Senior Civil Engineer

Alexander Associates Limited; Aberdeen City; Remote; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Associates Limited is seeking a Senior Civil Design Engineer for a fully remote UK role in water and wastewater infrastructure. The candidate will lead civil design across major projects, ensuring buildable, compliant solutions and long-term asset performance.

The role involves mentoring and coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams, with a focus on safety, constructability and lifecycle cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience in civil engineering design for water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Ability to produce calculations, technical reports, specifications and drawings.
• Coordinate civil design with multi-discipline teams across Process, Mechanical, EICA, Structural, Digital and Commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil design tasks and packages to agreed technical standards, budgets and programmes.
• Develop civil engineering designs, calculations, layouts, specifications and documentation for water and wastewater projects.
• Produce cost-effective civil solutions that consider constructability, safety, operational requirements and whole-life costs.
• Review and assure civil design outputs within your area of authority, ensuring quality and compliance with company and industry standards.
• Coordinate civil design activities with Process, Mechanical, EICA, Structural, Digital and Commissioning teams to support integrated project delivery.
• Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities for optimisation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support the design of civil infrastructure including reinforced concrete structures, buried structures, drainage systems, pipelines, earthworks, highways and site development works.
• Mentor junior engineers, graduates and apprentices, sharing knowledge and supporting technical development across the team.
• Build strong working relationships with clients, discipline leads, project teams, suppliers and site teams.

Skills

Civil design

Project leadership

Mentoring

Job description

Senior Civil Design Engineer

Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Contract: Long-Term Contract
Sector: Water & Wastewater Infrastructure

A Tier 1 contractor is looking for a Senior Civil Engineer to lead civil design activities across major projects, delivering robust, buildable solutions that meet client requirements, regulatory standards and long-term asset performance objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil design tasks and packages to agreed technical standards, budgets and programmes.


• Develop civil engineering designs, calculations, layouts, specifications and technical documentation for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.


• Produce cost-effective civil solutions that consider constructability, safety, operational requirements and whole-life costs.


• Review and assure civil design outputs within your area of authority, ensuring quality and compliance with company and industry standards.


• Coordinate civil design activities with Process, Mechanical, EICA, Structural, Digital and Commissioning teams to support integrated project delivery.


• Identify and manage technical risks, design issues and opportunities for optimisation throughout the project lifecycle.


• Support the design of civil infrastructure including reinforced concrete structures, buried structures, drainage systems, pipelines, earthworks, highways and site development works.


• Mentor junior engineers, graduates and apprentices, sharing knowledge and supporting technical development across the team.


• Build strong working relationships with clients, discipline leads, project teams, suppliers and site teams.

Requirements

• Strong experience in civil engineering design within the water, wastewater, utilities or a similarly regulated engineering environment.


• Good understanding of civil engineering principles relating to treatment works, pumping stations and associated infrastructure.


• Experience producing and reviewing civil calculations, technical reports, specifications, drawings and design documentation.


• Ability to develop practical, economic and buildable civil engineering solutions that consider safety, sustainability, constructability and whole-life cost.


• Experience coordinating mult