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Job Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Engineer to support our regional Development Team in Northeast England (Newcastle and Teesside), focusing on civil engineering for development infrastructure.
You will work within a team supporting the production of designs and drawings for construction projects and associated technical reports in support of planning applications and to/through construction stage of projects. You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time, including input to multidisciplinary projects in energy, active travel, healthcare, and education both in the UK and abroad. You will report to a senior member of the Development Team.
PROJECTS
Our team works on some of the most prestigious developments in the UK and beyond, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:
* SSE HVDC EPC Netherton Hub (NE Scotland)
* Aykley Heads Active Travel Design (N England)
* Blyth Energy Learning Centre (NE England)
* PURE DC Data Centres (throughout Europe)
Although our project work is located UK-wide, and Europe-wide in relation to data centers, designs are delivered from our Newcastle/Teesside Offices; however, there is opportunity for some travel when appropriate.
Responsibilities
* 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.
YOUR TEAM
The Development Team is a well-established and high-performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support, and design, through to scheme implementation.
* Our vision is to be recognised as the strongest and best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients, and Operational Excellence.
* We help our clients to promote, implement, and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provisions for how an area, its accessibility, and needs will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.
* We work with public/private sector land promoters, electricity transmission & distribution network operators, contractors, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:
o Civil engineering, highways design, and earthworks strategies.
o Utilities, energy planning, and coordination.
o Drainage, flood risk, and SuDS.
o Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.
Qualifications
* 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 awareness 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.
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