Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Consulting; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / Flexible working

Enhanced training and development

ICE mentoring programme

Large global projects

High street discounts

Job summary

Strata Consulting is seeking a Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer to join our Cambridge office. The role targets 4+ years post-graduate experience on UK and global projects, spanning highways, drainage, utilities, energy planning and site development.

You will support a multi-disciplinary team, engage with clients and stakeholders, and help deliver projects to budget and schedule while ensuring technical excellence and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a working knowledge of the Development Industry
• An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures and understanding of construction design stages and procedures
• The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings
• Knowledge of design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance

Responsibilities

• You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff, providing guidance as appropriate
• Involvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison and project management
• Ensuring projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements
• Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies and strategies leading to planning applications and construction drawing issues
• Contributing to all types of development projects across sectors and clients
• Active involvement on several multi-disciplinary project accounts

Skills

Highway design

Drainage design

Flood risk assessment

Utilities design

Planning guidance

Education

Postgraduate degree or equivalent

Tools

InfoDrainage

Civils 3D

PDS

Job description

We have an opening for a Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer to join our clients busy Cambridge office. This is the ideal opportunity for someone who has 4+ years post graduate experience in Civil Infrastructure and is looking to work on UK and global based projects.

You can expect to work on both public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services you’ll work on will include civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies, utilities, energy planning and coordination, drainage, flood risk and SuDS, site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Enhanced training and development
• ICE mentoring programme
• Large global projects
• High street discounts
• & more

The role

• You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate
• Involvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management
• Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
• Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies / strategies with hands on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction drawing issue
• Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients
• Being active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.

What you need to succeed

• Experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a working knowledge of the Development Industry
• An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures
• The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings
• Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals
• Aware of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability
• The ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software including InfoDrainage, Civils 3D and/or PDS
• Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects
• Knowledge of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal
• Knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects
• Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and are at least nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.