Senior Maritime Civil Engineer

Haskoning; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior Engineer with 10+ years of experience to join their Maritime Engineering team in Brighton or Exeter. The role involves preparing designs and analyses for maritime structures, managing projects, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should have a strong background in civil or structural engineering and a passion for maritime projects. Flexible working arrangements and a supportive environment are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working models

Career development opportunities

Recognition awards for workplace culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in engineering, preferably in the maritime sector.
• Chartered member of a relevant institution (e.g., CEng MICE, CEng MIStructE) or working towards.
• Experience in reinforced concrete design and structural steel design.

Responsibilities

• Prepare designs and analyses for maritime structures.
• Carry out inspections and surveys.
• Manage and coach junior staff.
• Project Manager for small and medium sized projects.

Skills

Analytical Ability

Communication Skills

Client Orientation

Conceptual Ability

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Personable

Responsible

Education

Civil or Structural Engineering Degree (or equivalent)

Job description

This is an opportunity for a Senior Engineer with approximately 10+ years of experience, wanting to join an engineering consultancy in a globally recognised Maritime Engineering team based in Brighton or Exeter.

Are you looking to be part of a growing team with the opportunity for growth or your next career step? Do you have a true passion to align business growth ambitions with the external world? This role will provide you the opportunity to drive our business agenda with a key focus on international shipyards and defence facilities.

Following continued success within the defence and international shipyard sectors, Haskoning are expanding their current Exeter and Brighton team through the growth of the maritime business.

About Haskoning

At Haskoning, you will join an independent, employee-owned international consultancy that combines engineering, design, and consultancy services with software and technology. Our mission, "Enhancing Society Together," drives us to create a positive impact on the world.

We offer purpose-driven and challenging work in diverse international projects, leveraging our 140+ years of expertise, in o. With over 7,000 employees in more than twenty-five countries, we work together to turn challenges into opportunities and make a real impact on society.

Haskoning is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we are embarking on a journey where every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

About Our Maritime Business

Our global Maritime team are over six hundred strong and are at the forefront of innovative international maritime planning, design, and development. We are multi-disciplinary experts that work on international projects to create successful ports, shipyards, and maritime infrastructure worldwide. We have provided expert commercial, technical and operational advice and created master plans across the five continents for a wide range of port and shipyard projects.

We are one of the largest and most experienced teams of port planning, and shipyard and dry dock professionals and designers globally. We are world leaders in the production of port and shipyard feasibility studies, master plans, and designs. From our Maritime offices across the UK, we lead all the company’s Shipyard projects collaborating with colleagues globally.

Examples of recent projects include the design of a lock for a new port in India, the design of the newest, largest, and most technically advanced shipyard in the Middle East with three dry docks covering an area of over 1,000 hectares, above and below water assessment of a set of dock gates in the North East of England, and providing continuous significant support to our various UK Naval Bases.

The Role

If you’re a Civil/Structural Engineer with maritime experience or looking to transfer to the Maritime Sector and you are looking to work on globally significant projects, this role would provide you a great opportunity to work on some amazing world class projects. This role will provide great exposure to local and global projects alike, whilst working with the leading professionals within the Shipyard sector. The role is ideally wanting candidates with some knowledge of shipyards, drydocks and dock gates, but this experience is not essential.

This role is part of the growth of the Exeter and Brighton team. We offer hybrid working opportunities and are happy to discuss part time working arrangements.

Note, some of our clients require our staff to meet specific government Security Clearances before working on and having access to certain documents and projects, which will be a requirement of the job. We will pay for all necessary checks.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare designs and analyses for maritime and associated structures, from initial concepts through to detailed designs.
• Collect and collate design data.
• Carry out inspections and surveys.
• Produce design calculations, check and review calculations produced by others.
• Produce outline models, drawings, and details for CAD (in Revit environment if you can but detailed drafting/modelling by modellers), check and review these prior to issue.
• Prepare draft Bills of Quantities, Contract Documents and Specifications.
• Prepare reports and presentations.
• Undertake engineering analyses and reporting.
• Provide engineering judgement and advice; contribute to preparation of study reports.
• Manage and direct more junior staff.
• Coach junior staff in technical matters.
• Project Manager for small and medium sized projects.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Analytical Ability - independently undertake design and analysis work with support from senior engineers for complex tasks.
• Communication Skills – clearly articulate orally and in writing the reasons behind your decisions. Confident presenting to team members, clients, and stakeholders.
• Client Orientation – understands the importance of the client’s perception of the organization. Maintains a professional client- facing approach.
• Conceptual Ability – capable of undertaking design from concept to ready for construction.
• Problem Solving – think laterally and develop solutions to problems with others and on your own.
• Relationship Building – builds a network within the immediate team, and the wider organization and can be a trusted advisor to our clients.
• Personable – approachable, relatable, and empathetic.
• Responsible – Autonomy and responsibility to work without supervision.
• Civil or Structural Engineering Degree (or equivalent).
• Chartered member of a relevant institution, e.g. CEng MICE or CEng MIStructE or working towards.
• Experience in heavy civils and/or structural projects.
• Experience in reinforced concrete design, structural steel design, and finite element analysis.
• Retaining wall and piling design experience desirable but not essential.
• Willing to travel occasionally throughout the UK and overseas.

Note: Even if you feel you do not meet all the role requirements described above, please still apply. We value applications from a range of backgrounds - so please highlight additional skills you could bring to the role.

What We can offer You

Ambitious. Exciting. Lively. Collaborative. Dynamic. That is how our colleagues describe our company. Want to contribute to enhancing society with your expertise? Be part of an open network where you are connected with the brightest and smartest people and technologies? Join us! We also recently won the New Civil Engineer Award for the Best Place to Work (Large Consulting Firm), in recognition of our commitment to creating a supportive and flexible work environment.

You can look forward to growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities and support on your career path. We have flexible working models to ensure a balance of family and working life.

You can learn more about our benefits here.

Location

Brighton and Exeter