Senior Civil Engineer

We are seeking a senior civil engineer who wants the opportunity to apply their creative skills on challenging and high-profile projects in our stimulating, interdisciplinary design studio in London. You will have a unique opportunity to work on infrastructure designs; masterplanning; healthcare, higher education, schools and historic refurbishments. Sustainable strategies, flood resilience and climate change are integral parts of our projects along with the important role civil engineers can provide during the early design stages. This is a unique opportunity to develop your career at one of the largest interdisciplinary building design practices in the UK.

About you

You are an engineer with a strong academic record and at least 2 years post-chartership experience gained working on challenging projects (£10m or more). You are able to demonstrate excellent technical aptitude supplemented by outstanding IT skills. You will enjoy expressing creative ideas through sketching and will be able to communicate effectively to build firm working relationships with architects, engineers, clients and contractors. You will demonstrate the ability to take the lead on technical issues and have a collaborative team-working style. You will be able to work effectively with people at all levels and from all backgrounds and have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Key responsibilities

• Managing the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from the early feasibility, concept through to the construction stage;
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports and specifications;
• Ability to plan project resources and monitor job financial performances;
• Applying rigorous QA procedures throughout the design in accordance with the company policies;
• Complying with Health and Safety and CDM Regulations;
• Mentoring and development of graduate and junior team members;
• Development of strong client relationships;
• Developing good relationships with professionals across BDP and external design consultants.

Technical skills

You have proven experience in a similar leading design consultancy where you will have successfully led small teams to deliver multiple projects. You have a minimum of 2 years relevant post qualification experience (MICE) with demonstrable knowledge of varied infrastructure design skills (drainage and public realm). Excellent technical aptitude is essential, experience of working within a BIM environment and on site is desirable. You have diverse and in-depth knowledge of sustainable drainage design which is supplemented with the use of various civil engineering software. You have broad and in-depth experience in the following:

• Drainage schemes associated with buildings and public realm projects;
• Pavement design associated with public realm projects;
• Undertaking designs for section 278 and 104 agreements;
• Flood management and reducing flood risk;
• Flow path analysis;
• Ground modelling;
• Road layouts and detailed design;

You will have a good knowledge of civil engineering construction principles and standards. You will have strong practical knowledge of AutoCAD, MicroDrainage and used Civil 3D for ground modelling, road and drainage design. Familiarity with Revit and Navisworks is desirable. You are confident in your knowledge of relevant design standards and legislation.

Personal skills

Ability to work independently and seek assistance when required; Ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure project targets are met; Highly motivated and passionate about delivering projects to time, budget and quality; Organised and methodical with particular attention to detail; The ability to prioritise tasks and work to tight deadlines under pressure; Have a pragmatic and innovative approach to problem solving; Be commercially aware; Strong interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively and build relationships at all levels with clients and employees alike and across all professional disciplines; Able to manage Client expectations; Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with an ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy.

BDP offers

In return, BDP can offer you a wide range of learning opportunities to encourage personal and professional career development. From sponsorship to profession led CPD events, we also offer annual appraisals and a mentoring scheme that is supported by our internal online learning platform. We are committed to being an employer of choice and offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package that includes an employee profit share scheme, tax efficient smart benefits, private medical insurance, life insurance, long term sickness insurance, interest free season ticket loans, health screening, opportunity to buy/swap holidays and enhanced maternity and paternity provision, plus many more. We offer regular international, and studio based social, sporting and charitable events. Some recent events include month-end socials, a hiking club, wellbeing webinars and toolbox talks. Our variety of employee forums gives everyone the platform to have a voice and be heard which drives cultural changes and helps to create an engaged, inclusive organisation.

BDP is actively fostering an inclusive organisation where people can be themselves and everyone has a sense of belonging. We want our teams to be diverse at every level, reflecting the communities we design for. As designers, we will create spaces for all that promote equity, wellbeing and participation within the built environment. We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different skills, professional and life experiences, to join us and help us to achieve our aspirations. We also welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly. BDP also operates a hybrid working policy which is usually three days in the office and two days working from home.