Civil Project Engineer

GBR Recruitment Limited; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

GBR Recruitment Ltd is exclusively partnered with a leading construction client to recruit an experienced Civil Planning Engineer. The role involves ensuring sites are technically ready, on time and within budget, while maintaining safety and compliance across residential, commercial, and industrial schemes.

You will support site teams, manage technical queries, and liaise with highways and drainage authorities to secure necessary approvals.

Qualifications

• Experience as Civil Planning/Infrastructure Engineer or similar role.
• HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Competent with AutoCAD and drainage/highways design software.

Responsibilities

• Support civil engineering schemes to deliver on programme and budget.
• Negotiate and secure highways, drainage, and adopting authority approvals.
• Ensure designs meet legislation, standards and authority requirements.
• Coordinate civil works across residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
• Provide practical, buildable, cost-effective civil solutions.

Skills

Civil Planning

AutoCAD

Highways design

Drainage design

Project coordination

Education

HNC/HND Civil Eng

Tools

Civil 3D

Job description

GBR Recruitment Ltd are proudly working in exclusive partnership with a leading construction client (90% housing, 10% commercial & industrial projects) recruiting for a Civil engineering professional, hiring for an experienced Civil Planning Engineer to ensure every site development is technically ready for construction, delivered safely, compliantly & efficiently, enabling the business to build high-quality homes & other buildings OTIF & meeting the construction programme goals & within the set budget.

This key role could suit someone working as a Civil Planning Engineer, Civil Infrastructure Engineer, Civil Engineer, Planning Engineer, Drainage Engineer, Civil Project Engineer or Pre-Construction Engineer with experience of carrying out the below listed duties.

As the Civil Planning Engineer you will successfully provide civil engineering support for the Group's development projects. Supporting site-based teams with technical queries & providing practical civil engineering solutions in a timely manner.

Duties:

• Play a key role in all civil engineering schemes, ensuring they are delivered on programme, within the set budget & to the required quality standards, enabling successful project delivery across all developments.
• Ensuring all statutory approvals from highways, drainage & other adopting authorities are successfully negotiated & secured in line with project programmes, ensuring construction can proceed without avoidable delays.
• Ensuring civil engineering designs consistently meet all relevant legislation, technical standards & adopting authority requirements, reducing compliance risks & avoiding the need for redesign.
• Playing a key role in civil works project management for all of group build projects across residential, commercial & industrial schemes
• Engineering the correct specifications are in place in order to provide practical, buildable & cost-effective solutions that optimise value while maintaining quality, compliance & long-term performance.
• Ensuring external engineering consultants deliver coordinated, high-quality designs that meet project requirements, are issued on time & minimise site queries, delays & rework requirements.
• Ensure safe working practices are followed at all times in line with H&SE.

Attributes:

• Experience working as a Civil Planning Engineer, Civil Infrastructure Engineer, Civil Engineer, Planning Engineer, Drainage Engineer, Civil Project Engineer or Pre-Construction Engineer or similar.
• Posses a HNC/HND in Civil Engineering, Construction or equivalent relevant hands on experience in a comparable role.
• Competency in AutoCAD & civil engineering/drainage design software
• Experienced in the design & technical approval of highways & drainage infrastructure, including S38, S278 & S104 legal agreements (in line with the Highways Act 1980).

If you are working as a Civil Planning Engineer, Civil Infrastructure Engineer, Civil Engineer, Planning Engineer, Drainage Engineer, Civil Project Engineer or Pre-Construction Engineer, then do get in touch!

This role is commutable from Leicester, Nottingham, Loughborough, Derby, Corby, Market Harborough, Newark & areas near to these.

Interviews are to take place immediately with an ASAP start.

If you want to develop your construction / civils career further with an employer of choice, then this is just the opening for you!