Job Description:

Our Water sector consultancy is seeking Civil and Senior Civil Design Engineers to be based out of Sheffield and Leeds offices with hybrid working on a permanent basis.

You will support long-term water industry frameworks across the UK, including major programmes in water and wastewater treatment plant design, river health, sewerage infrastructure and wider asset upgrades. You will contribute to outline and detailed designs, construction-ready drawings and technical documentation for treatment works, pumping stations, rising mains, pipelines and site layouts.

Responsibilities

• Daily activities will include client engagement, feasibility and optioneering inputs, interdisciplinary coordination and delivery of technical outputs for multi-million-pound programmes within AMP8 and AMP9.
• You will work in multidisciplinary teams, supporting the integration of civil design with structural, mechanical, electrical and ICA disciplines, and mentoring graduate engineers where required.
• deliver accurate and practical design packages that support procurement, construction and successful project outcomes.
• ownership of design workstreams, improve technical efficiency and contribute to low-carbon, resilient solutions for water and wastewater treatment and wider infrastructure projects.
• help shape high-quality design delivery across significant UK frameworks and support the development of other engineers in the team.
• Technical design proficiency - Produce robust outline and detailed civil designs, calculations and construction documentation to UK standards for water and wastewater treatment plant and associated infrastructure.
• Multidisciplinary coordination - Integrate civil inputs with structural, mechanical, electrical and ICA disciplines, contributing to coordinated design reviews and efficient delivery.
• Client and stakeholder engagement - Translate client requirements into pragmatic design solutions and maintain clear, professional liaison with contractors, partners and internal teams.
• Delivery and quality assurance - Manage design outputs to time, cost and quality targets, applying CDM requirements and robust assurance processes throughout.
• People development and leadership - Mentor junior staff, share best practice and contribute to team capability, knowledge capture and continuous improvement.

Skills, qualifications and experience

• degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• postgraduate qualifications and chartership, or working towards chartership; membership of a relevant professional institution.

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience level - applications from Civil Design engineer and Senior Civil Design Engineer welcome - circa £40-60k
• Hybrid working - Leeds and Sheffield offices
• Generous Holiday allowance
• Company pension
• Company benefits
• (full package discussed upon application)