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Amey Consulting – Civil Engineer
We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways Team. With office space in Belfast, we invite applications from across Northern Ireland.
The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, but we offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time, and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.
Our 130 strong Belfast Design Hub delivers a range of local, national, and international projects for clients including Department for Infrastructure (DfI), Translink, National Highways, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), and the National Transport Authority (NTA). Our multidisciplinary team encapsulates Highway Engineering, Bridge/Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, River & Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Traffic Engineering/Transport Planning, as well as being the BIM Centre of Excellence for Amey. This unique ecosystem offers our clients a one-stop shop and offers our staff the opportunity to grow and develop in a knowledge-rich environment, with specialists who are eager to assist and mentor their development.
We strongly encourage the development towards a professional qualification with a recognised Institution and pride ourselves on mentoring our staff. To show our commitment to the development of our staff, we offer a comprehensive Chartership bonus.
What you will be doing
We are looking for an experienced Civil Engineer to join our Highways and Active Travel team. As a Civil Engineer, you will lead junior engineers in designing and delivering a variety of highway and public transport projects, including cycleways, greenways, junction improvements, highway drainage/SUDs, bus priority measures, pavement schemes, maintenance programs, and major roads or bridges. As part of our Belfast team, you’ll work on local projects and support initiatives in Ireland and the UK remotely. Your responsibilities will include:
- To work in a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working unsupervised and supervising more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks.
- The preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings, and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost, and programme.
- Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions.
- Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, responding to queries, etc.
- Managing a small, locally based single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of workload.
- Contributing to the preparation of bids and the general work-winning function.
- Working on site, either on a visiting basis or in a full-time but temporary role and including out-of-hours working.
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Requirements
We want to hear from you if you have:
- A Degree/Masters qualification in a relevant discipline
- Relevant experience in civil engineering
- The ability to work in a commercial and customer-focused way which achieves programme, meets performance targets, and generates income
- Be confident to work under minimum supervision and competent to check the work of others and supervise less experienced or junior staff
- A good understanding of DMRB, other national standards, best practice guidance, local standards, etc.
- A good understanding of the CDM regulations and their relevance to highway design
- The ability to support the preparation of briefs for fee quotes for delivery of services when required
- Can deliver on time, within budget, and to the quality required
- Keep up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate apply best practice within the team
- Experience of highway design software such as Autodesk Civil 3D, Causeway Flow, AutoCAD, or other specialist packages is desirable
We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. If you have most but not all of these skills and experiences, we encourage you to apply, and we will provide you with development or training to support you.
What we can offer
Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.
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Some of our benefits include:
- Exceptional personal development, training, and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
- Competitive salary and compensation
- Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays - holiday structure
- Family-friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
- Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support, and inspire diverse communities within Amey
- Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities
About Amey
Who we are
Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.
What we do
We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.
To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers
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Diversity and Inclusion
We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy, and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments, or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.
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We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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