Senior Civil Engineer

Are you an experienced Civil Engineer in Edinburgh ready to take the lead on projects, shape the direction of a growing team and have a genuine influence on the developments you work on? We're recruiting a Senior Civil Engineer for a growing multidisciplinary consultancy that offers exactly that.

This consultancy brings together town planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering under one roof. Its engineers work alongside in-house planners and landscape architects from the earliest stages of a scheme. The team of chartered engineers and scientists delivers flood risk and drainage expertise across a varied portfolio, including residential developments and infrastructure-scale battery storage projects, from concept and planning through to detailed design, construction and sign-off.

Rather than being one senior voice among many in a large engineering machine, you'll lead projects and client relationships directly. Most of the consultancy's work comes from repeat clients and referrals, so you'll be trusted to maintain and grow long-standing relationships with developers, project managers, architects and fellow consultants, and to see the impact of your decisions across the full project lifecycle.

• Leading drainage and SuDS strategies and detailed design for residential and energy infrastructure developments
• Preparing and reviewing Flood Risk Assessments, Drainage Impact Assessments and development infrastructure proposals
• Managing Scottish Water connections, adoptions (Sewers for Scotland), build-overs and diversions through to agreement
• Securing SEPA authorisations and other environmental consents
• Steering projects through planning, Roads Construction Consent and technical approvals, liaising with local authorities, flood prevention teams, Scottish Water and SEPA
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, managing programmes, fees and deliverables
• Checking and reviewing the work of junior engineers, and mentoring them as they develop
• Contributing to bids, fee proposals and the continued growth of the civils team

This role suits a senior engineer who wants more than technical delivery. You'll have genuine ownership of projects and clients, a visible role in shaping how the team grows, and the opportunity to influence the direction of a consultancy where your contribution really counts. You'll work across a strong mix of residential and battery energy storage schemes in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, following projects from initial feasibility right through to construction.

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered (ICE / CIWEM) or close to achieving chartership
• Significant experience in drainage, SuDS, flood risk and development infrastructure within a consultancy setting
• A strong track record of taking schemes through planning and technical approvals in Scotland
• Confidence managing clients, programmes and junior team members
• Proficiency with drainage design software (e.g. Micro Drainage / Causeway Flow, Civil 3D)

If you're an experienced Civil Engineer in drainage, flood risk or development infrastructure based in or around Edinburgh, and you're ready for a senior role with real ownership, influence and room to progress, I'd be keen to speak with you.