Senior Civil Engineer

Position: Senior Civil Engineer

Location: Bristol or Exeter with hybrid working available

Rate Guide: 55-70k (Neg DOE) plus car allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Engineering team with a Senior Civil Engineer. Based in the Southwest region at either Bristol or Exeter, you will report directly to the Principal Engineer or Regional Discipline Lead (Civil).

Your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. You will co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract

Key responsibilities: Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term 'cost' is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.

Ensure that standard practices are utilised wherever possible. Maintain competitiveness Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department

Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department

Assist in developing procedures and processes Monitor and review the procedures and processes

Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.

Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.

Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts.

Assure customer satisfaction.

Work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.

Assist in supervising and developing staff.

Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff.

Ensure designs take account of environmental issues.

Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

Experience: Significant experience in technical delivery of complex water industry engineering projects

Understand the principles of water and sewage treatment.

Have experience of managing/mentoring members of staff in designing relevant discipline aspects of water and sewage treatment plants

Membership of a professional institution chartered or nearing chartership

Relevant discipline Engineering qualification

Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts

Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project management

A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time

Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly

Computer literacy

Driving license

Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance (subject to role and level of position)

Bonus

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance, Health Insurance, Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc

Key Words:

Civil Engineer

Civil Engineering

Design Engineer

Design Engineering

Engineering Design

Civil Design

Civil Designer

Design Coordination

Design Layouts

Design Solution

Plant Layout

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Wastewater

Sewage

Construction

Infrastructure

Utilities

Power Generation

Power Sector

Energy Sector

Energy from Waste

Petrochemical

Chemical

Oil

Gas