Senior Project Engineer

Job Description

Senior Project Engineer (PR29)

• Working hours - Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)
• Fixed term Contract or secondment - 2 years
• Salary - from £62,985 to £74,100 per year (depending on experience) plus Car Allowance
• Location - hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

At Northumbrian Water, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Every day, we provide essential water and wastewater services to millions of people, and we are committed to delivering reliable, affordable and sustainable services while supporting our communities and protecting the environment. By focusing on the outcomes that matter most to our customers, we are also working towards our ambition to be the National Leader in sustainable water and wastewater services.

We are building a dedicated team to create our PR29 business plan, which will set out what we will deliver for customers and the environment, and the investment needed to achieve it, between 2030 and 2035. We are recruiting a number of key roles to join this team, offering an exciting opportunity to work with colleagues across Northumbrian Water, influence important decisions and help develop an ambitious and compelling plan that delivers lasting value for our customers and communities.

About The Role

As a Senior Project Engineer working to develop a technically robust PR29 Business Plan, you will provide technical leadership across complex, high-value or high-risk water and wastewater schemes. Working with colleagues across Asset Management, internal stakeholders and the supply chain, you will challenge front-end solutions and assure safe, innovative and affordable whole-life TOTEX outcomes that integrate effectively into NWG’s asset base.

You will raise engineering quality by providing technical assurance, strengthening standard designs and maintaining the specifications, standards and governance that support consistent delivery. You will lead technical design reviews and assure design and build activities against design requirements and relevant standards.

You will lead the development of a technically fit for purpose PR29 Business Plan representing the Engineering team and providing technical leadership to the wider NWG and supply partners. You will act as lead engineer by directing and coordinating disciplines and stakeholders to support a robust plan and ultimately enabling successful delivery.

You will enable effective commissioning and handover of assets to end users. You will produce and manage key work-control documentation and capture technical learning to improve future project delivery.

You will grow capability and collaboration by chairing engineering working groups and leading initiatives that contribute to Asset Management and company objectives. You will coach, mentor and support Project Engineers, Graduates and Apprentices in project delivery and professional development.

About You

If you have a wealth of demonstrable relevant Engineering industry experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, we would love to hear from you!

You will have experience of technical leadership, assurance, multidisciplinary co-ordination and stakeholder collaboration in engineering project delivery. You will have a strong commitment to safety, quality, wellbeing, continuous improvement and professional development.

You are a trusted technical authority who applies sound judgement and maintains high standards of assurance and governance, and you are a supportive coach who helps colleagues learn, develop and perform at their best. A relevant degree is desirable, as is Chartered status with a relevant professional body.

We will be hosting an Open Evening session to learn more about PR29 roles at our Northumbria House office in Pity Me, Durham on Tuesday 10th November 2026. Please register your interest at: recruitment@nwl.co.uk

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

A full UK Driving license is required for this role.

This is a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.