AtkinsRéalis is an engineering services and nuclear organization working across energy and global infrastructure. Its multidisciplinary team of consultants, designers, engineers, and project managers brings together people, data, and technology to help clients and industry partners plan, develop, and improve complex systems. The company’s expertise spans consulting and technical project delivery, making AtkinsRéalis relevant to professionals exploring careers in engineering, energy, infrastructure, and related advisory roles.
Water Design Manager
Lead multidisciplinary water and wastewater infrastructure projects at AtkinsRéalis, coordinating engineering teams, technical work, budgets and client outcomes.
Description
- Lead engineering teams designing water and wastewater infrastructure.
- Oversee the preparation and review of reports, drawings, calculations and scopes of work.
- Guide technical design on complex, multidisciplinary projects.
- Manage programme milestones, schedules and budgets.
- Work with clients, operations teams, project managers and AtkinsRéalis colleagues.
- Coach and support junior engineers.
- Use professional judgement to resolve complex engineering issues and provide technical direction.
- Contribute to bid submissions.
- Help develop integrated designs with teams in the UK and internationally.
- Follow quality assurance and design review procedures.
Requirements
- Hold a degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
- Be chartered or incorporated, or be able to achieve ICE chartership within 12 months.
- Have substantial experience leading engineering design teams in consultancy and multidisciplinary project settings across the full project lifecycle.
- Develop practical, innovative responses to complex engineering and design problems.
- Understand risk management, quality assurance, change control, commercial matters and multidisciplinary design coordination.
- Know relevant design standards, regulations and industry practice, including CDM, Eurocodes, NEC and water industry requirements.
- Use AutoCAD, common data environment (CDE) platforms, Microsoft Office, Power BI and other analytical software.
- Communicate effectively.
- Work independently.
- Maintain safety compliance and work effectively with varied project teams.
- Obtain relevant security clearance if required.
- Provide evidence of at least five years' UK residency if required for security vetting.
Benefits
- Work across a broad range of sectors, projects and clients.
- Gain experience on varied engineering challenges, including nationally significant water programmes.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues in the UK and internationally.
- Influence project outcomes from early concept through delivery.
- Join a culture that supports innovation, technical excellence and professional growth.
- Access flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Pursue defined career progression and professional development opportunities.
- Receive competitive pay.
- Access employee reward programmes.
- Choose from health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits tailored to employees.
- Take part in training and professional development.
- Use flexible holiday allowances.
- Benefit from family-friendly and inclusive employment policies.
- Access flexible working arrangements.
- Join employee resource groups.