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Senior Civil Design Engineer

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On-site

GBP 50,000 - 65,000

Full time

12 days ago

Job summary

A leading water company in the UK is looking for a Senior Civil Design Engineer to join their Non-Infrastructure Civil Engineering team. The role focuses on water and wastewater disciplines, requiring strong expertise in civil engineering and the ability to manage design teams efficiently. Candidates must be degree-qualified in Civil Engineering and possess extensive experience along with strong communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and various benefits aimed at supporting well-being and career development.

Benefits

26 days annual leave, increasing with service
Generous Pension Scheme
Access to health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in design of water and wastewater infrastructure.
  • Detailed knowledge of UK water industry standards and specifications.
  • Strong understanding of the regulatory environment for engineering compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design engineer managing projects and design teams.
  • Conduct root cause analyses for engineering solutions.
  • Produce reports and project deliverables for engineering solutions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills
Experience in managing design teams
Ability to assess buildability of engineering solutions

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

This exciting role is in the Non-Infrastructure Civil Engineering team, where you will be focusing on the water and wastewater non-infrastructure discipline. In this role, you will provide the skills and experience needed to undertake studies, identify engineering solutions, manage design teams, define and brief project solutions to our delivery teams and provide support throughout the construction life cycle.

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Civil Design Engineer

  • Undertaking root cause analyses to fully understand the causes/sources of the engineering issues affecting the performance of existing treatment assets.
  • Undertaking the Lead Design Engineer/Technical Lead role to manage team resources on schemes as allocated.
  • Estimating design resource requirements.
  • Liaison with internal stakeholders such as capital delivery, operations, permitting, modelling and asset management.
  • Identification and definition of the correct optimised cost-effective engineering solutions
  • Identifying and specifying survey requirements to inform solution definition and preliminary designs
  • Assessing risks to the delivery of schemes and identifying mitigation of identified risks
  • Providing civil input into feasibility studies, optioneering, whole life costing and preliminary designs.
  • Producing solution options reports and Project Definition Briefs, and associated project deliverables
  • Working with CAD technicians to produce site layout plans
  • Checking and reviewing reports, calculations and drawings
  • Guiding and supporting junior engineers
Base location: Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB

Working hours: 36 hours per week

What you should bring to the role
  • Degree level in civil engineering with professional chartership or equivalent.
  • Extensive experience in the design of new and extension/rehabilitation of water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, pipelines and associated supporting infrastructure.
  • Detailed knowledge of UK water industry standards, specifications and best practice.
  • Ability to assess the buildability of proposed engineering solutions and liaise with contractors to assess the buildability of more complex solutions.
  • Strong understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our Engineering regulatory requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills both internally and externally, with the ability to collaborate and influence colleagues.
  • Experience in producing Design Management/execution plans and delivering to plan.
  • Experience in undertaking the Lead Design Engineer/Technical Lead role and managing design teams.
What’s in it for you?
  • Competitive salary from circa £50,000 to £65,000 per annum depending on experience
  • Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
  • Generous Pension Scheme through AON
  • Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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