Who are we?

We are United Utilities, the North West’s water and Wastewater Company. It’s our job to bring 3.0 million households and thousands of businesses an incredible 1, million litres of clean, clear water each day. We take it all away too, treating it so it’s safe to go back into the rivers.

United Utilities is a great choice for employees, with hybrid working options. There is a great overall package from discounted gym memberships to onsite amenities that make working for United Utilities rewarding and fulfilling. Being a large organisation in the Northwest also opens opportunities for personal growth and progression within United Utilities to make sure you have a great opportunity to fulfil your personal ambitions as well as provide essential services to this great area of the country.

Our 5, employees are key to achieving our ambitious vision and plans and we all work together to provide a great service to our customers.

This is where you come in

We have an exciting opportunity to join the growing Hydraulic Engineering discipline providing a critical service across the business. The role will report to the Principal Engineer and you will be responsible for delivery of Hydraulic Engineering services to support the delivery of: the Capital Programme, Operational Engineering, Special Projects, and Studies and Investigations.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a range of projects throughout United Utilities including data gathering and analysis, design, preparation of documents, drawings and specifications, review of proposals by others and providing advice and responses to other team members. You will work closely with other technical disciplines and internal clients to build and maintain strong relationships.

The role is hybrid working, offering a mix of working from home & on site. United Utilities have two engineering Hubs which could be your base depending on preference – The North Hub is located in The Lancashire Hub, Preston, and the South Hub is located in Lingley Mere, Warrington.

What will you focus on?

  • Managing commission orders
  • Learning and applying new hydraulic engineering, hydrological or transient analysis practices to support the wider deliverables of the Hydraulics Team
  • Ensuring that all activities undertaken and engineering outputs provided are in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and Accepted Practice
  • Working closely and maintaining strong relationships with engineering and Programme Managers within their delivery area and with all internal clients and partners
  • Leading a team of technical resources and having responsibility for technical decision-making
  • Being responsible for the technical delivery of projects within budget and Programme
  • Ensuring that all engineering outputs provided are in accordance with an appropriate Quality Management System
  • Owning Engineering standards, procedures and technical software and hardware
  • Having responsibility for raising the external profile of UU Hydraulic Engineering team
  • Maintaining and developing discipline engineering expertise
  • What do you need?

  • Experience of hydraulic design, together with knowledge and experience of standards, policies and technologies.
  • To be a chartered professional of a relevant engineering institution.
  • Strong technical competence and technical leadership.
  • An ability to influence as well as direct technical solutions across the whole of UU
  • Experience in leading successful multi-disciplinary resources in a highly technical and commercial environment
  • Experience in delivering capital and strategic projects and providing operational support in the water industry or other sectors.
  • Experience gained by delivering projects across the complete project life cycle from needs to concept and feasibility through to detailed design, technical assurance, testing & commissioning and final handover.
  • We’d love to hear from you if you are excited about joining a leading FTSE organisation at an exciting and challenging period of change. Working from our head office where you will find innovative science labs and award-winning contact centres, along with onsite free parking and a free bus service, restaurants and coffee shops, beautiful gardens and lake and discounted onsite gym and much more!

    Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.