Graduate Civil Engineer

Penguin Recruitment Ltd; Arlesey; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership Trust profit share

Flexible working

Pension

Life assurance

CPD days

Birthday leave

Cycle2Work scheme

Additional healthcare and travel ins.

Job summary

Woods Hardwick in Bedford is seeking a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our Bedford team. You will work on residential and non-residential developments, supporting infrastructure design and delivery for private developers and housebuilders.

Working with experienced engineers, you will develop technical skills across drainage, road design, planning submissions and groundworks packages, with mentoring to progress professionally.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Interest in development infrastructure design.
• Good communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of civil engineering design principles.
• Exposure to drainage design, road design or relevant software beneficial.
• Awareness of planning processes and Flood Risk Assessments advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop drainage network design and modelling using Flow.
• Assist with road design and ground modelling using PDS.
• Prepare planning submission packages for outline, detailed and full applications.
• Support technical submissions for S38, S278 and S104 approvals.
• Produce groundworks packages for tender and construction.
• Assist in private plot civil engineering design.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Problem-solving

Planning awareness

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Flow

PDS

Job description

Graduate Civil Engineer

Location: Bedford
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

Looking to start your career in civil engineering consultancy? Join an established practice where you can develop your design skills across a varied portfolio of development infrastructure projects, with support from experienced engineers.

Woods Hardwick is looking to recruit a Graduate Civil Engineer to join its Bedford team. You will work on residential and non-residential developments, supporting the design and delivery of infrastructure for private developers, national housebuilders and larger masterplanning schemes.

The Role

Working alongside experienced engineers, you will develop your technical skills across a range of civil engineering projects, including:

• Drainage network design and modelling using Flow.
• Road design and ground modelling using PDS.
• Preparing planning submission packages for outline, detailed and full applications.
• Supporting technical submissions for S38, S278 and S104 approvals.
• Producing groundworks packages for tender and construction.
• Undertaking private plot civil engineering design.

About You

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• An interest in developing a career in development infrastructure design.
• Good communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• An understanding of civil engineering design principles.
• Exposure to drainage design, road design or relevant software would be beneficial, but is not essential.
• An awareness of planning processes and Flood Risk Assessments would be advantageous.

Previous consultancy experience is not essential. Woods Hardwick is prepared to provide training and mentoring to help you develop your technical capability and progress professionally.

• Employee Ownership Trust profit share
• flexible working
• pension
• life assurance
• CPD days
• birthday leave
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Additional healthcare and travel insurance are available after three years' service.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.