The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.
We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.
With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.
We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?
About sweco
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.
Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.
We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.
To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.
As a SuDS Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in delivering innovative Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) across the Anglian Water region from schools and highways to parks and public spaces.
What you’ll be doing
- Developing concept, outline, and detailed SuDS designs using Civil3D and InfoDrainage.
- Collaborating with internal teams (modelling, CAD, construction, landscape architects).
- Liaising with local authorities, highways, schools, and community groups to co-design solutions.
- Supporting construction by fulfilling Designer responsibilities under CDM 2015.
- Applying CIRIA guidance, British Standards, and Anglian Water design frameworks.
- Creating safe, buildable, and maintainable SuDS designs with long-term performance in mind.
What we’re looking for
- A degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering.
- Proven experience delivering SuDS designs across the full project lifecycle.
- Confidence working in retrofit and constrained urban environments.
- Familiarity with drainage design standards and health & safety principles.
- Strong communication skills to engage technical teams and external stakeholders.
- A collaborative mindset and passion for sustainable, green infrastructure.
Ready to help us deliver the future of drainage? Apply now and let's reimagine water together.
