Civil Design Engineer

American Society of Civil Engineers; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension

Fuel scheme

Holidays

Job summary

Elvet Recruitment is seeking an experienced Civil Design Engineer to support a sizeable civil contractor on Yorkshire Water projects, with responsibilities spanning in-house design and coordinating external consultancies. The role includes site visits, meetings with clients, and mentoring graduates within the in-house design team.

The position offers hybrid working with regular site visits and a broad workload from water treatment upgrades to large-scale storm tank installations.

Qualifications

• Must have experience as Design Engineer for a civil engineering contractor on heavy civil projects.
• Must have experience designing concrete structures and familiar with Eurocode 2.
• Ideally knowledge with waste water design including attenuation / drainage design and balancing.
• Ideally experience with Geotechnical or Temporary Works design.
• Fluent IT & English writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Detailed design work on water projects: waste water and clean water.
• Allocating and managing CAD output from technicians.
• Represent company in meetings, client & stakeholder interactions.
• Undertake site visits to gather information & data.
• Working with Project Managers to ensure smooth delivery on site.
• Documentation & drawing reviews.

Skills

IT skills

English writing

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Elvet Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced Civil Design Engineer / Senior Design Engineer on behalf of a sizeable civil engineering main contractor. This reputable civil engineering / water / heavy infrastructure contractor are growing and in need of a Design Engineer or Senior to supplement their growing in-house design team and potentially mentor some of the Graduates & Trainees. The work is covering the Yorkshire Water framework and involves a wide variety of heavy civil engineering packages up to £20m in value. This contractor has a turnover of £500m+ and is established internationally, they're a well known specialist with large / heavy civil engineering & water. The successful Engineer will be responsible for in-house design & coordinating external consultancies. Current framework AMP8 secured until 2030 with this contractor continuing to be one of the busiest capital delivery partners with Yorkshire Water. Projects include: water treatment works upgrades, large storm tank installs, pipeline upgrades, shaft sinking etc. (projects from £500k to £20m+). This role is based out of an office in Leeds with regular site visits and offers a degree of hybrid working / flexibility. A relaxed culture who trust their people to get the work done without micro-management.

Responsibilities

• Detailed design work on water projects: waste water and clean water.
• Allocating and managing CAD output from technicians.
• Represent company in meetings, client & stakeholder interactions.
• Undertake site visits to gather information & data.
• Working with Project Managers to ensure smooth delivery on site.
• Documentation & drawing reviews.

Experience Required

• Must have experience as Design Engineer for a civil engineering contractor on heavy civil engineering projects.
• Must have experience designing concrete structures & familiar with Eurocode 2.
• Ideally have knowledge with waste water design including: attenuation / drainage design and balancing.
• Ideally have experience with Geotechnical or Temporary Works design.
• Must have fluent IT & English writing skills.
• Experience with AutoCAD beneficial.

Remuneration

On offer is a salary of up to £60,000 (dependant upon experience) plus package (Car / allowance, pension, fuel scheme, holidays etc.).

For more info please contact Andy Gray at Elvet Recruitment.