Senior Civil Engineer (Concept Design)

Join Our Team: Senior Civil Engineer (Concept Design) opportunity Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive.

As an Engineer, who wouldn’t want the chance to work on structures that Telford, Jessop and other engineering greats had a hand in creating?

We are a team of engineers and technicians that design and/or manage the design of repairs on a diverse range of our historical assets to keep our canals open and alive. We provide the designs of technical solutions, preparing specifications and briefing documents for our direct labour force, external contractors, and consultants. Our works are focussed on conserving and enhancing our precious waterways for future generations.

Working Hours & Location

This role follows 37 hours, Monday to Friday working pattern. The vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings.

The concentration of works means our relevant regional hubs include Leeds, Burnley, Ellesmere Port and Birmingham.

Travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits and meetings. The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage. Regular accessibility to our network is essential.

See our canal network here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network.

Role Overview

Our role is to provide designs to maintain, repair and rebuild the Charity's infrastructure to enable visitors to safely enjoy our canals and rivers, and safeguard them for future generations. Our aim is to develop efficient and innovative engineering solutions to the multitude of challenges we face maintaining our waterways and infrastructure day to day.

Specifically, this role will:

• Provide the needed engineering support to our Priority Projects, Priority Works and Reactive teams.
• Investigate, develop and specify cost effective engineering and construction solutions ensuring best value, considering user requirements and whole life costs.
• Design and specify engineering solutions and where required, act as Principal Designer and/or Designer for works in accordance with CDM 2015.
• Provide designs for the maintenance, repair and renewal works delivered by our teams and external Contractors, taking account of, all statutory, technical, operational and customer requirements.
• Be technical advisors to the Charity’s internal construction functions, agreeing standards and specifications.
• Where required, provide temporary works designs for works delivered by the Charity’s internal construction teams.
• Accountable for engaging and briefing Principal Engineers, relevant stakeholders and offering specialists advice, when risks require greater consideration.
• Contribute to the development and the implementation of Design Guidance, Standards and Specifications.
• Coordinate with the Trusts external Professional Services suppliers to develop design options and solutions.
• Where appropriate actively participate in the Trust’s “Stand-by” and “Call-out” rotas.
• Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
• Ensuring that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.