Senior Civil Design Engineer (Water)

RPS; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water consulting firm in the UK seeks a Senior Civil Design Engineer specializing in water infrastructure. This role involves managing projects, preparing detailed designs, and collaborating with clients and contractors to deliver exceptional engineering solutions across various frameworks. Candidates should have a relevant degree in Civil Engineering and demonstrated technical design proficiency.

Benefits

Personal development plan

Career progression opportunities

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing water infrastructure projects.
• Ability to create detailed design documents and reports.
• Experience in mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Support project management and prepare detailed designs.
• Interact with clients to understand their needs.
• Create construction-ready design documents.
• Contribute to feasibility and optioneering assessments.
• Collaborate with contractors and project stakeholders.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Technical design proficiency

Motivation skills

Knowledge of British Standards

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Civil Design Engineer (Water) role at RPS

We are currently in the market to recruit multiple Senior Civil Design Engineers (Water), ideally with wastewater networks and/or clean water networks experience, for a variety of major long-term water industry frameworks across the UK.

Under this 10-year framework, RPS will drive program optimisation, develop solutions, and select the preferred options based on best value, lowest carbon, and cost. Our mission is to deliver exceptional water services to foster a resilient, eco-friendly, and thriving Northwest.

About The Team RPS Water Consulting is a team of Engineers, Modellers, and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, requiring innovation, dedication, and teamwork to help us meet our clients’ needs.

About You As a key member of the Water Consultancy business, your role as Senior Civil Design Engineer is critical to helping us deliver great projects for our Water Industry clients. You will be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of water project experts on a range of capital delivery projects. You will have a substantial opportunity to contribute towards optioneering, outline, and detailed design expertise across various frameworks. Our scope of work encompasses a wide range of technically demanding projects in the field of Wastewater Infrastructure.

By joining us, you're contributing to meaningful projects in the UK water sector and collaborating with leading organisations.

Your Responsibilities

• Supporting the Principal Engineer in managing projects, and preparing conceptual, schematic, and detailed design of water and wastewater infrastructure assets including treatment works, pumping stations, sewers, and pumping mains.
• Interacting with clients to grasp their specific needs and preferences.
• Creating an outline and detailed design drawings, as well as associated construction-ready documentation.
• Offering input into the development of Feasibility-level designs and Optioneering assessments.
• Generating concise and well-organised design calculations, reports, drawings, and other deliverables, including outline and detailed design drawings and relevant construction-ready documentation.
• Collaborating with contractors, the supply chain, and various project stakeholders.
• Mentoring and providing support for the professional development of junior team members.

Skills, Knowledge And Experience

• Demonstrated proficiency in technical design across multiple disciplines within project environments.
• Effective motivation, influencing, and people management skills.
• Good grasp and working knowledge of relevant British Standards, UK Industry Codes of Practice, and Water Specifications.

Qualifications

• Preferably degree qualified in Civil Engineering or a relevant technical subject. Postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• Chartered or working towards chartership
• Affiliation with a professional institution like IET, InstMC, or CIWEM, or in the process of working towards membership and nearing application.

What’s in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

Why RPS?

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With a global workforce, we offer market-leading development and project opportunities to help solve complex problems in the water sector.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Business Consulting and Services

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