Project Engineer - Civils in Brighton

Energy Jobline ZR; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy services company is seeking a Project Engineer in Brighton to oversee the Southern Water Contract. This role involves managing projects through their lifecycle, ensuring compliance with regulations and delivering solutions for wastewater network designs. Ideal candidates should have a degree in civil engineering and strong knowledge of the water and wastewater industry, along with a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24/7

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private health care

Qualifications

• Experience of design calculations, cost estimates, and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and permit requirements in relation to network projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for taking projects from need definition through the design life cycle.
• Provide support during the construction phase.
• Ensuring alignment with environmental regulations.

Skills

Knowledge of water and wastewater industry

Strong civil engineering skills

Commitment to continuous learning

Education

Minimum of HND or bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Tools

Design calculation software

Technical documentation tools

Job description

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Job Description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team.

Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long‑term while protecting the environment. M Group Water is proud to announce our new framework within Southern Water, part of a transformative £3.7 billion capital delivery programme set to revolutionise water and wastewater management for potentially a 12‑Year Framework.

What will you be doing?

As our Project Engineer you'll be working on our Southern Water Contract in Brighton. You'll be responsible for taking projects from need definition through the design life cycle to the point of construction. Provide support during the construction phase. You'll be enabling projects to be delivered to time, cost, specification, client needs and the needs and regulations of other stakeholders. You'll be responsible for the civil design of wastewater network solutions.

You’ll be the lead for preparation and analysis of key design options. Ensuring alignment with the Project Basis of Design and mitigating risks and gaps through collaboration with the client. You'll coordinate field inspections and feasibility studies. Identifying improvements and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations in partnership with Design Engineers and the Southern Water Enabling Team. Maintains accurate project documentation and proactively escalates issues affecting time, cost or quality. Champions health and safety excellence by applying CDM Regulations, standards, and best practices to deliver safe and compliant designs.

What you’ll bring

• Minimum of HND or bachelor's degree in civil engineering or able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience.
• Strong knowledge of water and wastewater industry.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and permit requirements in relation to network projects.
• Experience of design calculations, cost estimates, and technical documentation.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development in the field of water and wastewater engineering. Membership of a professional institution such as ICE or IMECHE. Professional development will be supported.

What's in it for you?

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care for you
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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