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WSPPosted 1 month ago

Civil Infrastructure Engineer (Development)

On-siteBirmingham, England, United Kingdom

Full TimeLargeEnvironmental Services

Job Summary

Conduct concept studies, strategies, and drawing packages for development projects across civil engineering, highways, utilities, and drainage sectors. Liaise with clients, stakeholders, and design teams to negotiate technical approvals and statutory agreements for planning applications and construction issues. Produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, and construction drawings while ensuring tasks meet budget, programme, and legal requirements. Utilize software such as Civil 3D and AutoCAD to deliver multi-disciplinary design from concept through detailed stages.

Required Qualifications

  • Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as knowledge of the Development Industry
  • The ability to produce with supervision infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings
  • Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals
  • Written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability
  • The ability to use relevant software including Info Drainage, Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or PDS
  • Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects
  • Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client's development proposal
  • Knowledge of financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects
  • Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and working towards Chartership or have equivalent experience and responsibility

Desired Qualifications

  • An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures is desirable as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures

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