Senior Civil Engineer in Cheshire, Warrington

Location: Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in United Utilities Lingley Mere office. Site visits as required.

Aqua Consultants have an exciting opportunity to work with our partner United Utilities on their Better Rivers Programme of work. You will be involved in projects that improve their infrastructure and reduce spills to watercourse by 60%. You will be delivering project tasks, designs and managing a multi-disciplinary team delivering solutions on wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects at various stages in the project life cycle, ensuring they are delivered within agreed timeframes and budget.

What this role requires:

• A deep understanding of wastewater networks and treatment schemes, flood risk management, and drainage schemes.
• Manage a portfolio of multi-disciplinary projects and/or multi-scheme programmes of work.
• Build and retain collaborative relationships with the client, stakeholders and other design disciplines.
• Manage quality processes and technical assurance in line with company systems.
• Plan, direct and control tasks, people, resources and outputs.
• Provide technical leadership and direction, taking a proactive role in developing them to their full potential, leading by example to achieve sector/divisional goals and championing a quality, innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
• Undertake Line Manager duties and pastoral care to team members.
• Contributing to the resolution of project issues and providing guidance and support to other team members.
• Promote a culture that is proactive on Safety, Health, Quality and Sustainability matters.
• Promote a culture of innovation, helping to develop engineering technology and continuous improvement systems.
• Work with other Aqua teams to foster collaboration, ensuring the collective knowledge and experience is shared across all.
• An industry applicable BEng, BSc, or equivalent in civil engineering.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards this. Relevant experience will also be considered.

Personal qualities:

• Recognition that satisfying the customer is the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefits from our processes, whether end-users or other departments within the company.
• Ability to work remotely whilst successfully achieving deliverable-based outcomes through a virtual team.
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines.
• Desire for continual learning and drive to improve those around you by sharing information, lessons learnt and best practice.
• Organised, structured and professional, with a passion for excellence.
• Encouraging and motivating those around you to work to your own high standards of quality and compliance.
• Being driven to stretch yourself and work outside of your comfort zone when the need arises with a “can do” attitude, willingness to work through problems and make decisions.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Trustworthy and ethical approach, exercising discretion where required.

Desirable Skills/Attributes:

• Ability to liaise with Hydraulic modellers.
• Experience with TEDS to produce design calculations.
• RC design.
• Experience of designing CSOs and storage tanks.
• Knowledge of United Utilities engineering standards and specification.

What we would like to offer you:

• Competitive salary + discretionary bonus.
• Company pension.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays + option to purchase additional leave.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme.
• Company mobile phone and laptop provided.
• Training and career progression opportunities.
• Professional Membership fees paid.
• Life Assurance Scheme 4 x annual salary.
• Electric Car Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (with access to GP appointments, Physio appointments and Mental Health Support).
• Medicash cash plan (Money back on everyday healthcare costs such as dental, glasses, contact lenses).
• Refer a friend scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave.

Aqua Consultants are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.

If you feel you have the skills, personality, and experience, please apply today!