Civil Engineer

About us

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Civil Engineer to join our Highways team in Staffordshire.

Amey Consulting’s Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic and Local Highway networks.

In this role, you will work within the Highways and Designated Funds Design team and alongside our client, National Highways. As an Engineer, you will provide effective support and assistance to your Senior Engineers on a variety of highways schemes whilst also guiding junior colleagues.

The role

As a Civil Engineer at Amey Consulting, you’ll see your work from early design to the very end result, and every project will be different from the last. You’ll feel inspired to challenge yourself, as well as your colleagues. You’ll have the opportunity to thrive and we’ll help you shape your career whether through further qualifications, learning new skills or whatever else you need to achieve your ambitions.

We strongly encourage the development towards a professional qualification with a recognised Institution and pride ourselves on mentoring engineers. We can offer significant support towards Chartership, and you will be rewarded with a bonus of up to £5k on completion

We make our towns and cities better places to live by improving connectivity, journey times, and quality of life.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

Key accountabilities

• Drive effective health and safety practices within your team
• Liaise with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions that are developed are suitable for buildability and maintainability
• Provide support to the Senior Designer/Engineer within the design team on various design duties including:
• Surveys/Inspections
• Feasibility and other technical reports
• Planning, programming and cost estimation
• Design production
• Produce design schedules
• Review and amend design drawings
• Produce Specifications
• Support development of Graduate Engineers and Technicians
• Work to programme to deliver specified designs on time
• Prepare technical reports (eg Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports and other technical reports)
• Ensure innovation and best practice is highlighted and adopted where practicable
• Ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
• Carry out site surveys, inspections and supervision of junior colleagues on site

Keep up to date with your own personal development to ensure the natural

Skills & experience

• You can demonstrate high-level experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Engineer role or equivalent
• You can demonstrate an ability to produce or oversee the production of technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements
• You have experience in managing project-related tasks associated with health, safety and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• You are experienced in the application of technical governance procedures within a consulting engineering environment
• Have a Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject

Additional Information

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development- Exceptional development and progression plan

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to

• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership

• Save with Amey- Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers

• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Others

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients

• We are trusted partners of Government– both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

At Amey Consulting, we understand that engineering disciplines are varied and a similar skill set is required for many roles. If you are interested in progressing your career at Amey and feel you have the correct transferable skill set, but perhaps don’t fit all the criteria above, please get in touch at simon.pugh2@amey.co.uk