Senior Civil Design Engineer
Up to £45K Starting salary negotiable dependent on experience + Benefits
Such Salinger Peters Ltd, a Civil Engineering Consultancy are seeking to recruit a Senior Civil Design Engineer for one of their south coast offices with the view of the successful candidate becoming a Director within one year of appointment. The vacancy has arisen as a result of phased retirement and the ideal candidate would be chartered with experience of managing the design element small to medium size infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will need to have hands on knowledge and experience of the design process associated with drainage and roads for commercial and residential developments and also have a working knowledge of structural engineering, foundation design and Flood Risk Assessments.
We have a varied workload and can offer autonomy, variety and the opportunity to run your own jobs, liaise directly with clients, whilst playing a strategic part in our ongoing growth plans. The ideal candidate have a CV that demonstrates good experience in roads and drainage design, and the ideal candidate should be someone who is seeking a genuine long-term career move and doesn’t want to get lost in a large organisation.
The successful candidate will have a full UK driving licence in addition to current demonstrable experience with industry standard software including AutoCAD, WinDes, HEC-RAS, FEH and structural analysis software. A working knowledge of Sewers for Adoption 7 and Section 104, 278 and 38 agreements is essential as is the ability to run projects and provide guidance to junior staff members.
You will have excellent communication skills, be ambitious with a desire to progress your career within a small to medium sized consultancy
As one of two south coast design facilities the office currently has a turnover of approximately £300K and employs 4 technical staff, where responsibility for the day to day management will fall to the candidate. Typical projects range in value from £1K to £500K in capital value and the candidate must be able to relate to the different engineering requirements and management techniques required for this variety of projects.
Written applications in confidence to J E Peters, BSc CEng MICE, Such Salinger Peters, Designer House, Sandford Lane, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4DY or by e-mail to recruitment@sspconsulting.co.uk
For further details or an informal chat please feel free to call Jim Peters on 01929 551706.
Such Salinger Peters are an equal opportunities employer and the candidate will be selected on merit.
Key responsibilities / duties include:
• Responsible for technical and design input on a wide variety of projects both infrastructure and structural
• Responsible for projects or aspects of projects as project manager and discipline lead
• Liaise with clients, other professional teams and disciplines on relevant aspects of projects
• Delegating and supervising work of more junior team members
• Mentoring junior staff, promoting CPD activities.
• Support the Office Director in managing the team’s workload
Desired Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will be a positive and enthusiastic team player, who holds a suitable and relevant Civil Engineering degree and has attained MICE or other relevant professional qualification.
The ideal candidates must:
• Have experience in infrastructure design; drainage; roads and streets, utilities etc.
• Have experience of working in a team environment and supervising the work of others.
• Have knowledge and experience of WINDES, AutoCAD 2D, HEC-RAS and FEH
• Have experience in chairing client and consultation project meetings
• Have experience of construction contract and specification preparation
• Be able to act as contract administrator using standard industry forms of contract (JCT, NEC, ICE etc).
• Have excellent communication and written skills
• Be competent with the use of Microsoft Office programs
• Have experience in identifying and winning new work and building client relationships.