Senior Civil Engineer

Our client is a multidisciplinary design consultancy and are hiring within their Northampton office. They are UK based with 2 offices in the UK and undertake civil design on a wide variety of civil and structural engineering projects within the commercial, residential, industrial, healthcare and education sectors on projects up to £40 million in value. Established nearly 40 years ago, they are experts in the field providing civil and structural engineering and surveying consultancy services throughout the UK.

What’s on offer

  • Hybrid working policy
  • Flexitime policy
  • Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Income protection scheme
  • Training and development programme
  • ICE chartership mentoring
  • Membership to professional institutions funded by the company

What you need to succeed

  • Have a suitable civil engineering qualification with a minimum of 5 years’ experience
  • Have experience in the design of below ground foul and surface water drainage systems
  • Be capable of managing deadlines and organising your own work
  • Be capable of overseeing the technical work undertaken by graduate and project civil engineers and assist in their training
  • Use your initiative and work well as part of a team
  • Be able to write full detailed drainage strategies and verification reports
  • Have an in-depth knowledge of SuDS and flood risk assessments
  • Be familiar with the MicroDrainage and/or the InfoDrainage software packages
  • Ideally have knowledge of 3D civil design software
  • Be familiar with highways design and how it interacts with drainage design
  • Hold a full UK driving licence and have your own transport
  • Be competent in producing drawings in AutoCAD
  • Be capable of liaising confidently with local authority planning departments and lead local flood authorities