Principal Civil Engineer

Placed: 06/12/17
Region: West Midlands
Location: Birmingham
Category: Jobs


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What is the purpose of this role?

This role is based at our International Design Hub in Birmingham. This multi-disciplinary office with over 200 engineering staff provides solutions to our clients right across the globe as well as supporting national and local UK clients. Some of the work that our teams are currently working on include, HS2, Highways England CDF, Area 13 and 14 schemes, Sydney term maintenance contract designs, and Gloucestershire and Staffordshire local highway improvements, including the award-winning Staffordshire Western Access Route.
However, its not all work and we have a good social team to arrange out of hours activities and we also give our staff one day off per year to support local charities / community events.
Our IDH is located across two floors in the Colmore Building right in the heart of Birminghams business district, ensuring excellent connections and a wealth of amenities. The building has many benefits for our employees, including gym access, in house coffee shop, secure cycling parking and changing facilities.
Your role will be to lead a Highways design team producing cost effective carriageway and footway rehabilitation designs on our Birmingham contract.

Lead a design team to ensure:

Delivery of all the specified project outcomes on time, within budget and to the clients specifications
Project requirements and are fully met
Advice and guidance is provided for staff, and professional development is actively pursued
Good relationships are maintained with all external parties to enhance the reputation of the company

What makes this role unique?

You will ensure that technically sound design solutions are produced, including all associated reporting and cost estimating, to programme and within budget and ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards.

What will this role involve?

Develop effective design solutions that are consistent with the briefs developed from the survey data
Undertake a wide range of design work on all aspects of the functions design and maintenance
Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements
Maintain high technical standards, consistent with the project brief
Progress projects through preliminary and detailed design with particular emphasis on client requirements and innovation
Liaise with clients (both internal and external) and ensure their requirements are effectively communicated to the team
Prepare and check engineering designs, calculations, and oversee drawing production
Prepare and check contract documents and scheme cost estimates
Prepare and check technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tenders
Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
Supervise team members including all engineers, senior engineers, senior technicians and assistant and graduate engineers
Assist with project planning and programming
Project administration reporting to the Project Manager including monitoring programme delivery, resources and budgets Inspection work, feasibility studies, cost estimating for works and fees
Effective management and response of project related correspondence
Undertake site supervision duties of contractors and when required
Check to ensure compliance with the Integrated Management System and assist in its development
Support Consulting in the preparation of bids and delivery of services on other contracts

What are we looking for?

Chartered Engineer
Thorough knowledge & experience of relevant highways technical standards
Computer literate and conversant with relevant engineering software packages
Knowledge of current Health and Safety Legislation and CDM Regulations
High personal standards
Significant post-qualification experience in Highways design
Good experience of the co-ordination of the design process and team management
Client focused approach to service delivery
Good communication skills and the ability to work within a small team and have a dedicated approach to working within and meeting strict deadlines
Good communication skills dealing with clients, developers, consultants, elected representatives and the public

About Amey

Everyone at Amey works together towards this common aim, which we call our Better Places goal. Were a commercial business which focuses on helping our customers to serve Britain. Making things better every day for people and communities is at the heart of the way we work.

Today we are one of the most diverse companies in our sector. So at Amey you can grow in a specific sector or broaden your horizons by applying your skills to a new sector. You may be surprised where an Amey career can take you.

Amey is an equal opportunities employer