Civil Engineer - Senior grade in Newcastle upon Tyne

Are you looking to take the next steps in your career whilst making a difference to local communities and the environment? Do you want to focus on restoring, enhancing and improving the environment whilst helping deliver resilience to climate change? We are seeking an enthusiastic Principal Civil Engineer to lead and deliver a range of environmental improvements, river restoration projects, flood risk, infrastructure and energy schemes across the UK.

You will be joining an award-winning environmental and engineering consultancy which puts innovation, sustainability and resilience at the heart of its work. We are independent and staff-owned under a stewardship model which drives long term decision making and investment. We have offices in the UK, Ireland, Romania, India, Singapore and Australia. Our people are all important and we invest heavily in life-long learning and skills development. We support hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work.

The role involves leading our growing civils team in Newcastle whilst working with multidisciplinary teams including coastal modellers, reservoir engineers, geotechnical engineers, landscape architects and geomorphologists. You will lead these teams in delivery of flood risk management schemes, nature-based solutions, river restoration, natural flood management projects, renewable energy schemes and improvements and repairs to reservoirs. You will also represent the Newcastle civils team within the wider Scotland and Northern England engineering group, collaborating with teams in Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well across other JBA offices as required.

This varied and exciting role will involve delivery leadership, governance and technical input on a variety of appraisal, design and construction projects. You will work in a fast-paced environment, with a range of public, private and third sector clients including SEPA, the Environment Agency, Network Rail, highways authorities, water companies, lead local flood authorities, rivers and wildlife trusts. You will also be involved with and lead work winning efforts to further grow our range of projects and client base.

The right person will be a Chartered Engineer (CEng) ideally with the ICE and be keen to mentor and support junior staff as they work through our ICE accredited training schemes. A full UK driving licence is required for this role. We are looking for well organised, motivated, enthusiastic, flexible individuals who can lead an engineering team and manage a multi-disciplinary team on the delivery of projects. Ideal for those candidates looking for the next challenge and that have a strong desire to grow our engineering capabilities, lead exciting projects and develop junior staff in their team.

The right candidate will be:

• Organised and able to manage the workload of others.
• Commercially minded, with capabilities in the financial and contractual management of projects.
• Pragmatic thinker and solution finder.
• Able to mentor and develop junior staff including with their Initial Professional Development.
• Effective communicator, both internally and with clients and other external stakeholders.

Essential attributes for the role include:

• Technical leadership and management of the design process to develop sustainable and resilient solutions that meet client needs.
• Championing technical innovation to improve efficiency and quality of delivery, ensuring uptake of latest developments in digital design tools.
• Managing, developing and mentoring junior members of staff.
• Building positive relationships with clients, colleagues and key stakeholders.
• End to end project management, including contracts, budgetary control, programmes, change and risk management.
• Development and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams and subcontractors.
• Leading Safety in Design (CDM) and compliance with environmental legislation.
• Experienced in design relating to earthworks, drainage design, retaining walls and headwalls.
• The ability to undertake site visits in various areas of the UK, including overnight stays.

Experience in the following areas will be beneficial:

• Works falling under the Reservoirs Act.
• Energy sector projects including sub-stations, buried cables and battery storage.
• Design and management of flood protection schemes.
• Scour assessments for highways and rail structures.
• Natural flood management and sustainable urban drainage systems.
• Experienced in the use of the NEC4 suite of contracts.
• Hydraulic modelling and Flood Risk Assessment.

The role will be located at our Newcastle, NE1 5JE office which can be found on the 4th floor of the modern and contemporary Maybrook House.

For further information or an informal discussion about this position, please contact James Spears on 0131 3192940.

Note: JBA run a comprehensive Graduate Scheme and recent graduates interested in working for us should apply via that route: https://www.jbaconsulting.com/graduate-careers/