Civil Engineer / Senior Civil Engineer

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bristol is seeking an experienced Civil Engineer or Senior Civil Engineer. This role involves designing and delivering infrastructure projects while mentoring junior team members. Candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering, strong client engagement skills, and experience with drainage and pavement design. Join us to make a lasting impact on communities through sustainable projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of delivering commercially successful projects.
• Strong client engagement skills with the ability to influence.
• Experience in mentoring and managing junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Prepare drainage strategies, calculations, and reports.
• Design plans and drawings throughout the development cycle.
• Oversee quality assurance in design delivery.
• Coordinate with local authorities for project approvals.
• Assist during construction stages including inspections.

Skills

Civil engineering design

Client engagement

Collaboration

Drainage design

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Working towards professional qualifications

Tools

MicroDrainage

AutoCAD

PDS

Civils 3D

Job description

Overview

Are you a Civil Engineer with experience in the infrastructure sector? Do you have a passion for delivering sustainable projects that have a lasting impact on our communities?

Then come and join us at Stantec!

We are seeking an experienced Civil Engineer / Senior Civil Engineer to join us at our office in Bristol. We are looking for someone with expertise in civil engineering design to deliver multi-disciplinary projects for the entire lifecycle – from feasibility, concept and planning submission through to construction details and site inspections.

Our projects are varied and frequently require collaboration with multiple discipline experts across the business.

You will work with clients and contractors to influence infrastructure and development schemes and will be responsible for delivering projects with the opportunity to lead, develop and support more junior team members.

As a key member of our Infrastructure team in Bristol, your role will involve the following:

Responsibilities

• Assisting a principal engineer on preparing drainage strategies, calculations and SuDs reports for planning.
• Preparing plans and drawings at all stages of the development cycle (concept through to construction) as part of buildings team.
• Design of Earthworks, Pavement and Drainage and the preparation of the associated specifications
• Ensuring high quality delivery in design through QA checks
• Liaise with Local Authorities and other stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals
• Liaise with clients, third party bodies and multi-disciplinary teams and disciplines on all relevant aspects of projects
• Assist during the construction stage, including site queries and inspections
• Opportunity to grow the team and mentor junior engineers

Key Requirements

You will be an experienced Civil Engineer, preferably degree qualified and will ideally be working towards professional qualifications.

You will have proven experience of delivering commercially successful projects with strong client engagement skills and the ability to influence. You will preferably have experience in coaching and managing junior engineers as well as the ability to collaborate with the wider project delivery team.

Experience in the following would be advantageous:

• Degree qualified, working towards becoming chartered
• A solid understanding of drainage, pavement design and SuDs
• Experience of delivering commercially successful projects
• Client (architect/contractor) engagement experience
• Ability to input into meetings with third party authorities
• Experience in drainage design, roads, car parks and cut & fill, etc
• Good communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of MicroDrainage and AutoCAD
• Experience of PDS and/or Civils 3D an advantage