Senior Civil Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Civil Engineer or experienced Civil Engineer to join our clients award winning Civil and Structural team.

The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of projects, leading day to day technical delivery of civil engineering consultancy services from feasibility through to planning, detailed design and construction.

What’s on offer:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Eye care vouchers
• Flexible annual leave allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Generous company pension contributions
• Group income protection
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Travel insurance
• Chartership support
• Professional institution membership fees

The role:

• Develop technical highway and drainage designs to support S104, S38 and S278 applications.
• Undertake a variety of technical assessments for new developments.
• Explain technical concepts to others including colleagues and clients.
• Check technical outputs, drawings and reports produced by junior staff.
• Report to Senior Management
• Act as ‘Supervisor’ for projects across all organisations.
• Identify resource and outsource projects where required
• We design SuDS drainage schemes and highway works using Microdrainage and PDS industry standard software with final drawings produced in AutoCAD.
• Lead and mentor project teams, overseeing engineers of varying experience levels.

What you need to succeed:

• BEng, Meng, MSc, HND or HNC in Civil Engineering together with a minimum 4 years post qualification experience working within an engineering consultancy environment.
• Be able to produce drainage and highway drawings, design calculations, technical reports and site appraisals.
• Knowledge of UK planning procedures and relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Manual for Streets, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Local Authority Design Guidance and preparation of technical approvals.
• Working understanding of technical software including AutoCAD, Microdrainage/Flow, Causeway Live/PDS/Civil 3D and AutoTrack.
• Experience working with residential developers
• Strong written and verbal skills in English
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on your own initiative on technical matters and provide support or mentoring to others within the team
• A full UK driving licence would be advantageous