Civil Engineer

Penguin Recruitment Ltd; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy in York is seeking a Civil Engineer with 1 to 3 years of experience. The role involves supporting the design and delivery of projects across various sectors and offers competitive salary, flexible working options, and career progression. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering, strong AutoCAD skills, and a proactive attitude.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Excellent pension scheme

Paid professional memberships

High-quality training

Wellbeing benefits

Strong opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Ideally 1 to 3 years’ civil engineering experience.
• Good understanding of highways or drainage design.
• Keen to progress toward chartership.
• Strong communication and teamworking skills.
• Proactive, organised and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Prepare civil engineering drawings using AutoCAD.
• Assist with highways and drainage design for various projects.
• Produce calculations, reports, and technical specifications.
• Work collaboratively with engineers and external teams.
• Support planning and design delivery across multiple schemes.
• Contribute to project planning and technical quality.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

InfoDrainage

Highways design

Drainage design

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

InfoDrainage

Job description

Civil Engineer

Location: York
Salary: Competitive plus benefits

A great opportunity has arisen for a Civil Engineer to join a growing consultancy in York. This role is ideal for an engineer with 1 to 3 years’ experience who wants to develop quickly, gain wide project exposure and work within a friendly and forward thinking civil engineering team. With a growing workload and a strong reputation across the region, this is a brilliant environment for an ambitious engineer to build technical expertise and progress toward chartership.

As a Civil Engineer, you will support the design and delivery of civil engineering projects across a wide range of sectors, including highways, drainage, commercial, residential, industrial, petrochemical, food and energy. You will prepare technical drawings, design calculations and specifications while contributing to integrated design solutions within multidisciplinary teams. You will take responsibility for planning your workload, supporting colleagues during busy periods and maintaining high technical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare civil engineering drawings using AutoCAD and support design work in Civil 3D and InfoDrainage.
• Assist with highways and drainage design for a variety of projects.
• Produce calculations, reports and technical specifications.
• Work collaboratively with engineers, technicians and external project teams.
• Support planning and design delivery across multiple schemes.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant design codes and industry regulations.
• Contribute to project planning, resource coordination and technical quality.

About You

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Ideally 1 to 3 years’ civil engineering experience.
• Good understanding of highways or drainage design.
• Strong AutoCAD skills plus experience with Civil 3D and InfoDrainage is desirable.
• Keen to progress toward chartership.
• Strong communication and teamworking skills.
• Proactive, organised and enthusiastic.

Why Apply?

You will benefit from competitive salary, flexible working options, an excellent pension scheme, paid professional memberships, high quality training, wellbeing benefits and strong opportunities for career progression.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency for this position. For more information, contact Andy Hopkins, our Civil Engineering specialist with over 30 years’ recruitment experience.