Senior Civil Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies

Pension and employee share plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Senior Civil Engineer for the Peterborough area to lead technical outputs on water recycling projects and mentor junior engineers. You will review designs, ensure compliance with standards, and collaborate with BIM teams to optimise delivery.

Join a team delivering critical potable water assets with a focus on low-carbon design, safety, and innovation across the Anglian Water alliance. Hybrid working and a strong benefits package are available.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in civil engineering or equivalent experience.
• Chartered status with ICE or IStructE preferred or working towards.
• Significant UK water civil design experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on water recycling projects.
• Review designs, calculations, drawings and 3D models for quality and compliance.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and drive design quality.
• Ensure compliance with CDM regulations, health and safety in design.
• Collaborate with BIM managers and project teams to optimise delivery.
• Lead design reviews and support offsite construction and modular solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Civil design

Mentoring

3D/BIM modeling

Design review

Health & safety

Low-carbon design

Education

Master's degree in civil engineering

Tools

BIM software

Job description

About the role

Senior Civil Engineer - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough

@one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we look ahead to AMP8, we are scaling up to deliver projects that protect the environment, support growth, and enhance resilience across the East of England.

We’re looking for a Senior Civil Engineer to join our Water recycling non-infrastructure team, helping to deliver technically sound, innovative, and sustainable civil designs for critical potable water assets.

What you'll be doing

Your Purpose

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will take the technical lead on a wide range of water projects. You’ll be instrumental in reviewing and checking designs, leading junior engineers, and ensuring our solutions meet current legislation, technical standards, and customer needs.

Working across multi-disciplinary project teams, you’ll drive design quality, champion innovation, and help ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership on projects involving water recycling treatment works and associated infrastructure.

• Oversee civil engineering outputs, ensuring compliance with industry standards, statutory regulations, and Anglian Water specifications.

• Check and review design documentation including calculations, drawings, and 3D models.

• Manage design risks and ensure health and safety is embedded throughout the design lifecycle.

• Respond to construction and supply chain queries with accurate technical advice.

• Support the development of modular construction, offsite build, and repeatable design solutions.

• Collaborate with BIM managers, design teams, and stakeholders to optimise project delivery.

• Collaborate with construction teams in buildability assessments.

• Mentor and coach Civil Engineers, supporting their technical growth and professional development.

• Contribute to internal forums, share lessons learned, and support technical innovations and continuous improvement.

• Drive sustainability by promoting low-carbon design and enhancing natural capital.

Who we're looking for

We’re seeking a confident, technically skilled civil engineer who enjoys leading teams and shaping the future of sustainable water infrastructure. You’ll bring:

• A master’s degree in civil engineering (or equivalent level experience).

• Preferably Chartered, or working towards Chartered status with ICE or IStructE.

• Significant experience in civil design within the UK water industry.

• Experience in detail design in a design and build environment.

• Proficiency in reinforced concrete design (BS EN 1992), water retaining structures, ground engineering, buried pipework, drainage, and reinforcement detailing.

• Knowledge of steel and masonry design, civil layout planning, and site infrastructure including roads and drainage.

• Experience checking designs, conducting site surveys, and working with 3D/BIM models.

• A proactive, solution-focused mindset and the ability to lead by example.

• Passion for mentoring junior staff and contributing to team success.

• A solid understanding of CDM regulations and health, safety, and welfare requirements in design.

• Interest in digital innovation, offsite construction, and sustainable design practices.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]