Civil Design Engineers / Engineers / Technician - North West / Various Locations

ATTB - The Big Jobsite; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering firm seeks a Civil Design Engineer with wastewater networks experience to join their team in the UK. This role involves interacting with clients, creating detailed design documentation, and collaborating with project stakeholders on critical capital delivery projects. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Civil Engineering and proficiency in technical design across disciplines. Opportunities for personal development and a flexible working environment are offered.

Benefits

Personal development plan

Flexible working options

Competitive compensation and benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in technical design across multiple disciplines.
• Affiliation with a professional institution like IET, CIWEM, etc.

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients to understand their needs.
• Create detailed design and construction-ready documentation.
• Provide input into feasibility and optioneering assessments.
• Collaborate with contractors and project stakeholders.
• Mentor and support graduate engineers.

Skills

Technical design proficiency

People management skills

Knowledge of British Standards

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or relevant technical subject

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Overview

We are currently in the market to recruit multiple Civil Design Engineers (Water), ideally with wastewater networks and/or clean water networks experience, for a variety of major long-term water industry frameworks across the UK.

Tetra Tech and RPS have successfully won a £100 million single-award framework from United Utilities to support the improvement of river health across the Northwest of England. Tetra Tech will drive program optimisation, develop solutions, and select options based on best value, lowest carbon, and cost as part of this 10-year framework. Our mission is to deliver exceptional water services to foster a resilient, eco-friendly, and thriving Northwest. The North West is the location for this role; however other locations may be considered.

About the Team: We are a team of Engineers, Modellers, and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development to Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry that requires innovation, dedication, and teamwork to meet client needs.

In addition to the United Utilities framework, we also work with several major water companies across the UK, with a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place. Our Water Consultancy business has a range of prestigious AMP8 programmes leading into AMP9 and beyond.

About You

As a key member of the Water Consultancy business, your role is critical to helping us deliver great projects for our Water Industry clients. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of water project experts on a range of capital delivery projects. You will have a substantial opportunity to contribute towards optioneering, outline, and detailed design expertise across various frameworks. Our scope includes a wide range of technically demanding projects in the field of Wastewater Infrastructure. By joining us, you will contribute to meaningful impact across the UK and work with the largest water companies in the region.

Your Responsibilities

• Interacting with clients to grasp their specific needs and preferences.
• Creating an outline and detailed design drawings, as well as construction-ready documentation.
• Providing input into Feasibility-level designs and Optioneering assessments.
• Generating concise and well-organised design calculations, reports, drawings, and other deliverables, including outline and detailed design drawings and construction-ready documentation.
• Collaborating with contractors, the supply chain, and various project stakeholders.
• Mentoring and supporting the professional development of graduate engineers.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstrated proficiency in technical design across multiple disciplines within project environments.
• Effective motivation, influencing, and people management skills.
• Good grasp and working knowledge of relevant British Standards, UK Industry Codes of Practice, and Water Specifications.

Qualifications

• Preferably degree-qualified in Civil Engineering or a relevant technical subject. Postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• Affiliation with a professional institution like IET, InstMC, or CIWEM, or in the process of working towards membership and nearing application.

What’s in it for you?

• A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway putting you in the driving seat of your career, with support to grow as far as you want.
• We encourage and value diverse ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone.
• A career here is far from ordinary; you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

Why Tetra Tech?

With over 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices across 120 countries, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. We offer market-leading development and project opportunities to help solve some of the world’s most complex problems. We provide a collaborative environment that supports performance, innovation, and creativity, along with competitive compensation and benefits.

For more information on our company, please visit our website at www.tetratecheurope.com.

Equal Opportunity and Flexible Working

Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, or belief, marital status, or maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.

We are happy to discuss flexible working for this role, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours. We offer a range of solutions to support work-life balance, with agile offices and hybrid working as standard.

This is a joint venture, and your CV may be shared between both Tetra Tech and RPS (A Tetra Tech Company).