Technical Assurance Civil Engineer

Job Title: Technical Assurance Civil Engineer

Salary: £45-55k (depending on skills and experience)

Location: Barking, Greater London / Abbey Wood, London / Luton / Deptford, London / Harpenden

Type: Perm – Full time

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

What will you be doing

Our client is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. This a challenging and exciting opportunity to join the Capital Delivery Major Projects team and be involved in the delivery of some of the most technically complex, high-profile projects in the UK’s biggest potable water and wastewater treatment investment programmes. With project values ranging from £30m to over £120m and covering the full life cycle from feasibility to handover, you’ll have an opportunity to make a real difference.

As a Technical Assurance Civil Engineer, you’ll contribute your skills and experience to positively shaping solutions that holistically balance innovation, value for money and resilience. Solutions that range across some of the UK’s largest water retaining structures include challenges such as constructing new sewage treatment works on an old landfill site, tunnelling, re-purposing and expanding existing assets, demolition and material reuse, and promoting precast and DfMA solutions. You’ll also want to drive down our embedded and operational carbon footprint by maximising energy-efficient solutions and delivery such as the use of low-carbon concrete, all developed within an environment that encourages collaboration across a range of technical and commercial disciplines, internal business functions and with the supply community amongst a diverse range of external stakeholders.

Working closely with contractors and consultants supporting the delivery of capital projects, you’ll ensure compliance with our requirements, standards, and expectations so that solutions are delivered safely, meet the technical and environmental requirements of the Project Brief, and end user’s expectations.

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Technical Assurance Civil Engineer to work on some of the most significant and complex wastewater treatment, renewable energy, and potable water treatment projects in the UK water industry. The role also offers opportunities for support for Chartership plus progression within Major Projects and Capital Delivery.

What are we looking for

-Be educated to a degree level in civil engineering or with equivalent role-specific experience

-Have significant experience working in a design and construction role

-Be knowledgeable and have previous involvement in delivering major complex projects in the whole project life cycle from inception to handover (up to £120m in value)

-Promote and sustain our clients Health & Safety vision (zero incidents, zero harm, zero compromises) throughout the project lifecycle

-Experience in applying Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015)

-Have detailed technical knowledge and expertise within your discipline and the ability to work across varying engineering disciplines

-Be commercially aware with a good practical understanding of engineering contracts

-Be a great team player with the ability to lead and work collaboratively with all stakeholders but also capable of working independently

-Have the desire to adopt and demonstrate behaviours aligned with our clients values

-Be resilient, tenacious under pressure and highly motivated to successfully deliver projects safely to time, cost, and quality

-Have a passion for continuous professional development and an active approach to driving diversity within Engineering at the company.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.