Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting UK Ltd; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Life Assurance

ICE Chartership support

Clear progression path

Regular performance reviews

Job summary

Strata Construction Consulting UK Ltd seeks a Civil Infrastructure Engineer for our Basingstoke office. You will contribute to concept studies, planning submissions, and construction documentation across diverse development projects, coordinating with clients, design teams, and authorities.

The role requires strong knowledge of highway and drainage design, proficiency with AutoCAD/Civil 3D, and experience liaising with stakeholders to secure approvals.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning.
• Ability to liaise with clients, co-professionals and design teams to obtain technical approvals.
• Awareness of planning, design software, design codes and approvals processes.
• Ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.
• Good written and spoken communication, awareness of climate change and sustainability guidance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages leading to planning applications and construction issue.
• Work on Development projects across sectors and clients.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders; coordinate with internal and external design teams.
• Ensure tasks are delivered within budget, programme, and technical standards.

Skills

Highways design

Drainage design

Flood risk

Info Drainage

Micro Drainage

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

PDS

Client liaison

Stakeholder management

Budget & programme

Contract documentation

Design codes knowledge

Communication skills

Sustainability guidance

Tools

Info Drainage

Micro Drainage

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

PDS

Job description

We have an opening for a talented Civil Infrastructure Engineer within our clients Basingstoke office. The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business who work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid working
• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• ICE Chartership support
• Clear progression path
• Regular performance reviews

The role

• Contributing to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction issue.
• Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients.
• Being active on several varied projects at any given time.
• Involvement in client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external).
• Being responsible for ensuring your tasks are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.

What you need to succeed

• Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as knowledge of the Development Industry.
• The ability to use relevant software including Info Drainage, Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or PDS.
• Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects.
• Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.
• The ability to produce with supervision infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.
• Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals.
• Good written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability