Senior Civil Engineer

ameygroupi; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Generous pension

22–24 days holiday

Professional development

Job summary

Amey seeks a Senior Civil Engineer to join the Belfast Highways team. You will lead junior engineers in delivering highway and public transport projects, including cycleways and junction improvements, with flexibility for hybrid work across the UK and Ireland.

You will drive design production, feasibility reporting, cost estimation, and collaboration with clients to ensure buildable, maintainable solutions, while advancing your professional status and contributing to a knowledge-rich environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways/civil engineering design
• Ability to deliver highway/public transport projects
• Understanding of health and safety regulations (CDM) and client requirements
• Experience leading design teams and mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead on scheme design delivery and support Design Team Leader
• Coordinate surveys, feasibility studies, cost estimation, and design production
• Produce specifications and design schedules; review drawings
• Develop Graduate Engineers and Technicians; ensure designs meet buildability and maintainability

Skills

Highways engineering

Design processes

Health and safety

Project leadership

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field

IEng/CEng desirable

Job description

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways Team. With office space in Belfast our we invite applications from across the northern Ireland.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, but we offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

Our 130 strong Belfast Design Hub delivers a range of local, national and international projects for clients including Department for Infrastructure (DfI), Translink, National Highways, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and the Nation Transport Authority (NTA). Our multidisciplinary team encapsulates Highway Engineering, Bridge/Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, River & Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Traffic Engineering/Transport Planning, as well as being the BIM Centre of Excellence for Amey. This unique ecosystem offers our clients a one-stop shop and offers our staff the opportunity to grow and develop in a knowledge-rich environment, with specialists who are eager to assist and mentor their development.

What you will be doing

Our Senior Engineers play an important part within Highways and Active Travel team. As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will lead junior engineers in designing and delivering a variety of highway and public transport projects, including cycleways, greenways, junction improvements, highway drainage/SUDs, bus priority measures, pavement schemes, maintenance programs, and major roads or bridges. As part of our Belfast team, you’ll work on local projects and support initiatives in Ireland and the UK remotely. Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead on the delivery of scheme design, as well as providing support to the Design Team Leader within the design team on various design duties including:
• Surveys/Inspections
• Feasibility and other technical reports
• Planning, programming and cost estimation
• Design production
• Production of design schedules
• Reviewing and amending design drawings
• Production of Specifications
• Supporting development of Graduate Engineers and Technicians
• Work to programme to deliver specified designs on time
• Drive effective health and safety practices within your team
• Liaise with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions that are developed are suitable for buildability and maintainability

Prepare technical reports (e.g. Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports and other technical reports)

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Developedexperience and expertise within Highways/Civil engineering field, probably gained in an Engineerroleor equivalent
• Comprehensive knowledge of design processes and procedures relevant to the civil engineering discipline
• An ability to produceor oversee the production of technically sound Highwaysengineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements
• Experience in undertaking project related tasks associated with health, safety and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Successful completion of the initial professional development leading to either Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence and to the level defined by their education
• A demonstrable commitment to their plan of actions and key dates leading to successful completion of either the professional review or end point assessment, resulting in the award of Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence
• Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject or demonstrable equivalent further learning
• IEng or CEng status is desirable, gained through the professional institution to which the individual is aligned

We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. If you have most but not all of these skills and experiences, we encourage you to apply, and we will provide you with development or training to support you.

What we can offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays - holiday structure
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Who we are

Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What we do

We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers

Application Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.