Lead Senior Civil Engineer

ameygroupi; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Annual leave 24 days

Bank holidays

Family friendly policies

Affinity Networks

Social Impact Days

Job summary

Amey Ltd in Liverpool is seeking a Lead Senior Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways Team on a permanent basis. The role focuses on leading design teams for road schemes with National Highways, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring quality, cost and schedule targets are met.

You will work within a flexible, hybrid environment across UK offices and have opportunities for personal and professional development, contributing to high-value infrastructure programmes and bids.

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer or equivalent with relevant expertise
• Capable of producing technically sound engineering solutions
• Experience in health, safety and welfare management
• Knowledge of design and specification processes and ability to advise others
• Proficiency with software and analytical tools and ability to check others’ work
• Understanding of CDM and risk assessment and mitigation
• Ability to act as Principal Designer on suitable projects
• People management skills for a medium-sized team

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver technically sound engineering solutions complying with standards and client requirements
• Prepare and check designs, calculations, drawings and documentation for scheme deliverables
• Oversee junior staff and mentor them
• Take responsibility for project budgets and costs within the portfolio
• Liaise with client and supplier representatives and attend progress meetings
• Contribute to bids and work-winning activities
• Promote effective health and safety practices within the team

Skills

Team leadership

Health & safety

CDM knowledge

Risk assessment

Design & calculations

Client liaison

Bid support

Mentoring juniors

Job description

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Amey Consulting – Lead Senior Civil Engineer

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Lead Senior Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways Team in Liverpool.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, but we offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

Amey delivers high-quality, innovative, and sustainable engineering solutions across the UK. And provide a diverse range of opportunities for personal and professional development, whether you are working on long-term, high-value projects or smaller, community-focused initiatives. With the frameworks Amey is part of, you will have the opportunity to influence infrastructure projects that shape the region’s future.

National Highways, formerly Highways England, have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme that National Highways have ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 6 years.

What you will be doing:

Our Lead Senior Civil Engineers play an important part within the Design team and alongside our client, National Highways. As a Lead Senior Civil Engineer, you will provide effective support and assistance to your Design Team Leader on a variety of road schemes whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior designers.

Responsibilities include:

• To lead a team to product technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements
• The preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio, controlling budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, responding to queries etc.
• Significantly contributing to the preparation of bids and the general work winning function
• Drive effective health and safety practices within the team

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Developed experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Senior Engineer role or equivalent
• Able to produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working unsupervised and supervising more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks
• Experienced in undertaking project related tasks associated with the management of health, safety and welfare, e.g. Amey’s Integrated Management System and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of design and specification process with ability to advise others (Design Team Leader for appropriate projects). Can check designs to a high standard
• Highly experienced with relevant software and similar analytical tools. Good ability to check work produced by others
• Has a very good understanding of CDM and risk assessment. Substantially experienced in the management and communication of hazards and risks on projects and ensures appropriate risk mitigation and transference has been applied.
• Capable of acting as Principal Designer for appropriate projects
• Supervisory and people manager skills. Capable of managing a medium sized, locally based single discipline technical team, including the people manager role
• Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence gained through the professional institution to which the individual is aligned is desirable and may be essential on particular contracts

We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. If you have most but not all of these skills and experiences, we encourage you to apply, and we will provide you with development or training to support you.

What we can offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays - holiday structure
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Who we are
Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What we do
We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.