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Change the World.\nAt AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.\nThere has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.\nWe're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.\n Start here. Grow here.\nReady to lead a multidisciplinary design team and shape the future of water infrastructure?\nJoin our dynamic Water team as a Lead Design Engineer / Design Manager, based in our North & Midlands offices (Manchester, Leeds, Chesterfield & Birmingham), with the benefit of our flexible hybrid working model.\nAt AECOM, we’re at the forefront of delivering exceptional water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with leading clients, including Wessex Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water, Severn Trent Water, South West Water, and international contractors.\nIn this role, you’ll work on high-impact projects ranging from potable water and sewage networks to treatment works and flood mitigation schemes, covering all stages of design and delivery-from feasibility to construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management.\nLocal and High-Profile Projects\nOur North & Midlands team is engaged in some of the UK’s most high-profile, industry-leading infrastructure projects, as well as international programmes. Recent projects include:\nWanlip Sewage Treatment Works (Leicestershire): Major upgrade delivering improved water quality.\nMansfield Strategic Flood Resilience Project (£76m): Largest Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) retrofit in the UK.\nLeeds Flood Alleviation Scheme: Technical advisor providing protection to over 1,000 homes and 470 businesses.\nM54-M6 Link Road (Staffordshire): Flood risk and drainage consultancy.\nScottish Water Primary Designer 2027-2033: Leading water and wastewater infrastructure projects nationally.\nInternational Flood Mitigation Works: Projects including Al Ula, Saudi Arabia.\nWe also advise national and government clients such as Network Rail, DEFRA, and National Highways, providing design guidance and legislative support that keeps us at the forefront of the UK water industry.\nHere’s what you’ll do:\nLead: Drive technical delivery of water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure projects, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, value-added solutions throughout the design lifecycle.\nManage: Oversee key packages of work from concept to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients, and suppliers to create seamless technical solutions.\nCollaborate: Work closely with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in for solutions, contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.\nDevelop: Perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.\nIf you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don’t just deliver infrastructure solutions-we safeguard human health and the environment. Follow our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn to stay updated on the impactful projects we’re delivering across the UK.\nCome & Grow with Us.\nBecome part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier engineers and consultants to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.\nWhy Join Us:\nBe part of a dynamic team that tackles challenging and impactful water projects.\nWork alongside industry-leading professionals and thought leaders.\nEngage in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.\nAccess to continuous learning and development opportunities.\nCompetitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.\nEnjoy the flexibility to work in a way that fits your lifestyle while supporting a healthy work-life balance.\n Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?\nHere’s what we’re looking for:\nExperience in managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater engineering projects with multi-disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design. You will also have experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams. \nRelevant experience in a similar role for a water company, consultancy or contractor.\nHands on experience, designing complex wastewater treatment solutions.\nA degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.\nChartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution e.g. ICE, CIWEM or working towards it.\nExperience of undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.\nWe celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at .\nIf you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!\n Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!\nAt AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.\nAbout AECOM\nAECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.\nFreedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity\nYou will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.\nYou will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.\nAECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.\nJoin us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.\nWe are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. 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