Senior Civil Engineer - Technical Support and Assurance

You may choose to display a cookie banner on the external site. You must specify the message in the cookie banner and may add a link to a relevant policy. If you are unfamiliar with these requirements, please seek the advice of legal counsel.Senior Civil Engineer - Technical Support and Assurance page is loaded Senior Civil Engineer - Technical Support and Assurancelocations: Scotland, United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agotime left to apply: End Date: November 24, 2025 (30 days left to apply)job requisition id: R10722 Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. How's this for job satisfaction: at Scottish Water, we look after Scotland's most precious natural resource. From source to tap, we guard Scotland's reputation for refreshingly pure water while caring for our environment.experienced Civil Engineer to join the Technical Support and Assurance Team (TSA), Scottish Water's Centre of Engineering Excellence & Technical Leadership. You will play a key role in shaping design decisions within Scottish Water's capital investment programme, driving standardisation, value, quality, safety and reduced emissions. You will join a dynamic and innovative engineering environment, where new ideas on developing best practice are welcomed. Empowered to act, you will have freedom to manage your workload across your allocated projects while collaborating with industry experts. You will be given a unique opportunity to influence Scottish Water's success in driving consistency and compliance, promoting standardisation, and ensuring continual technical improvements.The successful candidate will take a leading technical role in supporting the lifecycle of a portfolio of projects. You will work across the capital programme on water and wastewater projects as well as capital maintenance. This role involves cross-team working at various levels of seniority, across disciplines and across Scottish Water regions. You will shape Scottish Water Requirements which determine the minimum standards to be achieved in the design, construction and maintenance of our assets.Your contributions will directly influence the efficiency and sustainability of our operations. What you'll do In this role, you will provide civil engineering support and challenge throughout the capital investment delivery stages, helping to ensure technically competent scopes that balance service risk, whole life cost, sustainability, carbon, and safety. You will actively promote and embed a safety culture aimed at eliminating, reducing, or controlling health and safety risks. Sharing technical knowledge and best practices will be key to supporting continual improvement and contributing to the success of the Capital Investment Programme. You will engage with operational teams, planning teams, consultants, supply chain, delivery teams, and the wider water industry to evaluate design requirements and assess design suitability based on the balance of cost, carbon, safety, and risk.You will be required to attend our monthly team meeting in Edinburgh in person, and working collaboratively with TSA team colleagues at an agreed Scottish Water office two to three days per week. What you'll need To succeed in this role, you will need a degree in civil engineering and be a chartered engineer or working towards chartership.You should have knowledge and experience of water and wastewater along with a strong understanding of design and construction principles and associated regulations. Additionally, you will need the ability to provide technical support and assurance throughout the delivery of Scottish Water's capital programme, spanning the Plan, Prepare, and Deliver phases, while supporting standardisation efforts.You should be capable of providing technical support for the ongoing development of Scottish Water Requirements, ensuring any revisions or waivers are fully understood, evaluated, and discussed with key stakeholders to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory obligations.Championing and reviewing emerging best practice will support the Technical Support and Assurance team's ongoing management of Scottish Water's Specification Requirements, driving efficiency and fostering a culture of continual improvement. Strong communication, negotiation, liaison, and influencing skills are essential, as you will work closely with a range of stakeholders. Looking out for you While the work we do is important, we know it's not the only thing that matters. That's why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance. You'll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community. For your future, there's our pension (the 'know-what-you'll-get-when-you-retire' kind), as well as life assurance. The not-so-small print This role will be a Grade 7. If you're new to Scottish Water, you'll join us on a starting salary of £44,030. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £55,000. If you're interested in this role - or know someone else who might be - we'll be accepting applications until midnight on Friday 23rd November 2025.We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location. Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Don't worry - we'll only start these checks once you've accepted an offer. A few final things worth knowing Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you're interested in this job, but don't tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don't rule yourself out! Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We're very used to making adjustments, so please don't be afraid to ask. As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it's important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don't already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.Finally (finally!), candidates who haven't submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won't need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted. We're here to help. Ask us anything at Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. Working at Scottish Water you'll be making a real difference to the lives of the people and communities in Scotland who rely on the vital water and waste water services we provide. We offer a broad range of career opportunities and our approach to inclusion and diversity means we can make a real difference together. Our people are essential to providing our customers with the very best service in communities around Scotland. We're passionate about attracting, developing