Job Description
Our Water consultancy client are seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join their Leeds office on a permanent basis with hybrid working offered.\n\nApplications from Civil Engineers will also be considered.\n\nYou will join our clients' design team in Leeds as part of a multi-disciplinary department providing detailed designs for water related projects in the UK. This role can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office and the option of adjusted start and finish times.\n\nOur clients' water teams have a global knowhow of industry leading technologies, and are providing skills and inventive solutions across the full spectrum of lifecycle services in both water engineering and wider water management - working with 7 out of the 12 UK water and sewerage companies in AMP7 and plenty of AMP8 work underway.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nWorking on predominantly non-infrastructure projects\nAct as a Design Engineer and undertake and check the delivery of design solutions and associated outputs and the co-ordination with other disciplines.\nYou will provide technical guidance, support and training to colleagues and assist, where practicable, in mentoring and the development of others.\nYou will be involved in projects from conception to completion including; supporting the Project Manager to clarify the project brief, agree deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy; establishing project checking and approval arrangements\nManaging internal project start-up meetings; undertaking significant elements of the detailed design and the checking of outputs as directed: eg calculations, drawings, sketches, reports etc to achieve the optimum solution for the project\nAssessing, documenting and communicating design changes to the Project Manager; being aware of work requirements and taking personal responsibility in delivering this to agreed time, cost and quality requirements\nAttending "close out meeting" and recommending/implementing improvements to policy, processes and project management methods.\nInvolved in business development activities/tenders/managing new and existing client relationshipsSkills/experience/qualifications\n\nIdeally Chartered Engineer status or working towards with a relevant institution eg ICE or CIWEM.\nStrong interpersonal/team working skills, with a good working relationship with all levels of the organisation, clients and contractors together with the ability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner both verbally and written.\nComprehensive knowledge and experience of water and wastewater non-infrastructure design including an understanding of the basics and the integration of multidisciplinary elements including process engineering and MEICA.\nExtensive experience in design, contract and tender preparation, tender assessment and contract administration.\nDegree qualified in civils subject ideal \n\nBenefits\n\nSalary up to 60k depending on experience\n25 days holiday plus bank holidays\nPaid professional memberships\nLife assurance\nGenerous pension scheme\nFlexible working/hybrid working scheme\nClient soon to be working in Leeds City Centre offices