Associate Civil Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A multidisciplinary consultancy is seeking an experienced Associate Civil Engineer to join their friendly team in Norwich. This position involves leading various infrastructure and development projects while guiding a team of engineers. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, excellent client communication skills, and proven project management abilities. Opportunities for professional membership and chartership support are included, alongside a hybrid work model and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Professional membership paid

Bonus scheme

Chartership support

Training schemes

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Proven work experience within the field of engineering.
• Able to design and deliver engineering solutions on major and/or complex projects.
• Excellent programme management skills including the ability to handle multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Scoping and preparing fee proposals.
• Conduct site inspections and analyze data.
• Manage project team to ensure production of deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Client communication

Education

Degree in engineering or similar

Ideally Chartered

Job description

We are looking for an Associate Civil Engineer to join our client's friendly and growing team in Norwich. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary consultancy known for practical, down‑to‑earth engineering solutions.

You can expect to work on a wide mix of infrastructure and development projects. In this role, you’ll help lead projects, guide a team of engineers, and play an important part in shaping how this client delivers their work within the Norwich office. If you’re an experienced civil engineer looking for a new challenge in a supportive, collaborative team this could be for you!

What’s on offer

• Hybrid working
• Professional membership paid
• Bonus scheme
• Chartership support with in‑house mentors
• Internal/External training schemes
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Bike to work, Dental, Healthcare)

The role

• Scoping and preparing fee proposals
• Assisting with business development activity to further enhance, grow and diversify the civil engineering capabilities within the organisation
• Oversee and develop appropriate technical solutions / reports from concept through to implementation stage
• Conduct site inspections / reviews and analyse data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
• Attending meetings and communicating with clients to establish their needs & managing all deliverables to ensure client satisfaction and commercial and technical project success
• Maintaining high technical standards consistent with the project brief
• Ensuring all projects are completed in a timely and cost‑effective way
• Managing project team to ensure production of deliverables to agreed timelines and within budget
• Assess potential risks, material and cost
• Provide advice and resolve creatively and emerging problems / deficiencies
• Specific additional elements attributable to the respective Discipline
• Monitor progress and compile project status reports
• Manage budgets
• Working closely with key stakeholders to deliver solution which exceed client expectations
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior members of the team

What you need to succeed

• Proven work experience within the field of engineering
• Degree in engineering or similar & ideally Chartered
• Able to design and deliver engineering solutions on major and/or complex projects
• Excellent programme management skills including the ability to handle multiple projects
• Expert in providing project management guidance and direction on multi‑disciplinary projects
• Able to understand the balance of engineering priorities on differing projects
• Able to motivate individuals to work collaboratively as a team
• Excellent people management skills and experience of managing staff at all levels