Civil Design Engineer/Senior Technician

Sweco; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking ambitious Civil Design Engineers and Senior Technicians to join their Civil Infrastructure Engineering team. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in drainage design, flood risk assessments, and highways design. This role offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for career progression across various exciting projects.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Career progression opportunities

Inclusive and flexible workplace

Qualifications

• Graduate/Technician member of ICE preferred.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in civil engineering.
• Enthusiasm to learn and grow is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work on diverse infrastructure and building projects.
• Conduct drainage and flood risk assessments.
• Design site levels and highways.

Skills

Drainage design

Flood risk assessment

Highways design

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Site levels design

Education

BEng/BSc in Civil Engineering

BTEC HNC/HND in Civil Engineering

Job description

Society is in your hands, what are you waiting for?

On the back of recent project wins, we are looking for ambitious Civil Design Engineers and Senior Technicians to join our expanding Civil Infrastructure Engineering team working on exciting and challenging infrastructure/building projects in the UK and overseas.

You will ideally be a Graduate/Technician member of ICE, educated to BEng/BSc level, BTEC HNC/HND in Civil Engineering, but we are very open to considering candidates with alternative educational backgrounds. Enthusiasm to learn and grow is a must.

Ideally, candidates will have 2-5 years of experience in some of the following areas: drainage/SuDS design (private and adoptable Section 104/106), flood risk assessment, cut and fill, site levels design, vehicle tracking, highways design (Section 38/278), AutoCAD Civil 3D, and InfoDrainage or similar experience.

Current workload includes a diverse mix of new-build, strategic, and refurbishment developments across residential, commercial, healthcare, retail, leisure, and life science sectors, with project values ranging from £10-£250 million. Projects involve extensive roads and drainage design and associated works, including flood risk assessments.

This position is open in Ipswich, Cambridge, London, and Solent. We are flexible on location for the right candidate.

What’s in it for you?

A supportive working environment with a varied mix of projects, within which an ambitious engineer can flourish.

Working at Sweco, you’ll experience an inclusive, friendly, and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. This is a meaningful role where you’ll play a key part in our mission to transform society!

If this sounds like you and you are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.com/careers.

More about us…

Approachable and committed people are the core of our business. Serving our clients in challenging projects is part of our daily work.

Sweco plans and designs sustainable communities and cities of the future. Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our architects, engineers, and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanization, harness the power of digitalization, and make our societies more sustainable. Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.