Senior Civil Design Engineer – Full Time – Leeds

Catering; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working Leeds/Sheffield

Company pension

Generous holiday allowance

Company benefits

Full package discussed upon applying

Job summary

Water Sector Consultancy in Leeds/Sheffield seeks Civil and Senior Civil Design Engineers for permanent, hybrid roles. You will support water and wastewater treatment plant design, river health projects, and asset upgrades across the UK, delivering construction-ready drawings and documentation.

Ideal candidates have a Civil Engineering degree and postgraduate qualifications with chartership. You will work in multidisciplinary teams, mentor graduates, and drive high-quality design delivery under

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualifications and chartership, or working towards chartership; membership of a relevant professional institution.

Responsibilities

• Produce robust outline and detailed civil designs, calculations and construction documentation to UK standards for water and wastewater treatment plant and associated infrastructure.
• Integrate civil inputs with structural, mechanical, electrical and ICA disciplines, contributing to coordinated design reviews and efficient delivery.
• Translate client requirements into pragmatic design solutions and maintain clear, professional liaison with contractors, partners and internal teams.
• Manage design outputs to time, cost and quality targets, applying CDM requirements and robust assurance processes throughout.
• Mentor junior staff, share best practice and contribute to team capability, knowledge capture and continuous improvement.

Skills

Civil design

UK standards

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Client engagement

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Postgraduate qualifications and chartership

Job description

Our Water sector consultancy is seeking Civil and Senior Civil Design Engineers to be based out of Sheffield and Leeds offices with hybrid working on a permanent basis.

You will support long-term water industry frameworks across the UK, including major programmes in water and wastewater treatment plant design, river health, sewerage infrastructure and wider asset upgrades. You will contribute to outline and detailed designs, construction-ready drawings and technical documentation for treatment works, pumping stations, rising mains, pipelines and site layouts.

Responsibilities

• Daily activities will include client engagement, feasibility and optioneering inputs, interdisciplinary coordination and delivery of technical outputs for multi-million-pound programmes within AMP8 and AMP9.
• You will work in multidisciplinary teams, supporting the integration of civil design with structural, mechanical, electrical and ICA disciplines, and mentoring graduate engineers where required.
• deliver accurate and practical design packages that support procurement, construction and successful project outcomes.
• ownership of design workstreams, improve technical efficiency and contribute to low-carbon, resilient solutions for water and wastewater treatment and wider infrastructure projects.
• help shape high-quality design delivery across significant UK frameworks and support the development of other engineers in the team.
• Technical design proficiency – Produce robust outline and detailed civil designs, calculations and construction documentation to UK standards for water and wastewater treatment plant and associated infrastructure.
• Multidisciplinary coordination – Integrate civil inputs with structural, mechanical, electrical and ICA disciplines, contributing to coordinated design reviews and efficient delivery.
• Client and stakeholder engagement – Translate client requirements into pragmatic design solutions and maintain clear, professional liaison with contractors, partners and internal teams.
• Delivery and quality assurance – Manage design outputs to time, cost and quality targets, applying CDM requirements and robust assurance processes throughout.
• People development and leadership – Mentor junior staff, share best practice and contribute to team capability, knowledge capture and continuous improvement.

Skills, qualifications and experience

• degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• postgraduate qualifications and chartership, or working towards chartership; membership of a relevant professional institution.

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience level – applications from Civil Design engineer and Senior Civil Design Engineer welcome – circa £40-60k
• Hybrid working – Leeds and Sheffield offices
• Generous Holiday allowance
• Company pension
• Company benefits
• (full package discussed upon application)

Salary: £40000 – £60000/annum

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire