Senior Civil Design Engineer – in Peterborough

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the water sector for an experienced Senior Civil Design Engineer to strengthen their engineering team at their Peterborough office, with hybrid working available.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (job needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (job needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts and Savings Hub
• Kids Pass and additional employee benefits

Senior Civil Design Engineer Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and civil engineering expertise across a portfolio of water and wastewater projects.
• Review and approve civil design deliverables produced by other engineers, ensuring compliance with established procedures, standards and best practices.
• Support multi-disciplinary project teams by delivering innovative, cost-effective and technically robust engineering solutions.
• Participate in Construction Design Management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings, contributing technical expertise throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review and ensure all design-related CDM deliverables are completed in accordance with project and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain awareness of technical developments and share knowledge, best practice and lessons learned across the civil engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with Minimum Asset Standards while constructively challenging existing approaches to drive continuous improvement.
• Work collaboratively across Alliance programmes to establish and implement common technical standards, procedures and engineering practices.
• Support the adoption of digital engineering technologies, including the development of fully attributed 3D models.
• Provide technical mentoring, coaching and support to junior and less experienced engineers.
• Develop technical design alerts and learning initiatives to promote continual improvement and engineering excellence.
• Ensure designs are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with current legislation, standards and client requirements.

Senior Civil Design Engineer Requirements

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards Chartership.
• Strong technical expertise in reinforced concrete structures, steel-framed buildings, buried pipework and site infrastructure design.
• Experience working on large-scale infrastructure, utilities, water, wastewater or capital delivery projects.
• Strong understanding of CDM regulations and design responsibilities.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to effectively review, coordinate and guide technical design activities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Passion for health & safety, engineering excellence and innovative design solutions.

Desirable

• Experience working within the water and wastewater sector.
• Knowledge and experience of digital engineering and BIM methodologies.
• Experience working within alliance, framework or collaborative delivery environments.
• Knowledge of sustainable design principles and low-carbon engineering solutions.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed solely on their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the role.