop and manage a strategic resource and capability plan to ensure that critical skills, experience and competence are effectively recruited, developed and retained to meet both current and future needs.

We are always thinking outside the box and are looking for an individual who can innovate, drive continuous improvement in design and design processes, and support the ongoing development, effectiveness and efficiency of the team.

This role will be based at one of our Design hubs at Derby or Coventry.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Reporting directly into the Head of Design, we are seeking a dedicated individual to lead a highly engaged performing team. You will take personal responsibility for ensuring that both we and our external delivery partners produce innovative, high‑quality and efficient designs across the Capital Delivery works programme.

The ideal candidate will ensure that designs are safe, robust, compliant and fit for purpose, while continuously driving improvements in quality, efficiency and value throughout the design process.

Working collaboratively on a day‑to‑day basis with colleagues across the Design and Delivery function, as well as the wider Severn Trent Commercial, Financial, Operations and Engineering teams.
Ensuring and assuring that Design teams appropriately discharge the role of Principal Designer for STW in accordance with CDM Regulations, where required across projects.
Taking ownership of a programme of continual review of STW Standards, ensuring they reflect industry best practice, embrace innovation, and leverage the broader experience, technologies.
Providing internal and external support in relation to STW Standards, acting as the key point of liaison and interface, and ensuring sufficient Subject Matter Expertise is maintained within the team, alongside regular visibility of changes to standards.
Ensuring that learnings from design and health and safety reviews are captured and evaluated, driving continuous updates to standards, frameworks and innovation initiatives.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

Experience in leading and developing multi-disciplinary design teams.
Strong risk management experience in engineering design solutions.
Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
A positive, caring attitude and a commitment to making a difference.
A proven ability of delivering strong financial and operational success
Experience of supply chain management with a strong emphasis on safety, quality, cost and time.

Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference to our environment because it matters to us all. We do more, because we care. Is that you?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. Here’s some of our favourites:

31 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 additional days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to 20% of base salary per annum based on company performance)
Car allowance of £5,208 paid in monthly instalments
Private medical insurance for you and your family
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two volunteering days per year