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Amey Consulting – Senior Civil Engineer
We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior 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.
What you will be doing
Our Senior Engineers play an important part within Highways and Active Travel teams. As a Senior 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:
- Lead on the delivery of scheme design:
- Providing support to the Design Team Leader within the design team on various design duties including:
- Surveys/Inspections
- Feasibility and other technical reports
- Planning, programming, and cost estimation
- Design production
- Production of design schedules
- Reviewing and amending design drawings
- Production of Specifications
- Supporting development of Graduate Engineers and Technicians
- Providing support to the Design Team Leader within the design team on various design duties including:
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- Work to programme to deliver specified designs on time
- Drive effective health and safety practices within your team
- Liaise with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions that are developed are suitable for buildability and maintainability
- Prepare technical reports (e.g. Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports, and other technical reports)
What we want
We want to hear from you if you have:
- Developed experience and expertise within the Highways/Civil engineering field, probably gained in an Engineer role or equivalent
- Comprehensive knowledge of design processes and procedures relevant to the civil engineering discipline
- An ability to produce or oversee the production of technically sound Highways engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements
- Experience in undertaking project-related tasks associated with health, safety, and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
- Successful completion of the initial professional development leading to either Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence and to the level defined by their education
- A demonstrable commitment to their plan of actions and key dates leading to successful completion of either the professional review or end point assessment, resulting in the award of Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in an appropriate subject or demonstrable equivalent further learning
- IEng or CEng status is desirable, gained through the professional institution to which the individual is aligned
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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