Senior Civil Engineer

Job description / Role

Senior Civil Engineer - Edinburgh

BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous for the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world.

Our Edinburgh Civil engineering group is currently involved in a wide range of challenging and exciting projects within a range of sectors. We have new and exciting commissions to deliver, and provide excellent mentorship, training and career progression opportunities.

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic Senior Civil Engineer to lead civil design aspects on buildings projects drainage and site development, and to assist and contribute to developing the work of the group. The ideal candidate will be approaching chartership, or will be already chartered.

The job holder will provide civils technical and design leadership services to the group on a wide variety of projects primarily within the education, commercial, residential, healthcare and scientific sectors.

Responsibilities:
- Undertake detailed civil engineering design
- Manage single and/or multidisciplinary projects in accordance with Buro Happold procedures
- Prepare Technical Specifications
- Check/verify subordinates work
- Monitor job financial performance
- Prepare technical and financial proposals for provision of professional services
- Plan and manage CAD documentation of design work
- Represent Buro Happold at meetings with clients, other professionals and suppliers
- Ensure senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the company and the client are achieved
- Coordinating his/her work with other members of the project team

Requirements

- Extensive experience in a comparable civils/infrastructure design role.
- Good IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, AutoCAD
- Strong drainage and earthworks design experience
- Ability to lead civils aspects of projects
- Experience working on a one to one basis and in team working situations.
- Ability to communicate technical subjects
- Ability to work autonomously and make design decisions.
- Good communication skills, experience in dealing with other employees and external clients
- WinDes MicroDrainage and AutoCAD Civils 3D proficiency

Desirable skills:
- Diverse sector experience

Qualifications:
- Masters degree (MEng) or Bachelors degree (BEng) in Civil Engineering.
Or
- Degree (BEng/BSc) in Civil Engineering that meets the engineering academic requirements for chartered engineer.
- Ideally chartered or approaching chartership.

About the Company

Described by our clients as passionate, innovative, collaborative: BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the worlds leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.

As an organisation we strive for progress and are committed to finding new and better ways to deliver elegant solutions. We recognise that this can only happen if our people can keep up with, create and implement the latest developments in technology and ideas. We offer learning and development opportunities at every level, to help shape exciting and personally satisfying careers and ensure our engineers stay at the cutting edge of industry thought.