Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
Where will you be working?
We are seeking an experienced Civils Delivery Lead to work across our South East business unit, which currently covers frameworks for Anglian Water and Southern Water, with the potential for works to be secured from other water company clients in the South. This is a critical leadership role requiring immediate engagement to support complex infrastructure projects across water and wastewater sectors. We are particularly interested in candidates who are interested in pursuing a career beyond this role, at Contract Director level or above.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the successful delivery of large-scale water and wastewater infrastructure projects such as shafts, tunnels, large diameter pipelines, pumping stations, and associated works
- Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight.
- Collaborate with design teams on solution development, optioneering, and design integration.
- Drive performance, safety, and compliance across all project phases.
- Engage with senior stakeholders and ensure alignment with framework objectives.
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience managing complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
- Strong understanding of civil engineering principles and construction methodologies.
- Experience in design processes, including solutionising and optioneering.
- Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification.
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable
- Direct design experience or involvement in design development.
- Familiarity with strategic frameworks and collaborative delivery models.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care for you and your family
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Medicash
- Personal Accident Cover
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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