Senior Civils Technician
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (DOE) + Benefits
Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Senior Civils Technician – London
A highly regarded, design-led engineering consultancy is looking to appoint a Senior Civils Technician to join its growing London team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technician to step into a key position within an expanding civils department, working on a broad mix of UK-led projects across residential, commercial, public realm and infrastructure sectors.
You'll be joining a people-focused consultancy with an outstanding staff retention record, strong technical reputation, and a varied workload that avoids teams becoming siloed or pigeonholed.
Projects are diverse and include:
- Residential developments and mixed-use schemes
- Commercial projects and growing data centre portfolio
- Public realm and town centre regeneration
- Masterplanning and strategic infrastructure layouts
- Drainage and highways packages for building-led developments
- Utility / service coordination including electrical, gas and wider infrastructure
- Select international projects across mainland Europe
This role offers the chance to become one of the senior technical figures in a growing team, with genuine scope to help shape standards, mentor junior staff, and develop into a longer-term Civil / BIM leadership position.
The Role
As a Senior Civils Technician, you'll play a key role in technical delivery, project coordination and team support.
Responsibilities will include:
- Producing and coordinating technical drawings and Civil 3D models
- Supporting delivery of highways, drainage, levels, earthworks and infrastructure packages
- Programming work in line with project deadlines and client requirements
- Providing progress updates to project leads and senior management
- Coordinating with engineers, architects and other disciplines
- Attending design meetings, BIM meetings and site visits
- Supporting document control and project file management
- Mentoring junior technicians and assisting less experienced team members
- Helping develop internal BIM / CAD standards, templates and workflows
- Supporting quality control and checking technical output
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience in a similar Civils Technician / CAD Technician / Civil 3D Technician role
- Proven experience delivering drainage, highways and infrastructure drawings
- Civil 3D proficiency is essential
- Experience working on UK development or building-related civils projects
- Strong understanding of coordination, accuracy checking and drawing control
- Ability to manage workload and support junior staff
- Good communication skills and collaborative approach
Desirable Experience
- Experience with Revit / Navisworks for coordination purposes
- Clash detection and BIM workflow experience
- AutoCAD experience
- Progress toward technician chartership or similar accreditation
Why Apply?
- £50,000 - £60,000 salary package depending on experience
- Join a growing civils team with strong long-term investment
- Opportunity to become one of the key technical hires in the department
- Broad project exposure across residential, commercial and public realm work
- Real progression potential into team leadership / BIM lead capacity
- Excellent staff culture with strong retention
- Hybrid working (minimum 3 days office)
- Discretionary bonuses
- Summer reduced-hour working arrangements
- Chartership support and professional development
- Social events, sports, wellbeing initiatives and catered lunches
If you are seeking a Senior Civils Technician role and want a strong option at a consultancy that can support your growth, apply directly or contact Michael from Aldwych Consulting on 07787 736 270
