Associate Civil Engineer - Transportation

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ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Associate Civil Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to lead technical delivery, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and work closely with clients to bring visionary projects to life. You’ll balance strategic thinking with hands-on engineering expertise. You will be part of an organisation that is 100-percent employee owned, that supports and creates many opportunities for you to advance, succeed and fulfil your career aspirations.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for someone who is personable self-starter with the ability to project a positive ‘can do’ professional attitude at all times maintaining good working relationships. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively across disciplines being able to establish excellent working rapport within the team, business and with clients, with the ability to work under pressure, handle a varied workload and keep to tight deadlines whilst maintaining the highest level of technical excellence.

In the role of Associate Civil Engineer, we'll count on you to:

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, management and supervision of project delivery, establish client brief, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plan and agree deliverables.
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract on site supervision, to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved.
• Manage design teams to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant to a consistent quality and standard.
• Ensure all design projects and reports within the group are technically compliant to a consistent quality and standard. Maintain regular ‘in house’ design reviews and checks.
• Implement and manage QA systems and procedures on all projects.
• Implement Company Health and Safety. Ensure all designs respond to the CDM regulations.
• Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets.
• Lead the monitoring of resource relative to each project.
• Build and maintain excellent client relationships and contacts to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business. Manage client’s expectations and promote a team approach.
• Pursue new business opportunities with existing clients and develop new business opportunities, including leading and preparing bids, proposals and responses to tenders.
• Motivate yourself and manage staff within the group to build coherent high performing teams. Set objectives, monitor performance, coach and develop staff to optimise their potential.
• Be familiar and review with various Engineering Conditions of Contract.
• Continuous adoption of all Civil and Structural engineering rules and regulations, endeavouring to always ensure protection of the Company’s reputation and Professional Indemnity.