Drainage Engineer

Circa 44505 (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!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Drainage Engineer to join our Development Services Drainage team. Youll play a key role in ensuring new adoptable sewerage assets are designed to national standards and protecting our existing sewerage infrastructure. Working within an experienced team youll review sewer design proposals assess diversion applications and provide expert guidance to internal and external customers.

Your work will support sustainable development regulatory compliance and excellent customer service while helping shape the future of drainage infrastructure across our region.

What youll be doing

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

What does it take to be a Drainage Engineer

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

Benefits

As a valued employee youll be entitled to:
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

Inclusion at Anglian Water

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

Closing Date: 22nd February 2026

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