Principal Civil Engineer

To lead a team of Civil and Structural Engineers and manage civil design projects, ensuring the designs are safe, compliant and economic.

Team leader:

• Lead a team of Civil and Structural Engineers, supporting the business, team and colleagues to achieve maximum potential
• Manage the team effectively with adherence to commercial performance and resource management via productivity and time methods
• Support the Associates and Directors, linking effectively and proactively with other teams within Concertus
• Work proactively and flexibly to support delivery across the service with commercial and solution focus
• Take ownership for own personal development
• Be an authority on Civil Engineering matters in the team and the business
• Support the professional development of team members

Customer service:

• Provide an efficient and business-like point of contact. This includes responding to internal and external enquiries and (via face to face, telephone, email and virtual meeting platforms e.g. Microsoft Teams)
• Lead conversations with clients
• Deliver a consistent and professional level of customer service at all times to Clients, and other practices within the industry
• Excellence in advice towards design quality and the Built Environment
• Provide an initial point of escalation for issues both internally and externally to support the team, the business and the clients

Business delivery:

• Develop and deliver new processes for the team.
• Manage effectively Sub-Contractor and Consultant Partners.
• React and resolve issues which arise during all stages of projects within the team.
• Hold a strong knowledge of Legislation, Policies, Good Practice and Guidance and apply this to the Studio and Business.
• Ensuring projects are completed on budget and to schedule.
• Preparing scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of Projects and specification of works
• Organising documents for tender and advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes for a project.
• Undertake feasibility, concept and detail civil engineering design and checking
• Organise and undertake inspections of civil engineering installations
• Ensure approvals from statutory bodies are obtained
• Prepare and check reports including Flood Risk Assessments
• Create and check engineering drawings using CAD packages and sketches for drafting
• Assessing the environmental impact and risks connected to design decisions
• Assessing the Health and Safety impact and risks connected to design decisions
• Managing, directing and monitoring progress during each phase of a project
• Monitoring and inspecting work undertaken by contractors
• Lead design delivery, client relationship management, team performance and support for your Associate
• Represent your team in management meetings, providing project updates and escalating issues
• Undertake a checking process of civil engineering design to ensure quality

Measures of success:

• Schemes delivered to time, budget and quality
• Feedback from team members and line manager
• Directors feedback
• Contribution to service delivery
• Team performance
• Accuracy and timeliness of support
• Efficiency of system and processes
• Feedback from stakeholders
• Service delivered within budget and to agreed targets
• Feedback from colleagues and managers across the business
• Service delivery performance indicators
• Effective delivery of agreed outcomes

It’s essential you have:

• A relevant degree or proven experience in Civil Engineering, including being professionally chartered with ICE (or working towards)
• Experience in SuDs drainage and highways working in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Knowledge of structural engineering
• A comprehensive knowledge of building regulations and of planning legislation and health and safety
• Effective communication skills across a range of contacts
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• You will be a highly experienced professional with strong interpersonal and organisational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking
• You will have team management experience and be able to demonstrate leadership competencies
• Excellent problem solving skills

BIM roles and responsibilities:

• Ensuring Asset Information requirements and/or MIDP requirements set out in the Employers Information Requirements and delivered on a BIM project.
• Enable reliable information exchange through a common data environment and the integration and co-ordination of information within information model.
• Assure delivery of information exchanges and confirm design deliverables. Configure information for project outputs
• Confirm supplier’s ability to deliver information requirements and coordinate delivery of all design information
• Manage information development and information approvals as overall Lead for configuration management
• Production of design outputs related to a discipline specific, package-based or time-based task.
• Direct the production of task information in compliance with standards and methods.
• Manage spatial co-ordination on behalf of task team and propose resolutions to co-ordination clashes
• Accept / reject information exchanges within the common data Environment

How you act:

• Professional, friendly and honest – builds good relationships with colleagues, understands the importance of confidentiality
• Attention to detail – able to deliver clear and accurate information
• Service deliverer – you focus on delivering a service that provides great outcomes for our customers
• Shows initiative – you come up with ways of improving how we do things
• Well organised – you plan and prioritise your work to ensure that deadlines are met. You have the ability to plan and multi-task and can work to strict deadlines
• Willing to learn – you want to acquire new skills that will support you in your role
• Flexible attitude – you are prepared to work flexibly to deliver the service