Associate Director – Water Design

Overview

As Associate Director – Water Design, you will lead the delivery of water non-infrastructure projects for a major UK utility framework. You’ll steer multidisciplinary teams, oversee technical delivery, and manage key client relationships to shape project portfolios. The role sits at the intersection of technical authority, leadership, and business growth within a growing consultancy. You will engage with cross-functional teams and influence strategic outcomes across civil, mechanical, electrical, and process disciplines. This is an opportunity to impact major water sector programmes and contribute to the consultancy’s expansion.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership across water non-infrastructure design projects
• Oversee multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering civil, mechanical and electrical design solutions
• Act as a senior technical authority across project portfolios
• Maintain strong client relationships and represent the organisation at technical and programme reviews
• Support business development, proposals and framework delivery
• Guide and mentor senior engineers and design leads

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Chartered Engineer with a recognised professional institution
• Significant experience within the UK water sector
• Proven leadership experience across multidisciplinary design teams
• Strong understanding of UK water industry standards and regulatory frameworks
• Excellent communication, leadership and commercial awareness

• leadership
• communication
• commercial awareness
• multidisciplinary design
• UK water standards and regulatory knowledge
• technical authority within project portfolios

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