Senior Civil Engineer/Civil Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Civil Engineer in Bristol, where you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to sustainability and technical excellence. This role offers the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects, from urban regeneration to strategic land development. You will collaborate with talented colleagues, mentor emerging engineers, and contribute to innovative solutions that shape the future of construction in the UK. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization provides a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and development, making it an ideal place to advance your career.

Benefits

25 days of holiday

Flexible benefits

Health benefits

Earlier finish on Friday

Day off for good cause

EV car leasing scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a design office environment.
• Ability to secure technical approvals from authorities.
• Mentoring and supporting junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary consultancy.
• Managing multiple projects and budgets simultaneously.
• Conducting site inspections and progress reporting.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civils3D

MicroDrainage

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

BEng in Civil Engineering

MEng in Civil Engineering

BSc in Civil Engineering

Tools

PDS

Civil 3D

AutoTrack

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Senior Civil Engineer/Civil Engineer, Bristol

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Client:

Hydrock

Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

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Job Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer or experienced Civil Engineer to join our highly regarded, progressive and award-winning Civil & Structural team within our Bristol team.

We are looking for a talented engineer with great experience, excellent software skills, and the desire to work in a highly collaborative multi-disciplinary team focused on sustainability, technical excellence and shaping construction in the UK and beyond.

The future of education, strategic land, urban regeneration and the tech industry – just a flavor of the kind of projects that await a career in Hydrock, now Stantec.

Your role will include:

• Collaborating as a member of a growing multi-disciplinary consultancy.
• Operating across a range of projects.
• Working and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Undertaking scheme development, preliminary and detailed designs and project coordination.
• Contribute or lead on work winning, budgetary control of project finances and preparing fee proposals.
• Mentoring and supporting emergent team members, to uphold the quality and accuracy of technical and non-technical deliverables.
• Working in a design office environment, while also playing an active role in design and site meetings, site inspections and progress reporting.
• Good communication and effective liaison with clients, architects, contractors and regulatory/statutory authorities are therefore considered key attributes.

You will be set up for success if you have:

• BEng, MEng, BSc, MSc, HND or HNC civil engineering qualification, with significant and predominant experience gained in a design office environment.
• Working knowledge of Section 104, 278 and 38 adoption procedures.
• Excellent analysis and technical design skills in AutoCAD, PDS, Civils3D and MicroDrainage.
• Good understanding of technical software such as Civil 3D, AutoTrack, industry standard software.
• Experience working with residential developers.
• Knowledge of UK planning procedures and ability to provide technical support to secure planning approval.
• Ability to secure technical approvals from highway and drainage authorities.
• Strong written and verbal communicator.
• Self-motivated team player with good people skills.

Civil & Structural Engineering

Our national civil and structural engineering business is led from Bristol, where our largest team is located, with established teams in Plymouth, Birmingham, Cardiff, Gloucester, London, Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester.

You can expect exceptional colleagues to work with, collaborate and learn from and an interesting variety of challenging projects.

What's great about Hydrock, now Stantec

are an integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a ‘Force for Good’, as it is our aim to improve the quality of people’s lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do.

From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities and society that we live in through meeting our client’s needs. Through the path we are on to delivering a green future, the result is something that everyone can be proud of.

Named as Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2023, we’re known for delivering outstanding sustainable projects for our communities, planet, and society.

Some of these projects have recently received industry accolades, including winning the Conservation and Regeneration category at the Construction Excellence South West Awards 2023; named Commercial Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2022; picked out in the Integration and Collaborative Working category at Construction Excellence Wales Awards 2022; singled out for its Universal Design at the Civic Trust Awards 2022; and Bristol’s iconic waterfront sweeping up at the Bristol Property Awards.

Take a and get a feel for what we’re all about.

What we can offer you:

• Inspiring and supportive colleagues
• Reward for progression and hard work
• An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well your technical skills
• Excellent health benefits; 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accrue 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
• An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!)
• An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday)
• A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme

A place to feel included

We champion diversity, equity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim.

We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment and employment experience so we ask you to make us aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.

Looking for the next steps?

Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we aim to review and respond to you as soon as your application’s been reviewed.

If shortlisted, a member of our Talent Acquisition Team will call you for an initial pre-screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) to help us assess your motivations and interest in the position and Hydrock, now Stantec.

If you progress following this telephone pre-screen, you will be invited to attend a formal interview by video conference (Microsoft Teams) or in our offices.

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