Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Consulting; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / Flexible working

Bonus scheme

Personal development plan

ICE Chartership support with inhouse |

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Perk plan incentives

Travel loan

Job summary

Strata Consulting’s Development Team is a well-established, high-performing discipline delivering end-to-end planning and development services. The role involves contributing to concept studies, drawing packages, and planning submissions for a diverse client base, with responsibility for projects across sectors.

You will work on infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, and technical reports, using AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and drainage software, while liaising with clients and authorities to secure

Qualifications

• Knowledge of highway and drainage design and flood risk assessment.
• Ability to produce infrastructure masterplans and site appraisals.
• Knowledge of design codes incl. Water UK, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, and related guidance.
• Experience liaising with clients, authorities, and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages for planning applications and construction submissions.
• Contributing to development projects across sectors and clients.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously with appropriate prioritisation.
• Engaging with clients and stakeholders; coordinating with internal and external design teams.
• Ensuring tasks are delivered to budget, programme, standards, and legal requirements.

Skills

Highway design

Drainage strategy

Flood risk assessment

Utility design

Client liaison

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

PDS

Info Drainage

Micro Drainage

Job description

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit which includes over 30 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.

You can expect to work across both public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies, Utilities, energy planning and coordination, Drainage, flood risk and SuDS & Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Bonus scheme
• Personal development plan
• ICE Chartership support with inhouse mentors
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Perk plan incentives
• Travel loan

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 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.
• 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.