Senior Civil Engineer

Alexander Associates; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote UK

Job summary

Alexander Associates is seeking a Senior Civil Design Engineer to lead civil design on water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The role is fully remote within the UK and involves coordinating with Process, Mechanical, EICA, and Structural teams to deliver integrated designs.

The ideal candidate has strong civil design experience in regulated environments and a track record of mentoring junior engineers as part of project delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong civil design experience in water/wastewater utilities or similarly regulated environments.
• Understanding of treatment works, pumping stations and associated infrastructure.
• Experience producing and reviewing civil calculations, reports and drawings.
• Ability to deliver practical, buildable designs with safety and life-cycle costs in mind.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and project delivery.
• Chartered or aspiring to Chartership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil design tasks to meet technical standards, budgets and programmes.
• Develop designs, calculations, layouts, specs and documentation for water and wastewater projects.
• Produce cost-effective civil solutions prioritising constructability, safety and life-cycle costs.
• Review and assure outputs for quality and compliance with standards.
• Coordinate activities with Process, Mechanical, EICA, Structural and other teams.
• Mentor engineers, graduates and apprentices within the team.
• Build strong client and supplier relationships to support delivery.

Skills

Civil design expertise

Water & wastewater infrastructure

Multidisciplinary coordination

Mentoring juniors

Chartered engineer (desirable)

Presentation of technical proposals

Education

Civil Engineering degree

HND in related discipline (acceptable)

Job description

Senior Civil Design Engineer

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

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 multidisciplinary design teams and supporting project delivery.
• Experience leading, checking or mentoring engineers within a civil or related engineering discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution, ideally Chartered or working towards Chartership.
• Relevant Civil Engineering degree preferred, or a minimum HND in a related discipline.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and commercially