Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Engineer specializing in infrastructure design. The role involves project delivery from initial concept to construction, supporting a team, and engaging with high-profile clients. Candidates should have a Civil Engineering degree, experience in highway/roads design, and strong communication abilities. The position offers hybrid working, career progression, and various benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid / Flexible working

Cycle to work

ICE Chartership support

Enhanced pension scheme

Regular performance reviews

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of the Development Industry in Scotland and the UK.
• Understanding of construction design stages and procedures.
• Capacity to produce infrastructure masterplans and technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in the delivery of concept studies and strategies.
• Contribute to various multi-disciplinary project/client accounts.
• Ensure projects are delivered to budget and legal requirements.

Skills

Highway/roads design

Drainage strategy and design

Flood risk assessment

Utility design and planning

Client liaison

Good communication skills

Education

Civil Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

InfoDrainage

Civils 3D

PDS

Job description

Are you a Senior Engineer who specialises in infrastructure design? Are you looking for a new role? This is a fantastic new opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and progress their career.

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.

What’s on offer:

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Cycle to work
• ICE Chartership support
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Clear progression path with regular performance reviews
• Salary reviews each year DOE
• Medical insurance / Life Assurance
• Income protection

The role:

• Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies / strategies with hands on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissionsand 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.
• 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.

What you need to succeed:

• Preferably a Civil Engineering degree (or equivalent experience)
• Knowledge of, and experience in highway/roads design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a good working knowledge of the Development Industry in Scotland and the UK.
• An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures is desirable 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
• A good knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Sewers for Adoption, 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
• Good written and spoken communication skills and are 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
• A good 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
• A robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects