At a Glance
- Tasks: Support residential schemes from planning to delivery, overseeing design and engineering input.
- Company: Major residential developer with a supportive technical team.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, car allowance, healthcare, hybrid working, and career progression.
- Other info: Long-term stability with clear opportunities for internal growth.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and influence impactful residential developments while enjoying work-life balance.
- Qualifications: HNC/HND in engineering and experience in civil or structural engineering preferred.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 50000 £ per year.
Location: Norwich
Salary: Up to £75,000 + benefits
Working pattern: Hybrid
This is an opportunity to join a major residential developer in a client-side Engineering role, where your focus is on technical oversight, coordination and design management - not fee chasing or timesheets.
You'll join a supportive Technical team of 4-5 engineers, working across a strong, long-term development pipeline with genuine scope to grow and move internally. This role has strong involvement at pre-planning and planning stage, working closely with land, planning and technical teams to shape schemes from the outset. Experience or working knowledge of engineering input at pre-planning and planning stage is therefore important.
Why this role stands out:
- Client-side engineering role within a large residential developer
- Strong, close-knit technical team with experienced support
- Exposure to more complex and higher-value developments
- Clear internal progression and opportunity to move across divisions
- Hybrid working and long-term workload security
This role suits someone who wants broader influence, better balance, and a long-term career path on the developer side.
What you'll be doing:
- Supporting schemes from pre-planning and planning stage through to delivery
- Providing engineering input into site feasibility, constraints and early design strategy
- Overseeing infrastructure and groundworks design across residential developments
- Managing external engineering consultants covering: foundations, roads and drainage, sewers and adoption works
- Coordinating Section 38, 104 and 278 agreements, including bond closures
- Procuring service records and managing enquiries and payments for new infrastructure
- Working with structural specialists on superstructure-related elements
- Carrying out value engineering and peer review of consultant designs
- Liaising with Technical, Planning and Building Control teams to support discharge of planning conditions
What you'll need:
- HNC / HND or higher qualification in an engineering-related discipline
- Around 5+ years' post-qualification experience (desirable)
- Background in civil or structural engineering, from consultancy or a residential developer
- Experience or good working knowledge of pre-planning and planning stage engineering input
- Confidence dealing with highways authorities, utilities and water companies
- Strong coordination and communication skills
- Experience using Autodesk tools: PDS or MicroDrainage experience helpful, not essential
What's on offer:
- Competitive salary
- Plus Car allowance, pension, healthcare and additional benefits
- Hybrid working
- A supportive, experienced technical team
- Strong development pipeline offering long-term stability
- Clear opportunities to progress or move into other business divisions
Could this be one for you? Why not give Vekshanaa a call to discuss further.
Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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Civil Engineer - Developer in London employer: Aldwych Consulting Ltd
Join an established M&E contractor in Hertfordshire, where you will have the opportunity to take ownership of projects and make impactful commercial decisions. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, this company offers genuine flexibility in role levels, direct access to decision-makers, and a supportive work culture that values diversity and equality. Enjoy a competitive salary of up to £75,000 and the chance to accelerate your career in a dynamic environment with exposure to a variety of projects across London and the South East.
