Senior or Associate Civil Engineer

Civic Engineers Ltd.; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Senior Civil Engineer to join their London studio. This role focuses on sustainable design, offering the chance to work on diverse projects across various sectors. You'll lead project teams, manage client relations, and develop junior engineers, all while making a positive impact on the built environment. If you're a collaborative and innovative thinker with a passion for engineering and sustainability, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a friendly team and contribute to inspiring designs that protect our climate and enhance communities.

Benefits

Market competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Structured training towards chartered status

Qualifications

• Degree qualified, ideally Chartered or Incorporated with an industry institution.
• Strong relevant experience with a proven track record of delivering projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor project teams, ensuring quality standards and deadlines.
• Maintain and enhance client relations, contributing to securing repeat business.

Skills

Team Management

Project Leadership

Client Relations

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer

Tools

Microdrainage

Causeway Flow

Civil 3D

AutoCAD

MS Office (Excel, Word)

Job description

We are looking for a talented and collaborative Senior Civil Engineer to join Civic Engineers in our London studio who shares our purpose and desire to make a positive difference to the world around them. Sustainable design is at the heart of our Practice and collectively we can create inspirational designs that will protect our climate and enhance the built environment.

As a Senior or Associate Civil Engineer, you will join our friendly London Studio, bringing with you experience across a mix of sectors including residential, education, commercial, development and regeneration. Collaborative and helpful you will have the opportunity to work closely with high profile private and public-sector clients, influencing with your technical expertise and effective communication skills.

Leadership is an evolving skill that you will develop alongside your people management, business development and commercial abilities. Your people and solutions focus, communication and contractual awareness will be demonstrable through past projects. Guiding, developing, and supporting a team of value driven engineers, your skills in project resource planning and deadline management will be fully engaged and developed.

We are looking for a progressive and talented engineer who is keen to influence the people around them with the same understanding and empathy that they bring to their engineering. We hope you will share our strong interest in architecture and the wider public realm/built environment and play a key role in our ongoing practice and growth strategy.

Key Elements of the Job:

• Team Management: Lead and mentor project teams, overseeing engineers of varying experience levels.
• Project Leadership: Take charge of multiple projects, ensuring they meet or exceed quality standards and deadlines. Engage with clients, collaborators, and stakeholders while efficiently allocating resources and coordinating processes according to Civic Engineers’ QMS and IMS.
• Development and Training: Assist in the development of junior team members, identifying training needs, equipment requirements, and software licenses.
• Project Profitability: Monitor project profitability, striving to deliver projects within budget and timelines, and communicate any potential billing or labour plan changes to Project Associates or Directors.
• Client Relations: Maintain and enhance Civic Engineers’ reputation in client-facing roles, contribute to securing repeat business, and identify new opportunities. Participate in bids for new projects as needed.
• In-depth understanding of industry processes, including planning applications, procurement, and technical approvals.
• Proficiency in industry software like Microdrainage, Causeway Flow, Civil 3D, and AutoCAD.
• Exceptional report-writing skills.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• High proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Word).
• Strong teamwork and time management skills.

Is this you?

Degree qualified you will ideally be Chartered or Incorporated with an industry institution such as ICE, IStructe, CIWEM, or CIHT and have strong relevant experience with a proven track record of delivering projects. You’ll be a creative thinker, passionate and enthusiastic to help grow and develop your team. Your collaborative and helpful outlook will thrive within this innovative practice making a positive impact to the built environment.

More than just a rewarding experience!

Alongside an outstanding work environment, we offer:

• A market competitive salary (regularly reviewed, revised and updated)
• Flexible, Hybrid Working (Our Better Normal model of work can be as unique as you are!)

Small steps to a great journey!

Curious to find out more then please contact us for a confidential chat with our team. Send your CV or even just a small introduction to us at [e-mail] and we will get back to you.

We are always looking to recruit exceptional people who believe in being friendly and client-focused. We look for personal qualities such as creativity, approachability, enthusiasm and diligence and for team players who are willing to go the extra mile for our clients, collaborators and their colleagues!

We are an ‘Approved Employer’ for the ICE Training Scheme and offer structured and supportive training towards chartered engineer status with the ICE and / or IStructE for ambitious Civil / Structural Engineering graduates.

We always encourage direct applications for all our positions and rarely use recruitment agencies. CVs sent through by agencies that we have not engaged with in advance of a position being advertised will not be considered via this route.