Job Title: Senior/Civil Design Engineer
Reporting to: Associate
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £37k-£42k (Depends On Experience)
A multidisciplinary design consultancy that have been operating for nearly 30 years are on the lookout for an ambitious civil/senior engineer to join the business in their Nottingham office. There are 20 people across the business and the civils team currently has 4 people where there are 2 design engineers and 2 cad technicians.
In terms of sectors they work on a number of retail projects, industrial schemes which are always underway, housing projects and a bit of education.
Civil Engineer role:
- This consultancy want the civil engineer to participate in the training of less experienced staff including apprentices (this is the responsibility of all staff so would be a small but important part of the role).
- The engineer is expected to run their own projects and be a single point of contact for a few clients – be their go-to person.
- Liaise with their structures team where projects are multi-disciplinary, both at quote level and when a project is underway.
Other Civil Engineer responsibilities/duties:
- To manage projects independently, reporting progress to the Associate in regular updates.
- To deal with team matters arising in the absence of the Associate and manage the team, when necessary.
- To meet with clients as a first point of contact and take project briefs, developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all team members through effective communication. This will be monitored through client satisfaction questionnaires.
- To produce fee proposals for multi-disciplinary projects in accordance with the project brief, which are realistic and commercial. Where necessary, prepare technical documents for speculative work or as part of a client tender.
- To monitor the profitability of individual projects and negotiate additional fees where appropriate to ensure financial success of the company.
- Provide solutions to complex technical problems and ability to write and interpret specifications.
Civil Engineer technical requirements:
- The engineer must be able to use AutoCAD and Micro drainage.