Pick Everard
Senior Civil Engineer - Water Engineering

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About Pick Everard
Here at Pick Everard, we are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future, taking a fresh perspective on the built environment. Our core values of professionalism, compassion, drive and positivity are at the heart of everything we do.
Do you thrive in a collaborative workplace where your ideas and voice are valued? Would you enjoy working on diverse projects that make a real difference to communities across the UK? Are you driven to deliver high-quality work and continuously develop your professional skills?
If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!
To support our continued growth, we’re looking to appoint a Senior Water Civil Engineer to join our teams in Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow, delivering a range of wastewater, clean water, and Better Rivers projects. You'll deliver sustainable and cost-effective solutions in compliance with UK environmental and health and safety regulations.
At Pick Everard, water management is central to our work. We’re proud to support major clients like Severn Trent Water, Thames Water, Yorkshire Water, and the Government of Jersey, while also collaborating closely with contractors to develop innovative designs.
If you enjoy the challenge of managing clients and contractors, alongside managing project deadlines and deliverables, this is the role for you. We're looking for someone who values deep technical knowledge, enjoys collaborating to solve problems and wants to drive sustainable initiatives within UK water management systems.
Joining a supportive network as part of a national team, you can expect to receive valuable training, guidance and genuine scope for career development. You'll also have the opportunity to develop your own leadership skills through mentoring junior colleagues, as well as managing your own client relationships and exposure to internal commercial growth plans.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Creating designs from feasibility through to construction and leading the technical design of projects for a variety of projects in terms of size, type, and complexity, both single discipline and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Supporting with the appraisal and design of structures and solutions for pumping stations, sewerage and clean water networks, surface water management, blue and green infrastructure, and detention tanks.
- Mentoring junior colleagues, supporting their development.
- Representing the firm at client meetings, contributing to us winning new work.
- Supporting project and team management and contributing your own innovative ideas to help us find affordable, sustainable and low carbon solutions for our clients.
- Compliance with Health & Safety requirements, practices and procedures.
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Our Ideal Senior Water Civil Engineer Must Have
- A degree or equivalent in civil engineering, working towards a professional qualification.
- Chartered or near chartered with ICE or CIWEM.
- CEng with post chartered relevant experience or IEng with post incorporated relevant experience working in wastewater.
- Experience managing wastewater and/or cleanwater infrastructure schemes.
- Good knowledge of industry design software packages.
- Excellent communication skills and a team player with a confident, positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- A high level broad-based technical appreciation.
- Very good report writing and presentation skills at project level.
- Experience in a variety of different forms of contract.
- Confident liaising with new and existing clients and an ability to build a good rapport with other parts of our inter-disciplinary practice, and with external design teams.
- Robust problem-solving skills, taking accountability for assigned work.
- Previous experience writing and presenting reports along with client interaction and work winning (desirable).
- The ability to lead a sub-team, focused on delivery of high-quality design output.
- Experience in mentoring and technical management of a design team


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What We Offer
Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:
- Agile working.
- Career and Professional Development.
- Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities.
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
- Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan.
- Stakeholder pension.
- Professional subscriptions.
- Employee Discount Scheme.
- Eyecare Scheme.
- Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.
Accessibility
We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us at careers@pickeverard.co.uk. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.
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