Senior Water Civil Engineer, Manchester, LE1 1HA

Job Description

Senior Water Civil Engineer

Our Opportunity
Are you an experienced Civil Engineer looking to take the next step in your career, as part of a thriving, multi-disciplinary consultancy? Maybe you’re already in a Senior position, looking to expand your experience within a variety of exciting projects? Do you want to work as part of a collaborative, dynamic team of like-minded, talented professionals? At Pick Everard, the supply, management and disposal of water are at the core of what we do. We are proud to have a vast pipeline of work for clients including Severn Trent Water, Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Government of Jersey. We are looking to appoint an exceptional Senior Civil Engineer to work across an array of cleanwater infrastructure projects within our experienced team in Manchester.
Working as an integral part of the team, you will play a key part in delivering cleanwater infrastructure projects, including mains renewal, distribution network upgrades, network control and trunk main renewals. As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will produce technical designs, specifications and reports for a large variety of projects in terms of size, type, and complexity, both single discipline and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will mentor and manage your design sub-team (project programming and planning and resources). Our Civil Engineering discipline boasts a supportive and collaborative environment, and the successful engineer can expect hands-on guidance and prosperous career development. You will also have opportunities to achieve chartered status, with mentors and access to regular workshops and seminars tailored to signing off the core objectives as part of the chartership process.

About You
This role will suit a Civil Water Engineer who has experience working in wastewater infrastructure across the UK. You will be able to demonstrate your skills, and knowledge of the industry, and be passionate about driving your career in engineering forward. Our ideal Senior Water Civil Engineer must have:

1. A degree or equivalent in civil engineering or a related subject, working towards a professional qualification
2. Experience managing cleanwater infrastructure schemes
3. Good knowledge of industry design software packages
4. Excellent communication skills and a team player with a confident, positive and enthusiastic attitude
5. A high level broad-based technical appreciation
6. Very good report writing and presentation skills at project level
7. Good verbal communication – able to discuss work, coach and supervise employees and communicate effectively with clients

It would be nice for you to have:

1. CEng with post chartered relevant experience or IEng with post incorporated relevant experience working in wastewater
2. Experience in a variety of different forms of contract
3. Confident liaising with new and existing clients and an ability to build a good rapport with other parts of our inter-disciplinary practice, and with external design teams
4. Robust problem solving skills, taking accountability for assigned work
5. Previous experience writing and presenting reports along with client interaction and work winning
6. The ability to lead a sub-team, focused on delivery of high quality design output.

About Us
Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history, we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued.

We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer
Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

1. Agile working
2. 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
3. Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
4. Professional subscriptions
5. Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
6. Stakeholder pension

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, and maternity, or religion or belief, marital status or civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.

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