Civil Engineer

Job Description

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Civil Engineer – Highways & Drainage

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Location: Edinburgh

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Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

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Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home

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Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

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About the Role

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Clarkson Owens Recruitment is working with a client who is looking for an experienced Civil Engineer specialising in Highways and Drainage to join their team in Edinburgh.

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The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality drainage and highway designs across a range of projects, ensuring designs are innovative, sustainable, cost-effective and meet client requirements.

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This is a great opportunity for a Civil Engineer with a strong design background who is looking to develop their career within a collaborative engineering environment.

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Key Responsibilities

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• Produce highways and drainage designs across a variety of projects.

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• Provide technical expertise and specialist advice to colleagues and clients.

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• Undertake Design Risk Assessments and contribute to project hazard workshops.

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• Coordinate with other design disciplines to ensure integrated project solutions.

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• Assist with civil engineering tendering, including reviewing tenders and developing design strategies.

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• Identify project risks and opportunities and develop appropriate mitigation measures.

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• Assist with the procurement and coordination of specialist subcontractors and suppliers.

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• Prepare and coordinate tender deliverables.

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• Liaise with clients and design teams throughout projects.

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• Attend design team, client and site meetings as required.

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• Maintain clear and proactive communication with project stakeholders.

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• Share technical knowledge and support the development of other team members.

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• Keep technical knowledge and professional development up to date.

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• Contribute to business development and maintaining strong client relationships.

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About You

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The ideal candidate will have:

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• A degree or higher-level qualification in Civil Engineering.

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• Chartered status or be actively working towards chartership.

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• A minimum of 3 years' experience working on projects involving highways and/or drainage design.

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• Experience working within a civil engineering design environment, ideally within a consultancy.

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• Experience using Civil 3D (or similar) for highways and earthworks design.

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• Experience using InfoDrainage (or similar) for drainage design.

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• Experience contributing to tenders, including risk identification and mitigation.

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• Strong technical, written and verbal communication skills.

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• Excellent attention to detail.

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• The ability to work collaboratively and build strong relationships with clients and colleagues.

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• Confidence in presenting technical ideas and solutions.

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• The ability to represent the business professionally during site visits and surveys.

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Experience working on infrastructure projects, particularly within the rail or power sectors, would be advantageous.

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A current clean driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across the UK is desirable. Occasional site visits may involve early starts, late finishes or other unsociable hours.

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If you are an experienced Civil Engineer with a background in highways and drainage design and are interested in discussing this opportunity, please get in touch with Clarkson Owens Recruitment for further information.

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All applications will be treated confidentially.

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