Senior Civil Engineer – Liverpool Office

Thomas Consulting Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company pension

Professional fees paid

Increased holiday entitlement

Collaborative multi-office environment

Job summary

Thomas Consulting Limited invites applications for a Senior Civil Engineer to join the Liverpool office. The role requires leading projects, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering high-quality highway and drainage designs with strong client relations.

You will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, manage resources, and drive CPD for staff while maintaining project budgets and schedules. A Chartered membership is preferred, with opportunities in a dynamic multi-office firm.

Qualifications

• Senior civil engineer with leadership and mentoring skills.
• Experience delivering highways, drainage and related infrastructure designs.
• Ability to coordinate multi-discipline projects and ensure design quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage resources to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Deliver high-quality designs, drawings and reports for highways, drainage and utilities.
• Lead teams and provide guidance, mentorship and CPD for junior staff.
• Support recruitment, staff development and client liaison to ensure successful outcomes.
• Contribute to business development and prepare fee proposals.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Hydraulic design software

TEDDS

PDS Site Developer

Tools

AutoCAD 2D

PDS Site Developer

Civil 3D

Flow/Micro-drainage

Job description

Senior Civil Engineer – Liverpool Office

CAREERS

Responsible to:Associate/Principal Civil Engineer

Role Purpose:

To work effectively as a Senior Civil Engineer, you must establish yourself as a key leader in the team, fully using your leadership and mentoring skills to develop and guide junior Engineers and maintain excellent customer relationships. Additionally, you must lead projects to ensure resources are allocated effectively and projects are delivered successfully and on time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage your pool of resources effectively and efficiently to ensure successful outcomes for all projects under your remit.
• Deliver high-quality designs, drawings, and reports using engineering materials, and in a form that can readily be checked by another member of staff.
• Influence development and infrastructure master-planning using knowledge of Highways Act 1980, Water Industry Act 2004, Land Drainage Act, New Roads and Street Works Act, and other Statutory Instruments, etc, as required.
• Produce high-quality designs for feasibility, costing and construction purposes, highways & drainage, street works, public works, SUDS, building drainage, utilities coordination/diversion as services if and when required by our clients.
• Lead teams to assist with consultancy guidance, feasibility, outline, and detailed design, referencing manuals for streets, sewers for adoption, design manuals for roads and bridges, specifications for highway works and building regulations and guidance.

This will form part of everyday demands.

• Undertake project design from commencement to completion.
• Undertake the co-ordination of thorough site investigations, complete inspections, and identify and resolve any issues as appropriate.
• Manage junior Engineers and Technicians in the process of project design and delivery.
• Offer leadership, mentoring, encouragement and motivation to junior Engineers and Technicians.
• Undertake appropriate Continuing Professional Development and maintain CPD records in accordance with the requirements of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
• Recognise the importance of clear communication with all members of the design and/or construction team regarding matters of structural safety and keep up to date with information provided by CROSS (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures (see www.cross-safety.org/uk).
• Assist in recruitment, retention and management of staff and ensure successful outcomes for our clients/customers.
• Ensure financial control of projects when acting as a Project Manager.
• Involvement in identification and management of project risks and preparation of risk
• assessments.
• Undertake Business Development for the benefit of Thomas Consulting.
• Undertake production and approval of single and multi-discipline fee proposals for client/customer projects in accordance with Thomas Consulting procedures, terms and conditions or customer-specific contract requirements.
• Undertake accurate and timely assessments of variations and appraisal of fee cost and/or timescale impacts, and agreement with client/customer organisations.
• Manage engineering teams to ensure utilisation and recovery targets are monitored and achieved.
• Represent the company at design team meetings with clients and other construction professionals.

Software Capabilities:

• Use AutoCAD 2D Drafting, PDS Site Developer / Civil 3D, Flow / Micro-drainage or similar hydraulic design software, TEDDS, and other industry-recognised software.

Professional Requirements:

• Ideally Chartered Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Company Pension scheme
• Payment of professional fees (e.g., ICE/IStructE memberships)
• Increased holiday entitlement for long service
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment in a multi-office organisation