The UK water sector is experiencing unprecedented investment and transformation, creating one of the most exciting periods of growth in a generation. This is your opportunity to play a leading role in delivering vital water and wastewater infrastructure that will serve communities for decades to come.
As an Associate Director – Civil Engineering, you'll provide technical leadership across high-profile Design & Build programmes, influencing strategy, innovation and delivery on some of the industry's most complex projects. In the North West, you'll be a key leader within C2V, our Design Build Joint Venture with VolkerStevin, delivering United Utilities' largest-ever AMP8 programme.
If you're looking for a role where your expertise, leadership and ideas will genuinely shape the future of water, we'd love to hear from you.
✅ Lead major regulated water infrastructure programmes with real visibility and influence
✅ Shape technical strategy, innovation and best practice across large-scale projects
✅ Clear pathway towards Director-level progression
✅ Work within a collaborative, supportive and high-performing leadership team
✅ Flexible working arrangements and a strong commitment to wellbeing
✅ Opportunity to develop people, grow capability and leave a lasting legacy
✅ Be part of one of the largest water infrastructure investment programmes in the UK
In this role, you'll do more than deliver projects, you'll help shape how critical infrastructure is designed, built and operated. You'll provide senior technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring safe, sustainable and buildable solutions while influencing programme outcomes, client relationships and long-term business growth. Your expertise will drive technical excellence, improve project delivery, reduce risk and create better outcomes for clients, communities and the environment.
