Civil & Structural Engineer (Water)

Civil & Structural Engineer (Water) - Manchester

Job Description
This is an exciting new role for a Civil & Structural Engineer to join our growing team of 140+ Civil & Structural Engineers and Designers. Our Water department covers a range of projects from Concept Studies through to Detailed Design provide a variety of interesting work.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team delivering projects in the Water Sector, you will be responsible for delivering key elements of design work on projects including 3D design, calculations, scope of works, specifications and similar in a multi-discipline environment.
You will have responsibility for managing resources, prioritising / sequencing work, supporting others and driving design delivery progress.
This is a hybrid role with office attendance circa 3 days per week in Manchester along with occasionally required for site visits, design reviews and client meetings, within our clients' offices.
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Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities

• Production and checking of tendering and design deliverables, aligned with your technical discipline, to meet project needs and client requirements.
• Engaging / leading technical reviews, meetings and presentations to support scope delivery.
• Completion of work packages to cost, time and quality needs, managing change and other resources / people as required to achieve this.
• Support to others in the project team and wider Costain to ensure project and corporate outcomes are achieved, in particular Costain sustainability targets.
• Collaborate and ensure learning is shared, proactively challenge / celebrate safety performance
• Collaborate with suppliers, other designers, construction team and similar to produce a robust and safe design output

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essentials

• Proven post graduate experience within the UK water industry at all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries.
• Knowledge of UK legislation and standards.
• Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements.
• Eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance, UK Citizen or 5 years UK residence
• Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Experience of water industry standards and processes.
• Experience in working with multidiscipline teams and supporting more junior engineers.
• Knowledge and experience of common forms of contracts
• Career development aspiration

Qualifications
Essential

• Minimum BEng Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Working towards Chartership or Incorporation with ICE or IStructE.
• CSCS or CCNSG

About Us
Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
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