Project Leader - Civil Engineer

JBA; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Leeds is seeking a Civil/Structural Engineer to provide project leadership and technical accountability on various design projects. The role involves coordinating teams and championing sustainable solutions that enhance community resilience to climate change. Applicants should hold a relevant degree and be working towards professional membership. This position offers hybrid working, fostering a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Life-long learning and skills development

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline, preferably civil/structural engineering.
• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Experience in technical innovation and sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects, contracts, budgets, and specifications.
• Drive the design process to meet client deliverables.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Effective Project Management Skills

Technical Leadership

Team Coordination

Innovative Thinking

Effective Communication and Teamwork

Education

Degree in Civil and/or Structural Engineering

Working towards Chartered or Incorporated membership

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Assistance in managing projects, contracts, budgetary control, specification preparation and liaising with clients.
• Coordination of multi-disciplinary teams.
• Taking a technical role and driving the design process to ensure project deliverables meet clients' needs.
• Championing technical innovation to improve efficiency and quality of delivery, ensuring effective engagement and uptake of latest methodologies and tools.
• Leading and winning tender opportunities.
• Building relationships with clients and wider JBA.
• Experience of Safety in Design and Designer's responsibilities under CDM.
• Supports initiatives within the buildability, carbon, sustainability, social value and digital arenas.

About the role

The team member we are looking for: We are looking for a hard-working, committed and enthusiastic individual, who can demonstrate effective communication and team working skills. You will have a passion for progressing sustainable solutions and help our clients in seeking resilient infrastructure fit for the modern world.

Are you ready to step up and Project Lead interesting and complex engineering projects? Are you looking to develop your career whilst making a difference to local communities and the environment? Can you help deliver increased resilience to climate change through innovative thinking? Are you invested in people and willing to mentor more junior staff?

A degree (or equivalent) in civil and/or structural engineering is preferable. We also interested in applicants with a geotechnical, mechanical and electrical bias. The applicant will be working towards becoming a Chartered or Incorporated member within their discipline. A full UK driving licence is required.

Our Project Leaders should demonstrate

• Effective Project Management Skills; ability to assist projects, contracts, budgets, and specifications while liaising effectively with clients.
• Technical Leadership; capable of driving the design process and ensuring technical deliverables meet client needs.
• Team Coordination; skilled in coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and mentoring junior staff.
• Innovative Thinking; championing technical innovation to improve efficiency and quality, and promoting the use of modern methodologies and tools.
• Effective Communication and Teamwork; demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach.

We are seeking to recruit a Civil/Structural Engineer to work as part of a highly motivated and successful team in our Leeds city centre office.

The role will involve provision of project leadership, governance and technical accountability on various appraisal and detailed design projects. With a background in civil engineering, you will primarily be working on a range of design and construction projects within wide ranging sectors including flood risk management, infrastructure and environment asset management. These projects make a difference to local communities and the environment, serving a range of public and private sector clients. You will be joining an award-winning environmental and engineering consultancy which puts innovation, sustainability and resilience at the heart of its work. We are independent and staff-owned under a stewardship model which drives long term decision making and investment. We have offices in the UK, Ireland, Romania, India, Singapore and Australia. Our people are all important and we invest heavily in life-long learning and skills development. JBA supports hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work.