Anglian Water's @one Alliance
Senior Planner
Here within the Anglian Water @one Alliance we are a totally collaborative organisation made up of our eight partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO) and our extended supply chain, working together to deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
With AMP8 ahead, we’re gearing up for our biggest challenge yet, delivering an ambitious programme of projects that will shape the future of water infrastructure.
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for project planning and delivery? Do you thrive in a leadership role, driving teams to achieve excellence? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
What will you be doing as our new Senior Planner?
As a Senior Planner with @one Alliance, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of projects through meticulous planning and coordination. You will work within an integrated project delivery team, collaborating closely with various stakeholders to develop and maintain accurate and robust project plans. Your expertise will be instrumental in identifying, managing, and mitigating risks while maximizing opportunities for project success.
Key Responsibilities:
Prepare and Monitor Plans:
- Lead collaborative digital planning and production meetings to ensure clarity of requirements and expectations.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans in accordance with @one and AW requirements.
- Liaise with delivery teams to ensure consistency in methodology and outputs.
- Proactively identify opportunities and risks and explore mitigation strategies.
- Develop 4D animations of project plans to aid in digital rehearsal of construction.
- Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates, challenging the team to deliver on time.
Communication of Plans:
- Attend site regularly to gather program update information.
- Communicate critical paths and key activities in team meetings.
- Advise the team on priorities to prevent activities from becoming critical.
- Attend meetings as required and provide project-specific reports as needed.
Quality of Plans:
- Maintain planning standards across @one and adhere to published processes.
- Ensure integrity of project plans and actively participate in driving best practices.
- Ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts.
A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….
- Minimum five years of experience in large-scale projects within the Civil Engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry.
- Essential experience with P6 (Primavera).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage complex project plans effectively.
- Commitment to health and safety principles.
Join us in our mission to deliver excellence in project management through effective planning. If you are passionate about driving success in the Water Industry and possess the necessary skills and experience, we encourage you to apply.
Ready to Make a Difference?
This is your chance to lead from the front, shaping the success of critical infrastructure projects and leaving a lasting impact. Join us and help build a better, more efficient future!
Apply Now and Be Part of Something Big!
Civil Engineer
Apply NowJoin the @one Alliance – a collaborative partnership of eight industry‑leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8, we’re looking for talented individuals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure.
At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring – ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.
Your Purpose
As a Civil Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll create and develop value-driven civil designs that achieve our capital investment programme outcomes and deliver value.
Under the direction of the Project Design Manager, you’ll deliver a range of Civil Engineering projects which not only continues to provide the region with safe drinking water, but be involved in pioneering and environmentally- focussed work which enhances our region’s prosperity now and in years to come.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Production of civil designs, calculations and specifications for water-sector assets, design schedule and specify pipes, including ductile iron, steelwork and plastic.
- Working within multi-discipline design teams to produce designs which are on time, within budget and meet the required standards, liaising with stakeholders including Operations, contractors, and suppliers along the way.
- Drive excellence in Health and Safety in design by eliminating hazards and reducing risks during design whilst complying with Alliance CDM procedures.
- Progress projects from feasibility stage through detailed design to construction.
- Undertake site visits to assess current condition of our assets for feasibility studies, reports and provide survey data for integration of the asset into our design solution.
- Provide support to update existing, and increase the number of, Standard Products that are used within our design solutions on a repeatable basis.
- Identify and promote opportunities to meet the project digital, sustainability, innovation and people objectives.
About You
You will ideally have:
- BEng or MEng/MSc Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, ideally working towards attaining Chartered Engineer status
- Good knowledge and experience of undertaking structural calculations for various concrete structures, and demonstrable experience in undertaking design of various civil engineering structures
- Experience with relevant engineering design software packages
- Confident in the utilisation of British Standards and Eurocodes and have the ability to interpret ground investigation reports to enable you to design the correct solution
- Team work and collaboration skills
- Strong reporting writing and data analysis skills
- Ability to professionally challenge current ways of working and suggests new approaches
Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of our four business units:
Place Based Thinking
The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.
Water
The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.
Water Recycling (East and West)
Our Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.
Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting‑edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact.
At Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we believe in being Safer Every Day
Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Being Safer Every Day means making positive choices, moment by moment, to protect ourselves and those around us. We create a culture where health, safety and wellbeing come first.
Together, we will be the change
