Senior Civil Engineer

Paul Basham Associates is a fast-growing, and award-winning Civil & Structural Engineering and Transport Planning consultancy. We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer to support a wide variety of Engineering work in an expanding team.

Essential:

• A minimum of 5+ years' of consultancy experience
• A degree or HND in Civil Engineering
• Incorporated Engineer (IEng) [or working towards/at an equivalent level of] with the Institution of Civil Engineers
• Drainage Strategy & Detailed Design experience (including SuDS)
• Experienced user of InfoDrainage (and/or MicroDrainage), and Causeway Flow with the ability to train others in the software
• Experienced in the preparation and checking of technical reports (I.e. Flood Risk Assessments)
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Site3D or equivalent 3D software
• Civil Engineering project management experience including projects combining drainage, external works and highways elements
• Experience in client management
• Representing the company at in-person and virtual project meetings
• Highways design experience (S278, S38)
• Construction stage package development

Desirable:

• Line management experience
• Experience providing on-site support (I.e. Utilities Coordination, Liaising with Contractors, and addressing site queries)
• Experience working on multi-phase residential development projects
• Experience preparing fee proposals
• Varied experience working on schemes through the planning process; from pre-app through to condition discharge
• Business development experience

Please note: Applicants for this role must have the permanent right to work in the UK. Unfortunately we are unable to provide Visa Sponsorship.  

• Work within a Civil Engineering design team responsible for the design of drainage systems, highway layouts, and S278/S38 schemes.
• Work in a project office, that is shared with the client and has regular presence from architects, other consultants, and local authorities. 
• Undertake and manage team resource for design work for:
  • Drainage systems in accordance with Sewers for Adoption, building regulations and the SuDS Manual.
  • On and off-site highway features, in accordance with the appropriate standards and codes e.g. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, and Manual for Streets.
• Be responsible for writing fee proposals.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Site 3D or equivalent 3D software.
• Have knowledge of and willing to learn other engineering software.
• Reviewing of junior team members reports, design, and drawing work.
• Attend client meetings and site visits.
• Co-operate with the Quality Management System (QMS) through undertaking administrative activities.
• Mentoring and training of junior staff.
• Support our regional offices and other departments through knowledge sharing and provision of resource where required.

• Customer: We put our clients at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we exceed expectations as the foundation of building long-term relationships.
• Openness: Communication is the fundamental cornerstone in forming partnerships with our clients and our team, based on trust and the ability to deliver.
• Results: Our commercial focus ensures a genuine desire to add value and achieve project goals to understand the environments within which we work and where value is best added.
• Excellence: Through the high standards we set ourselves we constantly strive to continuously improve the way we support our staff and deliver our services.