Operational Engineering Lead

Ready to shape the engineering performance of one of the UK’s most critical operational networks? At United Utilities, we’re strengthening the technical capability that underpins safe, reliable and efficient service delivery — and we need a leader who can bring clarity, discipline and engineering excellence to our operational environments.

This is your opportunity to take a pivotal role where your expertise will directly influence asset reliability, operational performance and the day‑to‑day experience of colleagues across water, wastewater and network systems.

Your mission

As our Operational Engineering Lead, you’ll provide technical leadership, governance and direction to county‑based engineering teams working across operational sites. You’ll drive structured problem solving, root cause analysis and engineering best practice to ensure assets operate safely, efficiently and reliably.

You’ll lead the identification and delivery of operational imp...