Civil Senior Design Engineer – Environment
What you will be doing
As Senior Design Engineer you will be an important member of the Engineering Design Team and will be required to work with the Principal Engineer(s), Design Team, Design Manager(s) and Design Leads to deliver design to the highest quality to GT process and in compliance with the BMS and H&S Regulations. This is a technical role, engaged directly on projects, which requires competency in technical design delivery in the water and wastewater industry. The Senior Design Engineer can have line management responsibility for design engineers of the same discipline, plus non-discipline design engineers/others if required.
As well as providing direction and assisting with innovations, you will be expected to contribute to the engineering governance of your discipline design activities, ensuring that design integrates with the other discipline design production activities, providing technical support to the supply chain procurement activities and supporting site activities as required. You will also be expected to support the Discipline Manager and Principal Engineer(s) for knowledge sharing and development of the discipline engineers, including mentoring and support of early career.
Qualifications & Experience
Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification. Demonstrable experience of working within the Municipal Water and Wastewater industries, working with a variety of clients such as Severn Trent, Scottish Water, Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Thames Water, Southern Water. Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body. Competent in a contracting/consulting environment, with commercial awareness.
Knowledge in Civil design of non‑infrastructure including but not limited to buried and above ground gravity and pressurised water and wastewater systems, design of inlet works, final effluents, primary, settlement tanks and other associated tanks, chambers within WTW and WW TW. Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards and experience in applying them across designs. Experience of working in accordance with QA and H&S procedures. Produce/check calculations and reports to support those designs.
- Understanding of hydraulics and experience in hydraulic calculations.
- Preferable knowledge in structural design of below and above ground water retaining structures and RC detailing but not essential.
- Experience of liaising with Client on technical matters to understand their needs and develop solutions to their problems. Attendance at design, progress and site meetings as required.
- Awareness of NEC contracts. Competent with requirements of the companies Integrated Management System including Health & Safety, Environmental and all other appropriate regulations.
- Strong written and oral communication and organisational skills and to produce reports in clear concise English.
- Proven ability to lead and work within a team environment with a dedicated approach to meet project deadlines.
- Keep up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate identify innovation/best practice for consideration.
- Co‑ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub‑contractors, in‑house functions and construction teams.
- Understanding in design activity schedules estimates. Proficient in working with multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Supervise and mentor less experienced or junior engineers.
What We Can Offer
With an impressive order book of over £3.9 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long‑held career goals.
We invest in high‑quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work, and offers you a wide range of working practices with different levels of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
- Company car allowance.
- A wide range of corporate discounts.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
- Private medical scheme options available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About Us
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work. We hold true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long‑term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk. Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full‑time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. We encourage you to confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience. If you don’t meet every requirement of the role, we still encourage you to apply – we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability that meets the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
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