Job Description
Are you a Senior Engineer who specialises in infrastructure design? Are you looking for a new role? This is a fantastic new opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and progress their career.\n\nThe Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.\n\nWhat’s on offer:\n\nHybrid / Flexible working\n\t\nCycle to work\n\t\nICE Chartership support\n\t\nEnhanced pension scheme\n\t\nClear progression path with regular performance reviews\n\t\nSalary reviews each year DOE\n\t\nMedical insurance / Life Assurance\n\t\nIncome protection\n\nThe role:\n\nProviding day to day support in the delivery of concept studies / strategies with hands on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction drawing issue\n\t\nContributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients\n\t\nBeing active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.\n\t\nYou will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate\n\t\nInvolvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management\n\t\nBeing responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.\n\nWhat you need to succeed:\n\nPreferably a Civil Engineering degree (or equivalent experience)\n\t\nKnowledge of, and experience in highway/roads design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a good working knowledge of the Development Industry in Scotland and the UK.\n\t\nAn appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures is desirable as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures\n\t\nThe ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings\n\t\nA good knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Sewers for Adoption, Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals\n\t\nGood written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability\n\t\nThe ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software including InfoDrainage, Civils 3D and/or PDS\n\t\nExperience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects\n\t\nA good knowledge of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal\n\t\nA robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects