Senior or Principal Engineer (Development Infrastructure)

at  Sweco UK

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY?

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated Senior or Principal Engineer to join our Development Infrastructure team. This a full-time role is based in our Ipswich office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office and the option of adjusted start and finish times.
Working as part of a team you will be developing innovative solutions to today’s global challenges. Delivering sustainable designs that serve the needs of society today and into the future, through the provision of integrated multi-disciplinary consultancy services to our Clients.
You will be working on a variety of projects, including residential, energy and commercial sector development schemes from inception through detailed design and on into construction. In particular, we have some fantastic local, large-scale energy infrastructure projects.

ABOUT US

Transforming society together, we’re planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.
Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.
We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.
Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.
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WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE:

Working as part of the Development Infrastructure team on a variety of projects in the residential, energy and commercial sectors, you will act as a Senior Engineer or a Principal Engineer to undertake and check the delivery of design solutions and coordinate with other disciplines.
You will be involved in projects from conception to completion including; Bid management to clarify the project brief, agree deliverables, key milestones, project methodology; undertaking the detailed design and the checking of outputs as directed: e.g. calculations, models, drawings, sketches, reports etc to achieve the optimum solution for the project; assessing, documenting and communicating design changes to the Client directly. You will also be expected to occasionally coordinate a design team and be involved in planning workload and allocating resources as required.
You will take ownership and responsibility for the quality of work you produce, ensuring that work is delivered in line with the agreed timescales and ensuring you understand and comply with our Company Integrated Management system and all relevant health and safety legislation. You will have opportunity to recommend and implement improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions and share via the knowledge management channels as appropriate.
You will be expected to mentor and coach less experienced team members, whilst continuing to learn from experienced people who share a passion for working together with our clients to deliver technical excellence. You will be expected to develop meaningful and lasting relationships with a portfolio of clients to ensure repeat business.
This is an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company that is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU’LL POSSESS:

• A desire to work in a team, and a great attitude - collaboration will come naturally to you.
• An academic qualification, such as a master’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent. Ideally this will be accredited by the Engineering Council so we can help you work toward a professional qualification with the ICE or equivalent professional body, if required.
• A recognised professional qualification or be working towards an application within a defined timescale.
• Some relevant post-qualification engineering design experience and project delivery in residential, energy and commercial sectors. This could be either pre-planning services, or post-planning detailed design experience. To be considered for the Principal Engineer post, a minimum of seven years’ post graduate experience would be expected.
• Good organisational and project management skills as required to support multiple live projects.
• Competence in civil engineering infrastructure modelling software Civil 3D, with some recent experience of undertaking highway, earthworks and drainage design. Technical knowledge of subject matter is expected. AutoCAD experience is essential.
• Competence using drainage design tools, such as InfoDrainage, MicroDrainage or Flow.
• A working knowledge of MS Office 365 tools.
• Experience of resource or commercial management on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills and an interest in finding quick, innovative and practical solutions.
• The ability to organise and prioritise a design team’s workload to ensure that project timescales are met.
• The ability to travel to sites and offices within the UK when required, a driving license would be helpful but not essential to the role.
• Experience of development schemes (brownfield and greenfield sites).
• Experience of statutory or third-party approvals.