Senior Civil Engineer

Are you a seasoned engineer looking for a role where your expertise truly carries weight? Do you want to lead high-impact projects that ensure fresh water keeps flowing to millions of homes across the South East? This isn’t just about managing assets; it’s about shaping the future of our network. As our Senior Civil Engineer, you’ll be the technical heartbeat of our non-infrastructure capital projects. From the first spark of a concept to the final site completion, you’ll provide the solutions that keep our treatment works and plants running at their best.

Main responsibilities:

• The coordination and management of Civil Engineering direct reports, including conducting 1:1/Feedback sessions, conducting appraisals, managing workload, technical support, approval of holiday and expenses, quality control, facilitating support during reactive and emergency work situations.
• Check and Review of project scopes ensuring they achieve the required outputs and quality standards.
• Providing technical solutions and support on complex capital projects, including the production of Scope Documents, Works & Site Information, Design Drawings, CDM Documents and compilation of job packs to required deadlines.
• Liaison with multiple technical disciplines, internal stakeholders and external 3rd parties, to seek approvals to facilitate projects.
• Undertaking site visits to undertake audits, acquire relevant project inputs and provide guidance to contractors.
• Work closely with Project Managers in regard to delivery dates, programme and cost analysis.

You’ll need:

• HNC, HND or degree in Civil Engineering or similar.
• Chartered (expected) or close to achieving Chartership.
• Extensive experience in the utility sector, with a focus on potable water infrastructure, specifically above-ground civil and structural works for water treatment and storage facilities.
• Proven expertise in delivering robust earth-retaining solutions, ranging from engineered embankments to complex concrete basement structures.
• Strong experience in design, construction and maintenance of non-infrastructure and infrastructure assets, including WTW, Booster plants, pipelines, services and hydraulics.
• Experience of site supervision for civil engineering construction projects.
• A keen, committed and motivated individual with excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrate and implement sound engineering judgement.
• Strong understanding of CDM 2015 and how it is applied to projects.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Competent IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite - knowledge of Google Workspace would be desirable.
• A UK driving licence.

We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

What can you expect from your recruitment?

To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website. It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package: Up to £53,000 p.a. dependent on experience.