Associate Civil Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading multidisciplinary consultancy in Essex is seeking an Associate Civil Engineer to lead projects and guide a team in delivering innovative engineering solutions. The position offers the chance to work on diverse infrastructure projects in a friendly team. Candidates should have proven engineering experience and hold a relevant degree, ideally Chartered. The role supports mentoring junior engineers and providing exceptional client service in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

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)

Qualifications

• The candidate should have experience in engineering and ideally hold chartership.
• Must be able to design and deliver complex engineering solutions.
• Experience in mentoring and providing guidance to junior engineers is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and guide a team of engineers.
• Prepare fee proposals and assist with business development.
• Conduct site inspections and analyze project data.
• Ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Provide advice on emerging problems and deficiencies.

Skills

Proven work experience within the field of engineering

Excellent people management skills

Excellent programme management skills

Ability to handle multiple projects

Expert in providing project management guidance

Education

Degree in engineering or similar & ideally Chartered

Job description

We are looking for an Associate Civil Engineer to join our clients friendly and growing team in Essex. 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 Essex 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 inhouse 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 solutions 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