Development Infrastructure Engineer

Arcadis; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis seeks an experienced Engineer for its Enabling Infrastructure team in Bristol, focusing on development-led infrastructure projects across the UK.

The ideal candidate has experience in drainage and utilities design, strong interpersonal skills, and a commitment to progressing towards Chartered status. Responsibilities include providing design support, preparing technical reports, and collaborating with various disciplines to ensure quality project delivery.

Qualifications

• Prior experience of development infrastructure projects, including drainage and utilities design.
• Experience preparing feasibility studies and working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering design support and technical advice.
• Prepare technical reports and calculations for infrastructure design.
• Collaborate with design disciplines to ensure project integrity.

Skills

Development infrastructure projects

Surface water and foul water drainage design

Strong interpersonal skills

Knowledge of SuDS and local authority design standards

Education

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Civil Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Civil3D

Microdrainage/Infodrainage

Job description

Role Description

The Enabling Infrastructure team is an established group of experienced engineers specialising in development‑led infrastructure projects across Birmingham, London, Bristol and Cardiff. We are seeking an experienced Engineer to expand our capacity in the west of England. The role will nominally be based out of Bristol, but candidates will be considered in line with our agile/hybrid working policy.

The team works on projects across all of our global business areas – Mobility, Places and Resilience – and spans a wide variety of market sectors including strategic housing & residential, commercial & employment, transport hubs and major transport (rail and highways) projects. We are actively developing new client relationships within the ports and logistics sector and welcome applications from candidates with previous experience in these sectors.

We are seeking a career‑minded Engineer with ambition to progress their career and who has gained work experience in the design of infrastructure and drainage solutions for development infrastructure projects. We will support the achievement of Chartered/ Incorporated status through an ICE training agreement.

Role Accountabilities

• Provide engineering design support and technical advice within the Enabling Infrastructure team.
• Prepare technical reports, drawings and calculations for development‑related infrastructure design commissions, including surface water, foul water, highways and utilities, to meet client requirements and adoptable standards.
• Support the delivery of projects through quality assurance, client feedback and effective communication of changes or modifications.
• Collaborate with other design disciplines and contractor D&B teams to ensure the integrity of the overall design.
• Work in accordance with our Business Management processes and procedures.
• Contribute to the achievement of wider business goals for positive Safety, Health, Quality and Sustainability outcomes.
• Hold a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Civil Engineering.
• Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and seek opportunities to develop your professional profile.

Qualifications & Experience

• Prior experience of development infrastructure projects, including surface water, foul water drainage, highways, earthworks and utilities design.
• Knowledge of SuDS, SfA, DMRB and local authority design standards.
• Experience preparing initial feasibility and site appraisal studies and working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to deliver successful planning applications.
• Experience in infrastructure design, preferably using Autodesk Civil3D for infrastructure and Microdrainage/Infodrainage for drainage design.
• Awareness of design delivery to BIM protocols.
• Self‑motivated with strong interpersonal skills to influence outcomes.
• Progress toward achieving Chartered or Incorporated status.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.