Current Vacancy – Senior Civil Engineer
Senior Civil Engineer
We are seeking driven and delivery focused Senior Civil Engineers to join our growing engineering team, supporting major infrastructure projects across both Contractor and Client-side environments. We welcome applicants from a range of civil engineering backgrounds who can demonstrate strong technical capability, sound engineering judgement and experience taking ownership of engineering delivery. This role would also suit an experienced Civil Engineer, Section Engineer, Sub Agent or Section Manager looking to broaden their experience across design, construction and engineering management. You will be expected to take a leading role in resolving engineering challenges, coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces and ensuring that
engineering information is technically robust, appropriately assured and delivered effectively throughout the project lifecycle.
We are an NCE award winning engineering consultancy with sharp focus on structured information delivery. Initiative and proactive delivery is an expectation. We have the accreditations to match major multinational design consultancies and contractors, but the agility of an SME that can make impactful decisions quickly, which our clients value us for.
Employment:
Permanent
Location:
West Midlands
Schedule:
Full Time
Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of engineering activities and deliverables, ensuring work is completed accurately, efficiently and in accordance with project requirements, applicable standards and legislation
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with Engineering Managers, Design Managers, Construction Teams and other key stakeholders to support successful delivery through design, construction, assurance and handover
- Provide technical leadership and lead on the coordination and resolution of engineering interfaces and clashes between disciplines, designs and stakeholders
- Review Field Changes, Design Changes, Technical Queries and construction records to ensure engineering changes are appropriately captured and incorporated into complete and accurate handover information
- Provide design and construction phase engineering support, ensuring solutions comply with relevant standards, specifications, legislation and approved engineering intent
- Manage and coordinate engineering and project information across multiple disciplines and stakeholders, ensuring information is accurate, traceable and suitable for its intended purpose
- Lead and undertake technical reviews, audits and assurance of engineering models, drawings, calculations and other information deliverables
- Oversee the production and coordination of multidisciplinary CAD and BIM deliverables, providing engineering direction and technical input where required
- Apply an understanding of Information Management and digital engineering principles to improve the efficiency, quality and traceability of engineering delivery and project handover
- Provide technical input into digital engineering strategies, project mobilisation and the development of project delivery processes
- Support Engineering and Project Managers with programme planning, resource requirements, technical risk management and the identification and resolution of delivery constraints
- Monitor engineering deliverables to ensure they are produced to the required quality, programme and budget, escalating and resolving issues where necessary
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to Engineers, Graduate Engineers and Technicians, supporting their professional development and progression
- Contribute to the development and implementation of engineering best practice, lessons learned and continuous improvement across projects and the wider business
- Support the preparation of bids, tenders and technical submissions for new engineering commissions and framework opportunities
- Where appropriate, represent the company in technical meetings, design reviews and discussions with clients, contractors, designers and other project stakeholders
Required Skills and Experience:
- Degree qualification (Bachelor's or Master's) in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related engineering discipline
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status with the ICE or another relevant professional institution, or demonstrable progress towards professional qualification with appropriate experience
- Significant civil engineering experience, preferably gained on major UK infrastructure projects such as rail, highways, water, utilities or energy
- Experience working within design, construction or engineering delivery environments; experience spanning more than one stage of the project lifecycle would be advantageous
- Strong technical understanding and the ability to apply sound engineering judgement to complex multidisciplinary problems
- Experience taking ownership of engineering activities, coordinating others and providing technical assurance of engineering deliverables
- Experience leading, supervising or mentoring Engineers, Graduates and Technicians
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, design, construction and project management teams
- Excellent written and verbal professional communication skills, including experience producing and reviewing technical documentation
- Working knowledge of relevant engineering standards, specifications, design processes and construction requirements
- Experience with relevant tools such as Civil 3D, OpenRoads or equivalent software
- Understanding of BIM, Information Management and the relationship between engineering information, construction records and project handover
- A proactive approach to problem solving, technical improvement and engineering best practice
- Site-based engineering experience, particularly involving construction records, field changes, technical queries and asbuilt information, would be highly advantageous
