Civil Engineer

Overview

Design and develop civil engineering solutions for water infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• civil design
• feasibility study
• site visits
• design calculations
• hydraulic analysis
• stakeholder liaison

Tasks

Under the direction of the Project Design Manager, you'll deliver a range of Civil Engineering projects which not only continues to provide the region with safe drinking water, but be involved in pioneering and environmentally- focussed work which enhances our region’s prosperity now and in years to come. The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency. As a Civil Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll create and develop value-driven civil designs that achieve our capital investment programme outcomes and deliver value. -Working within multi-discipline design teams to produce designs which are on time, within budget and meet the required standards, liaising with stakeholders including Operations, contractors, and suppliers along the way. -Provide support to update existing, and increase the number of, Standard Products that are used within our design solutions on a repeatable basis. -Progress projects from feasibility stage through detailed design to construction. -Undertake site visits to assess current condition of our assets for feasibility studies, reports and provide survey data for integration of the asset into our design solution. -Identify and promote opportunities to meet the project digital, sustainability, innovation and people objectives. -Production of civil designs, calculations and specifications for water-sector assets, design schedule and specify pipes, including ductile iron, steelwork and plastic. -Drive excellence in Health and Safety in design by eliminating hazards and reducing risks during design whilst complying with Alliance CDM procedures.

Requirements

• eurocodes
• chartered engineer
• teamwork
• data analysis
• structural design
• design software

What You Bring

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny. Place Based Thinking We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen? -Confident in the utilisation of British Standards and Eurocodes and have the ability to interpret ground investigation reports to enable you to design the correct solution. -BEng or MEng/MSc Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, ideally working towards attaining Chartered Engineer status. -Team work and collaboration skills. -The best method for contacting you (Phone or email) -Strong reporting writing and data analysis skills. -Good knowledge and experience of undertaking structural calculations for various concrete structures, and demonstrable experience in undertaking design of various civil engineering structures. -Ability to professionally challenge current ways of working and suggests new approaches. -Experience with relevant engineering design software packages.

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Benefits

Water Recycling (East and West) We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee. We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression. If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you. We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting‑edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact. To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week. If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. “reasonable adjustments”) with the application process?

About Sweco

-It’s grown into Europe’s leading engineering consultancy. -Headquartered in Stockholm, it is publicly traded. -Leveraging combined architectural and engineering services, it completes projects globally. -Typical work spans sustainable buildings, transport systems, and water and energy projects. -Urban‑planning teams address complex city challenges via blue‑green infrastructure tools. -With numerous acquisitions, Sweco integrates niche expertise while maintaining local insight.

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