Associate Public Health Engineer

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask: What is our impact on the world?

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We are looking for someone who is personable, self-starter with the ability to project a positive “can do” professional attitude at all times, maintaining good working relationships. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively across disciplines, capable of establishing excellent working rapport within the team, with clients, and with other disciplines, with the ability to work under pressure, handle a varied workload and keep to tight deadlines whilst maintaining the highest level of technical excellence.

• Design, manage and supervise projects, designated by your Group Leader.
• Assume role of design team leader as required, coordinating with other engineering disciplines.
• Carry out detailed design in accordance with industry guides.
• Prepare specifications, reports, and design drawings, budget costs to programme.
• Supervise project works on site, workmanship, and testing.

• Design, manage and supervise projects, establish client brief, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. report, specifications, and drawings scope for all projects with your Group Leader.
• Agree level of service, and project design duties with your Group Leader, for each project, understand relationship with fee.
• Assist Group Leader with monitoring engineering/CAD resource requirement for each project within your control.
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract on site supervision, to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved.
• Liaise with the design team to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard.
• Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings.
• Maintain regular in-house design reviews and checks.
• Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets.
• Monitor contract staff or third-party appointments.
• Maintain excellent client and design team relationships to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business.
• Pursue new business opportunities where appropriate with existing and new clients.
• When acting as design team leader, co-ordinate with other project disciplines.
• Assist Group Leader with identifying and implementing your personal training/CPD requirements.
• Help develop working practices in the Company.
• Implement and manage QA systems and procedures on all projects.
• Implement Company Health and Safety. Ensure all designs respond to the CDM regulations.

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Experience, especially in designing and managing projects, minimum 6 years’ industry experience.
• Experience of monitoring contract staff or third-party appointments would be desirable.
• Able to undertake computer modelling, organise and direct the production of CAD drawings and correspond effectively with counterpart numbers with other consultants.
• Skills in project managing ongoing jobs with limited supervision are desirable.
• Experience in the same or similar position is desired.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint.
• Educational qualifications to a degree level or equivalent are desired.
• Good knowledge and use of appropriate project and design analysis software.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field.
• Strong technical background and experience in designing water distribution systems.
• Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, MicroStation and hydraulic modeling software.
• Project Engineering and Project Management experience is necessary.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

• Primary Location: United Kingdom-England-London
• Industry: Building Engineering
• Schedule: Full-time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Business Class: Building Public-Health-Plumbing

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.