Senior/Principal Civil Engineer

Strata Construction Consulting; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Senior/Principal Infrastructure Engineer to join their hybrid team in Southampton. This role involves design and project management across diverse development projects, with opportunities for growth and leadership. Candidates should have strong expertise in highway and drainage design, coupled with client liaison skills. The position offers a clear progression path, performance reviews, and support for achieving professional qualifications.

Benefits

Hybrid / Flexible working

Cycle to work

ICE Chartership support

Enhanced pension scheme

Salary reviews each year DOE

Medical insurance / Life Assurance

Income protection

Qualifications

• Experience in highway design and drainage strategy is essential.
• Knowledge of relevant design codes and technical processes required.
• Postgraduate experience approaching Chartership is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of concept studies, technical approvals, and construction drawings.
• Engage with clients and manage multi-disciplinary projects.
• Provide guidance and support to team members.

Skills

Highway design

Drainage strategy and design

Flood risk assessment and management

Utility planning

Client liaison

Project management

Technical reporting

Stakeholder management

Education

Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience

Chartership nearing or equivalent experience

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior/Principal Infrastructure Engineer to join our clients Southampton office on a fulltime hybrid basis. The role is within a team of team of drainage and development infrastructure specialists.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and grow your career in the team. If you are looking for a new role that supports you whilst you are leading a team of engineers, then this is for you!

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 submissions and 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:

• Knowledge of, and experience in highway 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
• 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 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 and Civils 3D
• 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
• Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and are at least nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility