Assistant Civil Engineer (Water)

Sweco UK Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Do you have what it takes to transform society?

We are currently looking for talented and motivated Assistant Civil Engineer to work as part of a multi-disciplinary department providing detailed designs for water related projects in the UK. This role can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office and the option of adjusted start and finish times.

Sweco have over 22,000 designers, engineers and consultancy experts across the UK and Europe and, together with our clients, we co-create solutions that address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation and make our societies more sustainable.

Our water teams have a global knowhow of industry leading technologies and are providing skills and inventive solutions across the full spectrum of lifecycle services in both water engineering and wider water management. These abilities are recognised by our clients, evidenced not least in our work on AMP7 Frameworks with 7 out of the 12 UK water and sewerage companies.

We’ll work with you to develop your technical expertise so that you can become a real difference maker and develop sustainable and innovative solutions to address these issues. You’ll join a growing team of Engineers working together towards the best client outcomes.

We are looking for individuals who can challenge conventional thinking and work collaboratively to meet a wide range of business, environment and regulatory challenges for these clients. The role offers an opportunity for successful candidates to broaden and diversify their expertise.

What does the role involve?

Working within our water team on multi-disciplinary projects, you will act as an Assistant Engineer, supporting with developing design solutions, co-ordinating with other disciplines to deliver innovative outcomes.

You will be involved in projects from conception to completion including; undertaking elements of the project design as directed: e.g. calculations, drawings, sketches, reports etc to achieve the optimum solution for the project; assessing, documenting and communicating design changes to the Project Manager; being aware of work requirements and taking personal responsibility in delivering this to agreed time, cost and quality requirements; attending and recommending/implementing improvements to policy, processes and project management methods.

What we’re looking for from you:

1. An academic qualification in a related field, such as a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
2. Strong interpersonal/team working skills, with the ability to develop a good working relationship with all levels of the organisation, clients and contractors together with the capability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner both verbally and written.
3. Good knowledge and experience of water and wastewater design including an understanding of the basics and the integration of multidisciplinary elements including process engineering and MEICA.
4. Experience in design, contract and tender preparation, tender assessment and contract administration.

What’s in it for you?

This is an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this may be the job for you.

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.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco!