Design Lead

**Delivering what we **promise**

Morrison Water Services are currently looking for a Water Design Leads for its joint venture Caledonia Water Alliance where we have teamed up with AECOM to deliver Scottish Water’s SR21 Water and Wastewater Infrastructure programme.

The Water and Wastewater Infrastructure programme involves £720m investment for the next 6 years. The programme of work includes the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure across Scotland.

As Water Lead Design Engineer, you will provide valuable support to Project Managers throughout the project design and delivery cycle, identifying the need for design resources and specialist inputs. The responsibility of mentoring technical design staff and managing stakeholder expectations call for knowledge of crucial design processes and communication skills.

**As a Water Design Lead your duties & responsibilities will include**:

- Plan, execute, monitor and control engineering output for projects in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, and stakeholder management
- Balance the needs of multiple projects
- Leadership & responsible for the overall technical coordination and production of multi-disciplinary outputs and designs
- Actively coordinates with all other internal/external project team members
- Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
- Typically oversees performance management, mentoring, recognition, learning and development and any corrective actions
- Approve design approach, calculations, drawings and documents
- Keep up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate identify innovation/best practice for consideration

**Skills & Knowledge Requirements**
- Engineering degree qualified
- Chartered or Incorporated (CEng/IEng) or working towards
- Leadership skills to manage multi-discipline engineering teams & create positive change
- Previous utility industry knowledge and experience is desirable but not essential
- Ability to liaise and engage with clients and key stakeholders
- Provide mentoring, guidance and technical advice to support and supervise junior staff
- Proven ability to work within a team environment with a dedicated approach to meet project deadlines
- Good written and oral communication and organisational skills
- Computer literate and conversant with the MS Office suite

**What’s in it for you?**
- 25 days' annual leave plus 8 days' bank holiday
- Private health care
- Matched Pension Scheme
- Annual Bonus
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunities to progress in a successful company
- Life Assurance
- The option to take out Personal Accident Insurance
- The ability to partake in Payroll giving

Access to My Rewards which provides amazing reductions on 1000’s of purchases including Mobile Phone, Utility bill & top retail brand discounts.

Here’s a few so you can see the type of saving’s you can make:

- Up to 7% discounts on major supermarkets
- Up to 52% on Cinema tickets
- Up to 33% on holidays and travel
- Up to 10% on restaurants and takeaways
- Up to 25% off gym membership

**Morrison Water Services** part of the M Group Services Water Division are the top service provider in the water and wastewater infrastructure sectors in the UK. As a division, we employ circa 3000 people across the UK and we are looking for aspiring people like you, who are keen to build their career within the Water Industry

Our people provide essential infrastructure services through long-term framework agreements to the water and wastewater sectors in the UK and Ireland. The Water Division provides a broad range of technical capabilities to our clients ranging from asset condition assessment to design, build, commissioning and completion. With a 2.1billion order book and turnover at 450 million, we are market leaders in our field. Joining us gives you the scope and ability to work for an organisation who are not only invested in your career, but your future too.

Sound interesting?

Being a part of Morrison Water Services, you’ll be joining a value-based business, we pride ourselves on living our values while we work

**Safety**: putting health, wellbeing and safety of people first

**People**: engaging and empowering everyone to deliver and grow

**Delivery**: helping deliver our clients business needs

**Integrity**: behaving respectfully and in a sustainable manner to the individual, our communities and the environment, maintaining accountability and honesty in the way we work

Does this sound like something you would like to find out more about?