Civil Engineer

Job Description

The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.

As a Civil Engineer you will provide designs which are innovative and deliver value for money whilst acting as a proactive problem solver by applying engineering principles. You will assist in reviewing and preparing a scope of works, methodology, programme, and resource estimate for implementing the design stage of the project and design support during construction. You will be embedded within the SPA delivery team and be responsible for supporting a section of the design output.

You will undertake a defined workload and liaise with Technical Leads, Design Leads, other discipline designers and Client representatives in this role.

Within your immediate team you will be expected to assist with the production of detailed design elements of the following: civils pipeline, drainage (including attenuation) and ductwork, chamber and kiosk design, highways, pump stations and break tank design. If your experience covers most of the above, gaps can be covered by training from within the team.

This role will not be required to attend the Peterborough office regularly, but be available to attend 2-3 days over 5-6 weeks and site visits once a month (to be agreed).

• Take ownership to deliver design and associated activities in your section of the SPA programme of works, whilst understanding the importance of design interactions from Solutions, Production and Delivery
• Work closely with team members to ensure project requirements are met.
• Develop commercial abilities by assisting with managing estimates, targets and forecasts for the design.
• Interface with our GI, Utilities and Environmental teams.
• Liaison with Temporary Works design.
• Enable accurate and timely information flow, such as response to Technical Queries etc.
• You will work with Supply Chain Designers, Offshore Designers, SPA Planners and Delivery Teams.
• Embrace digital transformation throughout design.
• You will support the Solutions, Engineering and Production teams with pioneering ideas to gain efficiencies.
• Not only do we look for the best talent to join us on our journey, we also look for individuals to demonstrate key behaviours that align with our values and beliefs.

• Applicants should preferably demonstrate experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and have a track record in design of a section of the works.
• Technical ability
• Good communication
• Willingness to learn and adapt
• Inquisitiveness

• Civil Engineering (or similar) degree
• Full UK Driving Licence

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements.

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future‑shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

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