Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy in Guildford is seeking a skilled professional to join their Development Team. The successful candidate will engage in various development projects and ensure tasks meet budget and legal standards. Candidates should have strong knowledge of highway design, drainage strategies, and relevant design codes. This role offers hybrid working, a bonus scheme, and personal development support.

Benefits

Hybrid / Flexible working

Bonus scheme

Personal development plan

ICE Chartership support

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Perk plan incentives

Travel loan

Qualifications

• Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy, and flood risk management.
• Ability to produce infrastructure masterplans and technical reports.
• Experience liaising with clients and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to concept studies and planning applications.
• Engage with stakeholders and manage design teams.
• Ensure deliverables meet budget and technical standards.

Skills

Highway design

Drainage strategy and design

Flood risk assessment

Utility design and planning

Client engagement

Stakeholder management

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Tools

Info Drainage

Micro Drainage

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

PDS

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.