Lead Civil Engineer

Due to project growth, the position of Lead Civils Engineer has become available to join our successful team on the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Framework

• Take ownership to deliver design and associated activities in your section of the SPA programme of works.
• Produce or review specifications, calculations, drawings and 3D models in accordance with the responsibility assigned for the task, confirming that applicable quality, safety and technical requirements have been addressed.
• Lead, support or independently review construction-site and supply-chain design queries and change requests according to the assigned responsibility, ensuring responses are timely, technically sound and processed through the applicable change-control arrangements.
• Review and ensure the design CDM deliverables have been completed for projects.
• Understand the importance of design interactions with delivery, procurement and commercial teams.
• Offer alternative solutions where necessary to ensure health and safety compliance and realise best whole life cost solutions.
• Provide technical knowledge and experience to the SPA Alliance.
• Affordability - Understand the overall portfolio affordability and, according to the assigned responsibility, develop or review civil design decisions with proportionate consideration of capital cost, operating cost, risk, programme, carbon and whole-life value.
• Work closely with Anglian Water representatives to understand project and asset requirements, and provide proportionate, evidence-based advice or challenge to standards, proven designs and proposed departures through the agreed governance process.
• Involvement in the interfaces with our GI, Utilities and Environmental teams.
• Input into Construction Design Management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings
• Actively seek out innovative technology and processes.
• Lead or support the adoption of offsite manufacture, modular construction, standard products and repeatable solutions where evidence demonstrates that they are safe, technically suitable, sustainable and appropriate for the project.

• Working with the highest degree of integrity, we want SPA employees to take ownership and accountability for their outputs and be driven to continuously improve how they work.

• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and have a track record in design of a section of the works.

• Experience of design elements typically associated with a Non-Infrastructure site, would include drainage and highway design

• Strong technical understanding of civils Non-Infrastructure design (preferably clean water)
• Chartered in engineering or equivalent background
• Civil engineering degree or equivalent