Senior Civil Engineer

Salary : £45,000 - £55,000 per year (experience dependant)

Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday

Benefits: 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays’, company pension and other benefits.

Are you a Civil Engineer who is looking to take the next step in their career?

We are growing the team and there is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer to join our multi-discipline workforce.

You will be part of the Engineering team, playing an important part in the work we do, overseeing building schemes and working collaboratively with other disciplines efficiently and effectively. You will use your engineering knowledge and experience to take on important elements of design on the various projects Align works on from schools and public buildings to refurbishments and new homes.

Our Civils team is currently delivering a diverse portfolio of challenging and rewarding projects across the region. This includes a fullseptic tank replacement scheme at Watchtree Nature Reserve in Carlisle, takingdesigns from feasibility through to construction support within a sensitiverural environment. We’re leading highway and drainage design for a major infrastructure project at Selby Train Station, integrating SuDS features and coordinating works in a complex rail-adjacent setting.

In Hambleton, the teamis undertaking full estate road and drainage design for a 100+ unit residential development, including SuDS strategy and Section 38/104 processes with closeliaison with the Local Authority and statutory undertakers. We’re also supporting a fast‑paced commercial scheme in Easingwold, providing comprehensive civil engineering design for a new supermarket and petrol fillingstation covering levels, drainage, highways interfaces, earthworks andmulti-disciplinary coordination.

We are an award‑winning building design consultancy and are proud to be recently recognised for our partnership with North Yorkshire Council for the major reconstruction of Fore Gill Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. The project was named the Best Civil Engineering Project in the region delivered for under £5 million, receiving a Smeaton Award at the 2026 ICE Yorkshire & Humber Civil Engineering Awards.

Align Property Services is a Limited Company, wholly owned by North Yorkshire Council and we are one of the largest multi‑discipline building design consultancies in the North of England. We are collaborative in the way we work, offering a broad range of services in Architecture, Sustainability, Building Surveying, Project Management, Civil & Structural, Transport Planning, Bridges, Highways & Drainage Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, CDM, Property Advisory & Estate Management.

We are dynamic and diverse in our approach to projects, from condition surveys of small garden retaining walls to designing multi‑million‑pound structures including schools, historic structures, fire stations, care homes and other public and commercial buildings across the UK. We are in continuous development of new projects with North Yorkshire Council and other public and private sector clients, and it is an exciting time to join us as we continue to evolve.

• Hold a degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent with significant post‑qualification experience
• Be a Chartered Engineer as a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers or currently working towards chartership.
• Be skilled in preparing detailed designs and specifications using PDS and/or Civils 3D, AutoCAD, Micro-Drainage/Flow etc
• Demonstrate competency in the conceptual and detailed design of infrastructure projects, including earthworks, roads and drainage
• Have a…