Senior Civil Engineering Technician

Locogen Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Locogen Ltd, a leader in renewable energy, is looking for a Senior Civil Engineering Technician to join their Engineering and Construction team. This dynamic role involves working autonomously on wind, solar, and energy storage projects, focusing on design processes while mentoring junior staff. Employees benefit from flexible working hours, generous holidays, and a collaborative, innovative company culture.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus 4 company closure days

Discretionary company bonus

Private Health insurance with vitality

Pension at 10% contribution

Flexible working hours

Ongoing professional development opportunities

Cycle to Work & EV Car Scheme

Dog friendly office

Qualifications

• Experience in a civil engineering design function, ideally within the renewables industry.
• Demonstrable experience in AutoCAD and related tools.
• Advanced knowledge related to wind farms and civil engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage CAD and Power Civils 3D design process for renewable projects.
• Conduct site visits for project assessments during design.
• Mentor junior staff in CAD and GIS services.

Skills

Team Collaboration

AutoCAD

Civil Engineering Design Principles

Education

Tech Eng MICE or equivalent

HNC in civil engineering or equivalent

Tools

Power Civils 3D

GIS

Autotrack

Job description

Remote UK or Hybrid working (Stockbridge, Edinburgh)

Locogen is a renewable energy company. Our vision is a world powered 100% by renewables; where everyone has access to affordable, sustainable energy and clean air. Our work is innovative and varied across Wind, Solar PV, Battery Storage (BESS) and Hydrogen. We have grown significantly over the last year and have ambitious plans. There’s lots to do!

We are now looking for a Senior Civil Engineering Technician with experience to join our growing Engineering and Construction team.

About our Senior Civil Engineering Technician role:

This role will see you working with a multidisciplinary team to determine wind, BESS and solar farm layouts based upon geotechnical, ecological, wind yield and other site constraints. You would be working with a lot of autonomy using Auto CAD and Power Civils 3D.

Some of the things you may find yourself doing:

• Manage the CAD and Power Civils 3D design process for wind farms, BESS and solar farm layouts.
• Produce detailed cut/fill analysis, cross sections and long sections of the designs.
• Undertake swept path analysis for transport studies.
• Contribute with a view of leading on traffic management plans and route access reports.
• Undertake site visits to understand the project and site needs during the design process.
• Managing the document and drawing control process.
• Assist in undertaking the technical review of contractor’s detailed design and comment on efficiencies, access road and crane pad horizontal & vertical alignments and drainage designs.
• Create reports on design reviews.
• Liaise with clients in meetings and emails.

Collaboration and coordination:

• Manage the design process with other disciplines including GIS to understand their constraints that effect the design.
• Liaise with the appointed Principal Designer and contribute to the design risk management process.
• Highlight issues and opportunities for projects.
• Mentoring junior staff in CAD and GIS services – checking and approving deliverables.

Skills and experience required:

• Tech Eng MICE or equivalent
• Minimum HNC in civil engineering or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience in a civil engineering design function ideally within the renewables industry.
• Demonstrable experience in AutoCAD, Autotrack, Power Civils etc – ideally including ARC GIS.
• Knowledge and experience of utilising the DMRB and MCHW
• Advanced knowledge of civil engineering design principles, particularly related to wind farms (turbine layout, foundations, roads, substations, etc.).
• Experience in a line management or demonstrable understanding of good management practice is highly desired as this role will have the opportunity to manage junior staff.

What is it like to work at Locogen?

This role can be based in our Stockbridge (Edinburgh) office or can be undertaken in a remote / hybrid capacity depending on where you live. The office is dog friendly, modernly kitted out and has free parking.

We are a multidisciplinary team of friendly, innovative, and creative people who are passionate about renewable energy. We are informal. non-hierarchical, inclusive, open, and collaborative. Locogen is a place where everyone can grow and develop whilst doing innovative and interesting work.

We love what we do and believe in empowering and trusting each other to deliver. We learn from our experiences, take accountability, and hold others to account. We are client focused and inspire each other to do the best we can. We like a chat and value communication with each other and our clients. We are a social bunch so there is always something going on – we have regular organised socials and get togethers.

Some of our benefits:

• Flexible working hours: core hours are 10am – 4pm – if you make up your weekly hours then we don’t mind how you manage your time.
• 30 days holiday plus 4 company closure days (25 and 26 Dec, 1 and 2 Jan).
• Work from anywhere up to 25 days in a year.
• Discretionary company bonus.
• Ongoing professional and personal development opportunities – training, memberships and education costs covered.
• Private Health insurance with vitality which includes perks for steps!
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness, and Income Protection options.
• Pension at 10% (5% employee/ employer contribution split). We are flexible for employees who want to opt out or contribute more of their salary.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
• Cycle to Work & EV Car Scheme.
• Dog friendly office.

No candidate will meet every single desired criterion. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply or get in touch for more info.

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