Civil Design Engineer

Location:

Ipswich (IP8) – Suffolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom

Salary:

£45000 – £60000 per annum + Package

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Engineering Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Civil

Advertiser:

Strata Consulting

Job ID:

130674582

Posted On:

17 June 2024

Our client has an opening for a Civil Engineer with extensive background in residential developments for their Suffolk office. You will be working a part of nearly 30 offices across the UK, reporting to the Technical Director ensuring targets and goals are achieved from planning to completion.

What’s on offer

* Hybrid working
* Company car scheme
* Death in service
* High-street discounts
* Annual bonus scheme (up to 15%)
* Private medical insurance

The role

* Provide Engineering support and technical guidance for regional site and office-based operations.
* Co-ordinate and manage external consultants to resolve engineering issues to allow planning consents to be issued
* Interact closely with design and planning team to deliver planning consents
* Manage consultants in the preparation of infrastructure, foundation, plot drainage and external level designs
* Monitor and resolve any Building Regulation/CML issues
* Manage and co-ordinate remediation strategies and ensure regulatory approvals are obtained
* Secure necessary technical approval for roads and sewers designs
* Provide all utility drawings of existing, proposed and diversions including obtaining competitive quotations from utility providers. Procurement and co-ordination of off-site service reinforcement, diversions, substations, gas governors plot connections etc and ensure all legal agreements are completed.
* Obtain street lighting designs and procure new postal addresses and agreeing street name plate specifications and locations.
* Produce designs in agreed timescales to ensure regional targets are achieved.
* Ensure all technical approvals/agreements for section 38, 278, 104 and 185 agreements are secured.
* Collate Pre-Construction Information Packs and Information for Health and Safety Plans.
* Understand the Designers responsibilities under the latest CDM regulations.
* Provide Engineering Support in respect of planning applications and land viability purposes.
* Provide support in relation to demolition, site clearance, road and sewer infrastructure works, utilities, external works and other construction related matters on a variety of residential housing developments.
* Assistance in the preparation of Land Appraisal Viabilities
* Satisfactory resolve engineering issues as part of planning application
* Finalise plot floor levels and ensure efficiencies of external level designs.

What you need to succeed

* Commercial Awareness
* Computer literate with an excellent knowledge of AutoCAD, Excel and Word.
* Building Regulations Legislation
* Health and Safety Regulations
* Experience of engineering and development within the housebuilding industry.
* Engineering related qualification with minimum HNC
* Good Negotiation Skills
* Ability to work under pressure and deliver to agreed timescales.

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