Project Lead

AEPartners UK; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions matching 4.5–7%

Annual professional subscription costs

Flexible benefits including holiday/s

Private medical insurance

Job summary

AEPartners UK is seeking a Civil Project Leader in Reading to drive design and delivery of water and wastewater projects within a dynamic design‑and‑build team.

You will lead design from outline to detailed stages, coordinating multi‑discipline engineers and BIM specialists, while ensuring programme, budget and quality targets are met. Flexible working from home, office and site is supported.

Qualifications

• Accredited degree in civil engineering
• Incorporated member of Engineering Institution (IStructE/IWE or equivalent)
• Outline and detailed design experience in water or wastewater projects
• Knowledge of designer Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a project triangle with Site Manager and Quantity Surveyor to balance technical, constructability and commercial delivery.
• Lead the design of treatment or infrastructure projects from outline to detailed design, through construction and handover.
• Coordinate civil, electrical, mechanical and process designers, BIM modelers and specialists to deliver on programme and budget.
• Undertake design within own discipline and mentor junior colleagues.
• Build strong relationships with client teams and promote a one-team approach.

Skills

Project management

Design coordination

BIM modelling

Education

Accredited Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Revit

Job description

AEPartners are working with a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise with the contracting experience to deliver award winning projects.

They have successfully extended their contract with Thames Water for an additional five years. As the largest water and wastewater provider in the UK, Thames Water serves 15 million customers throughout London and the Thames Valley. This extension will carry the current agreement through to the end of AMP8 in March 2030. Our client is delivering work on three frameworks in the region, which sees us undertake a varied programme of water and wastewater non-infrastructure and infrastructure projects to improve the network.

The Civil Project Leader role combines elements of both traditional Project Management and Design Engineering, managing projects through the outline and detailed design lifecycle, supported by our multi-disciplinary teams. Our unique work environment means you can thrive personally and professionally, accelerating your journey to chartership or developing your cross-discipline expertise.

Do you want to:

• Be part of a unique and dynamic Design-and-Build environment?
• Project manage the design of water and wastewater projects?
• Fast track your Chartership and attain a clear route for career progression?
• Be a member of a multi-disciplinary project team, supporting both your, and the teams personal and professional development?
• Have the flexibility of working from home, office and site?
• Have the opportunity to see your designs brought to life?

What does a Civil Project Leader do day to day?

• Working as part of a “project triangle” alongside a Site Manager and Quantity Surveyor to ensure that technical, constructability and commercial aspects of project delivery are considered throughout.
• Leading the design of treatment or infrastructure projects from the initial outline to detailed design, through construction, commissioning, and handover
• Coordinating the project team including civil, electrical, mechanical and process designers, BIM modelers and technical specialists and ensure designs are completed on programme, within budget, and to the quality defined by each framework and industry specifications
• Undertake design in own discipline and mentor less experienced colleagues where appropriate
• Building positive relationships with the clients’ project, operational and technical assurance teams and promote a "one-team" approach

What you’ll need:

• Accredited Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Incorporated Member of Engineering Institution.
• Outline and detailed design experience of water or wastewater projects.
• Knowledge of the Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015

What’s in it for you:

Financial wellbeing

• They match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues including our annual bonus schemes.
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs

Health and wellbeing

• A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Access to Life Assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave plus the option for shared parental leave.
• Up to 2 paid additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities.