At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and oversee civil engineering projects that actually get built.
- Company: Specialist civil and structural consultancy with a focus on live projects.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive team, and real career progression opportunities.
- Other info: Join a growing team with a focus on practical outcomes and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a tangible impact by seeing your designs come to life in real developments.
- Qualifications: Experience in civil engineering design and knowledge of drainage and highway software.
The predicted salary is between 43000 - 55000 £ per year.
Civil engineers in development consultancy share one quiet frustration: months of drainage strategies and highway layouts for schemes that never leave the planning file.
The fix is working for a practice whose clients actually build.
This one is a specialist civil and structural consultancy serving housebuilders, developers and commercial clients across Hertfordshire, London and the wider South East.
The order book is dominated by live residential and mixed use schemes, which means your infrastructure designs, drainage strategies and road layouts get constructed, adopted and driven on rather than archived.
You would run the civil engineering on your own developments: drainage design and Su DS, Section 104 and 278 agreements, highway and earthworks design, technical approvals and the negotiations with authorities that get schemes over the line.
Support around you comes from engineers who have adopted more estates than they can remember, and the route upwards is unblocked because the team is growing on the back of real workload rather than ambition slides.
You will need civil engineering design experience in a consultancy or developer environment, working knowledge of the standard drainage and highway software, and the persistence that adoptions and approvals reward.
Salary is between 43,000 and 55,000.
If you are tired of designing infrastructure for planning archives, send a CV across and spend next year designing it for diggers, tarmac and completion certificates instead.
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Civils with land development clients who build what you design in Welwyn Garden City employer: Responsum Global
Join a dynamic civil and structural consultancy that prioritises real-world impact over paperwork, allowing you to see your designs come to life across Hertfordshire, London, and the South East. With a supportive team of experienced engineers and a clear path for career progression, you'll thrive in a culture that values innovation and collaboration while working on live residential and mixed-use projects. Enjoy competitive salaries and the satisfaction of knowing your work directly contributes to the community's infrastructure.
