Senior Civil Engineer ( Treatment Plants ) @ Mott Macdonald

This is an excellent career opportunity where you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of significant global projects.You will take up technical responsibilities, promote a collaborative approach & inspire the team to deliver projects to quality, budget, and timescales.

You will be involved in design and build projects, preparing outline and detailed civil engineering designs, technical and commercial specifications, drawings, and schedules, and working closely with our client and contractor partners.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Support the Civil Discipline leads in the drive towards excellence in H&S, demonstrating applied knowledge & skills to produce safe designs to discharge your obligation per CDM Regulations, standards, and accepted codes of practice
• Support the regular design and discipline meetings and participate in sharing cross-discipline information
• Undertake all technical work to the correct standards & specifications. Ensure the requirements of Minimum Asset Standard (MAS) are adhered to & offer challenge when applicable
• Be responsible for the production of technical deliverables, these include, but are not limited to: - Engineering calculations (hydraulic calculations, structural calculations, carbon calculations etc.).
• Be responsible for maintaining your own quality and consistency of all civil engineering technical documents.
• Communicate effectively at all relevant levels to ensure that the need to deliver technical excellence is understood and implemented.
• Escalate issues that may impact on time/cost/quality to the Lead Technical Manager before they become problems or exceed agreed timescales.
• Maintain close links with other Engineers & the Discipline leads to ensure smooth interfaces between disciplines, manage gaps/overlaps & share best practice. Liaise closely with Lead Technical Managers within the programme area to provide technical guidance & explore opportunities for out-performance from technical innovation.
• To provide and maintain an estimate for design works needed to deliver the design.
• To understand the design risk and assumptions associated with the project and manage these risks.
• To record the risks and assumptions as the project progresses.
• To ensure that the designers responsibilities under CDM are adhered to by all
• To promote good H&S practice and minimise risks to operators / maintainers (e.g. designing out confined spaces and working from heights)
• To understand the environmental issues associated with the design and to manage them through the design process .
• Ensure the design team are working to the company procedures (i.e. Engineering, CAD, and QA procedures).
• Identify potential improvements to the clients systems and procedures

Candidate Specification :

• A degree in civil engineering
• Minimum 7-8 years experience in engineering design, in roles of increasing responsibility and project complexity.
• Chartered engineer (ICE), or working towards achieving professional qualifications
• UK, South East Asia, or Middle East water/wastewater sector experience in treatment (non-infra) projects
• Proactive approach, and able to adapt to changing scenarios
• Proven client liaison skills
• Experience of working on complex multidisciplinary projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Mentoring skills
• Experience working in an international design consultancy
• A strong technical focus, able to innovate and lead by example
• Demonstrable experience of planning and monitoring project programme, costs and resources ensuring delivery to time and budget
• Excellent knowledge of current international codes and regulations
• Previous experience in preparation of fee proposals and bid submissions
• IT and standard industry software skills, including knowledge of BIM
• Ability to communicate confidently and professionally in English with all levels of staff and clients (written and verbal)

Software:

• Some experience in either of Revit, Plant 3D, Navisworks
• AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and PDF document management
• Bentley ProjectWise, BIM 360.