EICA Engineering Lead - UK Water/Wastewater (Technical Leadership & Growth)

Responsibilities

• Technical & Design Leadership
• 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.
• Client Engagement & Delivery
• 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.
• Business Growth & Team Development
• 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.
• What do we need from you
• 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.
• 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.
• Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.
• What's in It for You?
• An exciting new growth role in a fast‑organic growing UK business, offering clear and accelerated career progression
• Top Employers 2025 - Egis recognised across four continents for exc

Benefits

Additional Information

Why This Role? As our EICA Engineering Lead, 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. This is your opportunity to shape direction, raise standards, and build a high‑performing EICA engineering team from the ground up. If you're energised by joining a fast‑growing, newly‑formed UK water practice , where you can directly influence the team's trajectory and help shape the future of national water infrastructure, then this role offers you the platform to make a genuine, lasting impact.

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