Senior Civil Engineer

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to join our clients Southampton office. You’ll have the opportunity develop and manage the creation of complex technical designs, and to project manage various schemes across a range of clients.

What’s on offer

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme for purchasing and selling holiday
• Payment of a Professional Membership
• Annual Appraisal and Salary Review
• Private Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme

The role

• Work within an active and lively Civil Engineering design team responsible for the design of drainage systems, highway layouts, and S278/S38 schemes.
• Work in a design office, with regular exposure to developers, architects and local authorities.
• Undertake and manage team resource for design work for drainage systems in accordance with Sewers for Adoption, building regulations and the SuDS Manual.
• Undertake and manage team resource for design work for on and off-site highway features, in accordance with the appropriate standards and codes e.g. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, and Manual for Streets.

What you need to succeed

• 5+ years’ consultancy UK experience.
• Be responsible for writing of fee proposals.
• Reviewing of junior team members reports, design and drawing work.
• Attend client meetings and site visits.
• Co-operate with the Quality Management System (QMS) through undertaking administrative activities.
• Mentoring and training of junior staff.
• Support our regional offices and other departments through knowledge sharing.
• Experience working with local authorities, developers and architects on Civil Engineering aspects of residential, commercial and retirement/care schemes.
• Varied experience working on schemes through the planning process; from pre-app through to condition discharge.
• Civil Engineering project management experience including projects combining drainage, external works, and highways elements.
• The ability to manage teams or technical specialisms.
• Manage, prepare, and control costs/budgets of engineering tasks or projects including a significant task or project.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of legislation, hazards, and safe systems of work.
• Understand the principles of sustainable development and apply them in work.
• The ability to communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Plan, carry out and record Continuing Professional Development (CPD) necessary to maintain and enhance competence.