Senior Civil Engineer

Alexander Associates; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Associates seeks a Senior Civil Design Engineer for a fully remote UK role in water and wastewater infrastructure. You will lead civil design tasks, develop layouts and specifications, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

You will mentor junior engineers, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, manage design risks, and deliver cost-effective, buildable solutions across pipelines, treatment works, and site development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in civil engineering.
• Experience in water/wastewater sector or regulated environment.
• Ability to produce and review civil calculations, reports, specs and drawings.
• Strong coordination with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil design tasks and packages to standards, budgets and programmes.
• Develop civil designs, calculations, layouts, specs and documentation for water/wastewater projects.
• Produce cost-effective designs considering constructability, safety, and whole-life costs.
• Review outputs for quality and compliance with standards and procedures.
• Coordinate design activities with Process, Mechanical, EICA, Structural, Digital and Commissioning teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and apprentices; share knowledge within the team.
• Build strong relationships with clients, project teams and suppliers.

Skills

Civil design

Water infrastructure

Team coordination

Mentoring

Design calculations

Project delivery

Communication

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Related HND 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