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Shape the Future of Water Infrastructure with Egis. A senior leadership role in a fast-growing UK business, offering clear and accelerated career progression. You’ll take a national leadership position shaping and expanding our electrical and ICA engineering capabilities. You’ll guide the delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes, influence strategic decisions for high-profile UK water clients, and play a pivotal role in embedding best practice across the business.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the Electrical, Instrumentations, Control and Automation (EICA) Design of municipal water and wastewater treatment projects across the UK, covering feasibility, optioneering, concept, outline and detailed design across major programmes (e.g. AMP8, WINEP, SROs, etc.)
Set and uphold the EICA design approach for treatment work: in-house standards (in line with water industry asset standards), checking, and consistency of outputs across projects and teams
Fulfil Designer duties under CDM 2015 for EICA systems, addressing hazardous area, electrical and control system risks and contributing to coordinated project-level design risk management
Take ownership of the EICA scope within multidisciplinary delivery, driving clear decisions on operability, maintainability, access, and whole-life performance
Lead and assure core EICA deliverables, including development and review of technical specifications, calculations, reports, control philosophies, user requirement specifications, schedules, network architecture drawings, and associated design documentation
support inspection, testing, factory acceptance testing (FAT), and commissioning activities for ICA systems where required
Act as a senior client-facing technical lead, running workshops and design reviews, advising clients, and building long-term relationships with regulated water stakeholders
Provide design assurance and technical support during delivery phases, including reviewing contractor submissions, answering design queries, and supporting handover/commissioning activities when required
Grow the EICA capability through business development and work winning: identify opportunities, shape scopes, contribute to bids, and build a healthy forward pipeline
Help translate the UK water growth strategy into practical actions: target sectors, priority accounts, capability gaps, and delivery plans focused on treatment
Build the EICA arm of the UK water consultancy team through recruitment, mentoring and skills development, including pathways, coaching and technical governance
Work with the wider business to evolve new and improved service offerings, including sustainability-led and value-focused EICA solutions for treatment assets
Requirements:
BEng/MEng (or equivalent) in Electrical and/or ICA-specific Engineering
Registered as a chartered engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional membership (e.g., MIET or similar)
Strong track record in the UK regulated water market, focused on municipal water and/or wastewater treatment
Demonstrated leadership across the design lifecycle: feasibility/optioneering, concept, outline and detailed design, plus support through delivery stages as the designer
Strong practical expertise in EICA design for water and wastewater infrastructure, including preparation and review of specifications, control philosophies, system architecture and instrumentation documentation
sound understanding of DSEAR and electrical installations in hazardous areas, with experience contributing to testing, commissioning, and multidisciplinary coordination
Working knowledge of UK water industry standards, regulatory expectations, and safety-by-design/CDM as applied to treatment facilities
Experience supporting projects delivered via frameworks, alliances and/or D&B models, including design review, technical query response, and design assurance
Confident client and stakeholder manager
clear communicator, comfortable presenting, and able to lead technical conversations with credibility
Evidence of BD/work-winning contribution (or strong demonstrable aptitude): opportunity shaping, bid inputs, client development, and service-line growth
People leadership experience: building teams, hiring and mentoring, and setting a positive, delivery-focused culture