Company Description

At AECOM, we deliver 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.

Job Description

Join our dynamic Water Solutions team as a Design Manager, based in our rapidly growing England & Wales offices with the benefit of our flexible hybrid working model. You will lead multidisciplinary design teams and shape the future of water infrastructure, working on high‑impact projects from potable water and sewage networks to treatment works. Key clients include Wessex Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water, Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, South West Water, and international contractors.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure and treatment projects, managing multi‑disciplinary technical teams to deliver value‑added solutions throughout the design lifecycle.
• Oversee key packages of work from conception to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients and suppliers to create a seamless technical solution.
• Work closely with clients and AECOM partners to ensure stakeholder buy‑in to solutions, contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
• Perform line manager duties and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.

Qualifications

• Experience managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater engineering projects with multi‑disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes and/or pipeline design.
• Relevant experience in a similar role for a water company, consultancy or contractor.
• Hands‑on experience designing complex wastewater treatment solutions.
• Degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g., civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.
• Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution (e.g., ICE, CIWEM) or working towards it.
• Experience of undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.

Benefits & Perks

Enjoy career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. We also provide a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being.

EEO Statement

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and 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 ReasonableAccomodations@aecom.com.

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Construction

ReqID: J10132985

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid