Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy in Southend-on-Sea seeks a qualified Civil Engineer to create engineering designs for significant infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, strong project management skills, and proficiency in relevant software like Microdrainage and AutoCAD. This role offers hybrid working, a car allowance, and a bonus scheme.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Private health care

Car allowance

Enhanced Pension

Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• At least 5 years relevant post-degree graduate experience.
• Experience working on private sector development from a multi-disciplinary or consultancy background.
• Working towards Chartered or Incorporated status with a relevant professional body preferred.
• Knowledge and proven experience of applying principles, design codes, and standards.

Responsibilities

• Produce engineering designs for drainage and other infrastructure developments.
• Create flood risk assessment work and drainage strategies for planning.
• Prepare and issue drawings, specifications, reports, and calculations.

Skills

Project management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Proactive approach

Analytical skills

Education

HNC or BEng Civil Engineering

Tools

Microdrainage software

AutoCAD

Job description

What’s on offer

• Hybrid Working
• Private health care
• Car allowance
• Enhanced Pension
• Bonus scheme

The role

• You’ll be working closely with the Infrastructure team for the production of engineering designs for planning applications and detailed designs of drainage, SUDS and building drainage to all major infrastructure developments in residential, retail, industrial and commercial.
• You will be responsible to produce flood risk assessment work and drainage strategies in support of planning applications.
• Producing and issuing of drawings, specifications, reports, and calculations.

What you need to succeed

• HNC or BEng Civil Engineering and at least 5 years relevant post degree graduate experience.
• Experience working on private sector development from a multi-disciplinary or consultancy background.
• Demonstrate successful project management and effective organisational and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• An ability to be proactive, strategic, and analytical in your approach to support our client’s requirements.
• People focused approach with an ability to bring forward new ideas into practice.
• Working towards Chartered or Incorporated status with a relevant professional body (e.g. ICE, CIHT, CIWEM) preferred.
• Knowledge and proven experience of applying principles, design codes and standards set out in the SuDS Manual, Sewers for Adoption, and other relevant best practice, design and regulatory standards.
• Demonstrate experience and knowledge in software packages such as Microdrainage software and AutoCAD
• Demonstrate working knowledge of the legal, planning, and technical consent, adoption and contract procedures for the design and implementation of sewers, SUDS, in new developments and regeneration projects including S104.