SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER - MAN

Senior Civil Engineer

Structural and Civil Engineering

Location

Manchester

Description

We have an opportunity for a experienced Chartered or near Chartered Senior Civil Engineer to assist in establishing a new civil engineering team within our Birmingham studio and join the growing civil and structural engineering group in our North region. This role seeks to embed civil engineering within our Manchester design studio, delivering our current workload and supporting our work winning strategy across the region. The role involves the delivery of high quality infrastructure designs (roads and drainage) associated with building and public realm works projects.

The civil engineering team work collaboratively on challenging, high profile projects with both internal and external architects, engineers and designers across the North. Our projects include the provision of civil engineering designs associated with building developments and public realm projects, from the early masterplanning stage through to delivery of solutions on site, highway infrastructure projects and civil engineering masterplanning including flood risk.

This role represents a key position within the civil engineering team, with the successful candidate assisting in the development and growth of the team.

About the role

The role will include, but not be limited to, the following responsibilities:

Design of projects from the concept stage through to the construction stage

Preparing and reviewing technical reports and specifications

Complying with Health and Safety and CDM Regulations

Support in the management and development of team members

Development of client relationships

Developing good relationships with professions across BDP and external consultants

About you

You will have proven experience in a similar design consultancy, with demonstrable knowledge of varied infrastructure design skills (drainage and public realm). Excellent technical aptitude is essential, experience of working within a BIM environment and on site is desirable. You have diverse and in depth knowledge of sustainable drainage design which supplemented with use of various civil engineering software.

You will have relevant experience and good knowledge of the following areas of civil engineering design:

Drainage schemes associated with buildings, highways, public realm and landscape projects

Highway and pavement design associated with building projects

Undertaking of designs for section 38, 278 and 104 agreements

Ground modelling

Masterplanning

Assessment and management of flood risk, and reducing flood risk

Report writing

You will have a good knowledge of civil engineering construction principles and standards, and will confident in your knowledge of relevant design standards and legislation.

You will also have strong practical knowledge of AutoCAD, MicroDrainage and used Civil 3D for ground modelling, road and drainage design.

Your personal skills

Highly motivated and passionate about delivering projects to time, budget and quality

Organised and methodical with particular attention to detail

Able to prioritise tasks and work to tight deadlines under pressure

Has a pragmatic approach and possess strong problem solving techniques

Commercially aware

Has strong interpersonal skills, able to build relationships at all levels with clients and employees alike and across all professional disciplines

Has excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with an ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy