Senior Civil Engineer

Overview

As Senior Civil Engineer, you will lead technical design for water projects, ensuring compliance and high quality across teams. You’ll review designs, mentor engineers, and drive sustainable, innovative solutions for water recycling assets. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver on time and within budget while advancing low-carbon design. This role offers the chance to shape critical potable water infrastructure within a collaborative alliance.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote work
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• maternity/adoption leave (28 weeks)
• paternity/partners leave (4 weeks)
• pension
• share incentive plan

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on water recycling treatment works and related infrastructure
• Oversee civil outputs for compliance with standards and Anglian Water specs
• Check designs, calculations, drawings, and 3D models
• Manage design risks and embed health and safety in the lifecycle
• Respond to construction and supply chain queries with technical advice
• Support modular construction, offsite build, and repeatable designs
• Collaborate with BIM managers, design teams, and stakeholders to optimise delivery
• Work with construction teams on buildability assessments
• Mentor and coach Civil Engineers for growth
• Contribute to forums, share lessons, and drive continuous improvement
• Promote low-carbon design and enhanced natural capital

Key requirements

• Master’s degree in civil engineering (or equivalent)
• Chartered or working towards Chartered status with ICE or IStructE
• Significant experience in civil design within the UK water industry
• Experience in detail design in a design and build environment
• Proficiency in reinforced concrete design (BS EN 1992), water retaining structures, ground engineering, buried pipework, drainage, reinforcement detailing
• Knowledge of steel and masonry design, civil layout planning, and site infrastructure including roads and drainage
• Experience checking designs, conducting site surveys, and working with 3D/BIM models
• Proactive, solution-focused mindset and ability to lead by example
• Mentoring junior staff and contributing to team success
• Solid understanding of CDM regulations and health, safety, welfare in design
• Interest in digital innovation, offsite construction, and sustainable design practices

• leadership
• mentoring
• collaboration
• reinforced concrete design (BS EN 1992)
• water retaining structures
• ground engineering

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