Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer to engage in innovative and complex infrastructure projects across various sectors. You will lead the technical delivery, guide junior engineers, and ensure projects meet quality and compliance standards. The role offers hybrid working and numerous career development opportunities through training support and wellness initiatives.

Benefits

Hybrid working

High-street discounts

Tech scheme

Private medical insurance

Clear career development

Health and wellness opportunities

Holiday buy back scheme

Qualifications

• Knowledge of highway design and drainage.
• Experience in flood risk assessment and utility planning.
• Ability to create infrastructure masterplans and technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil engineering consultancy services from feasibility to construction.
• Ensure project delivery within budget and compliance standards.
• Engage with clients and manage stakeholder relations.

Skills

Highway design

Drainage strategy and design

Flood risk assessment and management

Utility design

Client engagement

Project management

Education

Postgraduate experience nearing Chartership

Tools

InfoDrainage

Civils 3D

PDS

Job description

We have an opening for a Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer in one of the UK’s leading engineering, environment, and professional services consultancies, recognised for delivering innovative, sustainable, and future‑ready solutions across the built and natural environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a consultancy who are well involved on many of the UK’s most high‑profile and complex infrastructure projects, spanning transportation, land development, water, energy, and urban regeneration.

The company places strong emphasis on technical excellence, digital innovation, and sustainability, including its commitment to achieving net‑zero goals and integrating climate‑resilient strategies into project delivery.

You’ll have opportunities to contribute to flagship UK infrastructure schemes, guide junior engineers, engage directly with clients and stakeholders, and help deliver civil engineering solutions that meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and environmental responsibility.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid working
• High‑street discounts
• Tech scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Clear career development with ICE Training support
• Health and wellness opportunities
• Holiday buy back scheme

The role

• Leading day to day technical delivery of civil engineering consultancy services to support our clients through all stages of the project life cycle from feasibility and concept design through to planning, detailed design, and construction.
• Bringing expertise in drainage, SuDS, flood risk, highways, streetscape, earthworks, and utilities to all types of land, property and infrastructure development projects across all sectors and clients.
• Being active on several varied multi‑disciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.
• 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 collaboration (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals), and project management.
• Being responsible for, or actively engaged in, ensuring your projects are delivered within budget, on programme, and to the required quality for technical and legal compliance.

What you need to succeed

• Knowledge of, and 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.
• 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.
• 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.