About This Role
This senior engineering role involves leading a wide range of civil infrastructure projects from start to finish, focusing on sustainable drainage and infrastructure solutions. It suits an experienced engineer capable of independent work while guiding less experienced team members.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of complex, innovative, and sustainable drainage and infrastructure solutions for various private and public sector projects, ensuring technical excellence
- Undertake the design and detailing of civil engineering schemes, drainage strategies, feasibility studies, inspections, surveys, and reports
- Lead detailed hydraulic and hydrological calculations, cut and fill analysis, and highways design, using specialized software
- Collate calculation packages suitable for submission to external parties
- Check the work of less experienced team members
- Manage project portals and common data environments
- Adhere to the standard ISO27001 information security management systems (ISMS)
- Prepare complex reports, presentation documents, and technical drawings suitable for planning applications and construction
- Lead the production of construction layouts, details, specifications, and technical submissions including highway and water authority section agreements (S278, S38, S104, S185 etc)
- Contribute to the preparation of fee/tender proposals
- Lead in the development of highway and infrastructure layouts and the identification of project issues
- Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams (both in and outside of the UK) and liaise with clients, contractors, and regulatory bodies to ensure project success
- Lead client meetings and presentations to convey design concepts and findings
- Assist with client relationship management
Requirements
- Ability to hit the ground running, delivering drainage and highway schemes associated with building projects and coordinating designs with utilities and other disciplines
- Ability to work independently and take responsibility for projects while providing support and guidance to less experienced team members
- Excellent understanding of flood risk management principles, drainage, earthworks, and highways design
- Advanced proficiency in software such as Autodesk Civil 3D, InfoDrainage, and Navisworks or similar
- Strong knowledge of environmental and sustainability standards, sewerage sector guidance (DCG), SUDS standards, local and national Highway standards including DMRB/MCHW, Building Regulations, and good practice
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably a Masters), HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or a related field
- Likely to be or working towards becoming a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (ICE or others)
