Senior Civil Engineer in East Sussex

Advertising job title Senior Civil Engineer
Specialism Engineering
Work Location / Base of Work Falmer, East Sussex
Directorate Engineering & Construction
Employment type Permanent
Working pattern (e.g shifts) Monday to Friday
Job Description There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint.

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will be providing technical leadership and guidance to a design team in the delivery of wastewater projects. The role involves detailed technical analysis, as well as financial project management and ensuring project delivery. As a leader of schemes, you will be working with Project Design Leads and stakeholders to ensure that delivery, value for money and innovation are brought into the process.

Southern Water are looking for an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to join the Wastewater Civil team based in Falmer, Brighton on a full time basis. This role has a focus on leading a highly skilled team, technical problem solving, data analysis, and decision making. If you have previous Wastewater, and Civil Engineering experience then we would love to hear from you.

You will be:
* A leader, leading a team, understanding the roles within the team, and working co-operatively with other teams to achieve business aims.
* A critical thinker, empowered to make decisions and drive resolutions.
* Solutions focussed, identifying and resolving complex engineering issues, and proactive, demonstrating a high level of initiative.
* An innovator, carrying out research and reviewing research information to assist in promoting continuous improvement.
* An excellent communicator, negotiating and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders.

Your core responsibilities will be:
* Developing and maintaining projects in accordance with the corporate health and safety, environment and quality standards, and ensuring the project team comply with such standards.
* Ensuring that the design programme is achievable, provide early warning of delays and ensuring designs are delivered on time.
* Providing technical guidance and leadership of the project team.
* Preparing financial data to assist others in making business decisions, and ensuring lowest whole life cost and TOTEX solutions are delivered to outperform the business plan.
* Producing design plans and estimating time to carry out specific tasks in discussion with PDL and PM community; and being responsible for the gathering, production and assimilation of information to assist in preparing designs.
* Ensuring designs are aligned with customer expectations to ensure outcomes customer satisfaction.
* Line management of staff including duties ensuring staff development and performance appraisals.
* Management of sub-consultants including supplier selection, performance appraisal and invoice approval

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working. You will receive a salary of up to £53,500 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.