Associate Utilities Engineer

We are currently working with a major engineering consultancy who are looking to expand their Northern England team (Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Altrincham, and Newcastle) by recruiting a Senior/ Principal Engineer or Associate level Utilities Engineer. The Northern team is currently growing a highly skilled and customer-focused team to respond to an increasing number of secured highways, light rail and rapid transit schemes, heavy rail, and potential future opportunities in local, national, and international markets. Within this role, you will be responsible for the management of utilities within infrastructure projects and to work on a range of projects which include:

• National Highways Delivery in Partnership
• National Highways TA2 Schemes
• Transport for Scotland
• Innovative rapid transit concepts
• Bus Rapid Transit Projects (guided and unguided)
• Transport Hubs
• Highway projects with national contractors
• Local Authority highway promoted schemes
• Town/City Centre improvements
• Network Rail
• TfGM

Job requirements:

• Proven experience working within the utilities industry.
• In depth knowledge of NRSWA, including responding the challenges to its application.
• Understanding of cost savings under the Act
• Ability to manage delivery of utility diversions from C2 to C9 process
• Experience in leading small design teams.
• Confident in their technical ability and in client facing roles.
• Must be able to demonstrate a track record in people skills and commercial awareness, with some business development.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD & Civils 3D
• Experience with identifying, managing, and resolving multi-disciplinary interfaces
• Ability to identify bespoke engineering solutions in reducing scope of utility diversions
• Ideally involved in projects from assessing feasibility, concept design and detailed design.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written.
• A team player with the ability to liaise confidently with external clients and colleagues at all levels.
• Experience applying CDM requirements in the role of designer.
• Provide input into bids where utilities present a major risk into project delivery
• Provide Utility Peer review of schemes

 


Preferred, but not required.

• Bachelors degree (Hons) or masters in civil engineering, or equivalent.
• Professional membership in the highways sector e.g., Institution of Civil Engineers, CIHT etc.
• Be willing to get involved in and to lead Business Development activities including attending and presenting at institutional events, networking event, conferences etc, to contribute to though leadership pieces and to promote our activities on social media.
• Experience in the use of Navisworks; AutoDesk Infraworks; Bentley Open Roads and Projectwise.
• Competent in key highway disciplines to be able to independently check the work of others.
• Experience of typical engineering forms of contract (e.g. NEC3)
• Experience of UK highway design codes and standards (Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works etc).
• Available to travel for short assignments when required to other UK and possibly overseas offices.

 

As mentioned, this role is based in Northern England in either their Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Altrincham, or Newcastle offices. If this position is of interest, dont hesitate to get in touch with Erin at Critical Project Resourcing.