Civil Infrastructure Engineer in GU1

Energy Jobline ZR; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Personal development plan

ICE Chartership support with inhouse”m

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Perk plan incentives

Travel loan

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a qualified Development Engineer to contribute to highway design, drainage strategies, and planning submissions across public and private sector clients in the Guildford area.

You will participate in multidisciplinary teams, develop technical drawings, and support across concept through construction, ensuring projects meet budgets, programmes and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of highway design and drainage strategies.
• Ability to produce site appraisals and technical reports.
• Familiar with design codes and contract documentation.
• Experience liaising with clients and authorities.
• Competence in using design software (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, PDS).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to concept studies and drawings for planning submissions.
• Lead to planning applications and technical approvals.
• Manage multiple projects to budget and programme.
• Engage with clients and design teams.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements.

Skills

Highway design

Drainage strategy

Flood risk assessment

Utility design

Infrastructure masterplans

Site appraisals

Technical reports

Tools

Info Drainage

Micro Drainage

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

PDS

Job description

Job DescriptionThe 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.

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.