Principal Civil Engineer

Ridge & Partners LLP; West of England; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ridge & Partners LLP in Bristol is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead civil engineering delivery within a multi-disciplinary team for high-value infrastructure and development schemes. You will work closely with clients and the design team, manage resources, and drive projects from concept to completion, including highways and drainage work, with BIM-enabled design practices.

Ideal candidates have chartered status or are on track to become chartered, with strong leadership and client-facing

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects in a multi-disciplinary organisation.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or progressing towards chartered status preferred.
• Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MI.C.E.) or equivalent.
• Proficient with AutoCAD; Civil 3D experience highly desirable.
• Infodrainage experience is advantageous.
• Post-graduation design experience with ability to discuss at interview.
• Experience in drainage (foul and surface) and minor roadway design.
• Understanding of Section 38, 278 and Water industry Act agreements.

Responsabilités

• Lead delivery of civil engineering elements and liaise with clients and internal design teams.
• Manage resources to ensure timely delivery of work.
• Interface with Architects, Building Services engineers, PMs and cost managers on multi-discipline projects.
• Undertake project administration and financial management.
• Identify opportunities for work and prepare tender proposals.
• Represent Ridge with clients, stakeholders and approving bodies.
• Coordinate highways and drainage designs for large developments.
• Provide pre-planning advice, including FRA and drainage strategies.
• Conduct site visits for technical assessment and problem solving.

Connaissances

Project leadership

Client liaison

Resource management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Site visits

Financial management

Tender preparation

Highways and drainage design

BIM familiarity

Drainage design

Formation

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

MI.C.E. membership

Outils

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Infodrainage

Description du poste

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to further expand our Civil Engineering team in Bristol. We offer a fully multi-discipline consultancy service or standalone specialist technical services for projects in excess of £500 million in value. The discipline delivers a range of projects for both public and private sector clients with schemes varying from typical commercial developments up to large scale infrastructure and complex development schemes.

As a Principal Engineer you will lead the delivery of civil engineering elements and liaise with both clients and the internal design team to ensure a high quality of delivery.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Ability to lead projects of various sizes and complexity
• Manage resources to ensure effective and timely delivery of work
• Interface with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects i.e. architects, building services engineers, project managers and cost managers
• Undertake project administration and financial management
• Identify new opportunities for work and prepare proposals for tender
• Represent Ridge through external liaison with Clients, stakeholders and approving bodies
• Manage and co-ordinate highways and drainage designs relating to large development infrastructure projects
• Provide Pre-planning advice and services to client including Flood Risk Assessments (FRA's), Drainage Strategies, and other Pre-Planning advice
• Provide day-to-day client interface, conducting site visits for technical assessment or problem-solving

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

• Experience in a similar role, ideally within a multi-disciplinary organisation
• Ideally be professionally qualified as a chartered engineer (CEng) or keen to become chartered
• A member of (or an aspiration to become a member of) the Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.) or equivalent relevant professional body
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD and in particular Civil 3D
• A competent user of Infodrainage is desirable
• Design experience with proven post-graduation experience that will be discussed at interview
• Experience in drainage (foul and surface) and minor roadway design
• A good understanding of section 38, 278 (Highways Act) and section 104, 106 and 185 (Water industry Act) agreements
• Experience with designing a wide range of projects from conception through to completion (including calculations, drawings and specifications)
• Familiar with Part H and M of Building Regulations, British Standards and local authority requirements
• Familiarity with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its application within civil engineering
• A solid understanding of drainage design, SUDS, highways, cut and fill analysis
• Be proficient at design and happy to participate in productive work
• Technical skills, knowledge and experience to find creative solutions for even the most complex challenges and the ability to communicate these clearly to all parties.
• Experience of leading project teams