Senior Civil Design Engineer

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Senior Civil Design Engineer

Location: Bristol | Hybrid Working
Type: Full Time, Permanent

An established, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy is seeking a Senior Civil Design Engineer to join its growing civil and infrastructure team in Bristol. The business delivers integrated engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors and is known for supporting both large-scale multi-disciplinary developments and standalone specialist technical commissions, including projects valued in excess of £500 million.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer looking to take on greater responsibility within a collaborative, technically strong environment, delivering complex infrastructure solutions while helping to strengthen and develop the wider civils team.

The Role

In this role, you will deliver innovative civil engineering solutions for clients while playing a key part in the ongoing development of the Bristol civil engineering team. You will be involved in the design, coordination and leadership of major development infrastructure projects, working across multi-disciplinary teams from early feasibility through to detailed design and project delivery.

This role offers the chance to take ownership of technical delivery, represent the business at client and project meetings, and contribute to the continued growth of a well-established and highly respected consultancy.

Key responsibilities include:

Manage and coordinate highways and drainage designs relating to large development infrastructure projects

Produce Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs), Drainage Strategies, Nutrient Mitigation studies and other pre-planning advice

Design of surface water and foul drainage systems, including SuDS solutions in line with current standards and best practice

Support the design of minor roads, access arrangements, external works and associated civil infrastructure

Assist with cut and fill analysis, earthworks coordination and wider site infrastructure planning

Prepare and review technical drawings, calculations, specifications and reports from concept through to completion

Interface with architects, building services engineers, project managers, cost consultants and other disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects

Represent the consultancy at client and project meetings, presenting designs and helping to drive key project decisions

Provide day-to-day client interface, including site visits for technical assessment and problem-solving

Support planning applications and technical approvals, including S38, S278, S104, S106 and S185 agreements

Assist with client / project proposals and bid support to help secure new work

Lead or support project teams, contributing to technical quality and delivery performance

Apply knowledge of BIM principles within civil engineering project delivery

Use software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D and InfoDrainage (or equivalent)

About You

You will be a technically capable and motivated senior civil engineer with a strong consultancy background and solid experience in development infrastructure design.

You should demonstrate:

A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline

Experience in a similar role, ideally within a multi-disciplinary consultancy environment

Strong experience in drainage (foul and surface water) and minor roadway / highways design

A good understanding of SuDS, flood risk, highways, cut and fill analysis and development infrastructure design

Knowledge of Section 38, 278, 104, 106 and 185 agreements

Experience producing and reviewing calculations, drawings and specifications across projects from concept to completion

Familiarity with Part H and Part M of the Building Regulations, British Standards and local authority requirements

Good working knowledge of AutoCAD, with strong experience in Civil 3D

Familiarity with InfoDrainage (or equivalent drainage software)

Awareness of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its application in civil engineering

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence in client-facing situations

Experience of leading project teams and coordinating technical delivery

Experience working at client sites would be advantageous

NEC contract experience would be beneficial

Ideally Chartered (CEng) or working towards Chartership

Membership of, or ambition to work towards membership of, ICE (MICE) or an equivalent professional body

What's On Offer

Competitive salary dependent on experience

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Structured training and career development pathway

Full support toward professional Chartership

Exposure to major multi-disciplinary developments and technically complex infrastructure schemes

Opportunity to work on projects with values in excess of £500 million

Opportunity to take on genuine responsibility within a growing civils team

Collaborative, inclusive working culture within a well-established consultancy

Comprehensive benefits package including pension, healthcare and wellbeing initiatives

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Civil Design Engineer looking to take the next step within a highly respected consultancy that combines strong technical standards, varied project exposure and genuine long-term progression.

If this sounds like something of interest, please get in touch directly with Michael

(phone number removed)

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
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Location:
Bristol
Salary:
£40,000 - £50,000 /annum
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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