Lead Civil Engineer

To help lead us to success, we are looking for an experienced Lead Civil Engineer to join our Water Non‑Infrastructure Team within the @One Alliance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and mentor a team of engineers.

• The role includes providing engineering technical direction, collaborating with key stakeholders, and supporting multi‑disciplinary project teams.
• Provide design support for numerous non‑infrastructure schemes, ensuring designs are fit for purpose, meet current legislation and standards, and are completed on time and within budget.
• Lead, coach and develop junior and less experienced engineers; check and review civil design deliverables to ensure processes and procedures are followed.
• Input into Construction Design Management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Review and ensure the design CDM deliverables have been completed for projects.
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate knowledge across the civil engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with Minimum Asset Standards and provide constructive challenges when necessary.
• Work across Alliance project areas and Pan‑Alliance to establish technical common standards and processes.
• Implement and embrace new digital technologies to achieve fully attributed 3D models.
• Provide one‑on‑one or team‑based technical guidance and support to engineers.
• Develop design alerts to promote continuous learning and improvement.

• Degree in engineering (or equivalent) and ideally chartered or working towards it.
• Expertise in reinforced concrete, steel buildings, buried pipework, and site infrastructure.
• Strong leadership, mentoring and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for health, safety and innovative design solutions.

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy and carry over.
• Flexible pension contributions up to 5% employee, 10% employer.
• Life assurance of 4× salary.
• Income protection.
• Private medical insurance.
• Health cash plan.
• Car allowance.
• Annual professional institution subscription costs.
• Career and professional development opportunities.

Disability Confident:
We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to applicants who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role.