Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer (Development) in Watford

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A little more about your role… We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Engineer to support our regional Development Team in Hertford, focusing on civil engineering for development infrastructure. You will work within a team supporting the production of designs and drawings for construction projects and technical reports for masterplanning in support of planning applications. You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time. You will report to a senior member of the Development Team.

Your role will involve:

• Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies/strategies with hands on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction drawing issue.
• Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients.
• Being active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.

You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate. Involvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management. Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.

Our team work on some of the most prestigious developments in the UK, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:

• HS2 Curzon Street Station, Birmingham
• Eden Project North
• Greenwich Peninsula
• HS2 Old Oak Common Station, London
• Aston Villa, Birmingham
• Bahrain International Sports City, Bahrain.

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation. Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars, namely; Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction. We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.

Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:

• Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
• Utilities, energy planning and coordination
• Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
• Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of, and experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a working knowledge of the Development Industry.
• An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures.
• The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.
• Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals.
• Aware of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
• The ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software including InfoDrainage, Civils 3D and/or PDS.
• Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects.
• Knowledge of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.
• Knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.
• Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and are at least nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.

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