Chartered Civil Engineer

Job Description

Business area: Building

Country: United Kingdom

Position length: Permanent

SDA Design Consultants , part of the NIRAS group, is a multi-disciplinary civil and structural engineering consultancy based in Kegworth, Derbyshire. The Company offers civil and structural engineering design services to a range of clients, project types and values. Due to increasing project commissions and appointments, we are seeking to appoint a full-time Civil Engineer to support the project delivery team.

The ideal candidate would be chartered, or almost chartered, and have a minimum of 5 years’ recent, relevant UK experience gained in a consultancy environment in a similar Civil Engineer role.

Our ambition

NIRAS is a global project-focused organisation with a high level of engineering expertise, and has an expanding international presence with over 2600 employees in 40 offices in 21 countries.

We deliver world-class solutions to ensure sustainable development in our society to benefit the next generations. Our leaders and employees focus on excellent project delivery and boosting our digital journey with our customers to sustain our business development.

Why you should join the NIRAS Group

NIRAS acknowledges that our employees are key to our success. We pride ourselves on providing a balanced professional and social working environment, and you will be part of a talented workforce where you can share knowledge and be inspired. You will be part of a culture with plenty of opportunities to develop personally and professionally.

Furthermore, you will be part of a team where commitment, empowerment, and high professionalism characterise your colleagues. We have a great social environment, and the Scandinavian leadership culture is the foundation for what we do. Our values ​​- we listen, we learn, we deliver - are the starting point for how we think and work, and it is crucial for us to deliver high quality support to our business.

At NIRAS, we put human development and, not least, the environment and climate at the forefront. We incorporate UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals in our projects, and strive to provide consultancy and solutions which will also benefit the next generation.

About the job

• Collaborating with the project delivery team to create and develop designs, including for foul and surface water drainage; highways; roadways; and car parking
• Providing high quality concept, preliminary, and detailed technical designs for SuDS components, for adoptable as well as private drainage schemes
• Carrying out a range of drainage calculations, including QBar, attenuation storage, soakaway sizing, foul loads, pipeline capacities and pipe network analysis for a range of drainage applications
• Preparing Developer Enquiries, Environment Agency product requests and LLFA information requests, relating to drainage designs, flood risk assessments and drainage strategies
• Preparing S104, S106 and S185 application forms and associated packages for submission to the Drainage Authority and Planning Authority
• Report writing, e.g. Flood Risk Assessments, Drainage Strategies, Technical Notes in response to Planning Authority queries
• Calculation of traffic profiles in order to determine pavement/road build-up designs.
• Preparing S278, S38 application forms and associated packages for submission to the Highway Authority and Planning Authority
• Using Microdrainage (Windes) to create, analyse, simulate and size the network drainage and SuDS components, as well as understand and interpret the analysis results
• Using Civil 3D to carry out a range of design assignments such as groundworks platforms, highways alignments and profiles, cut/fill exercises and external works layouts

About you

• Expertise in a range of relevant software packages including but not limited to Micro Drainage (WinDes), Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Microsoft suite of programs
• Recent, relevant experience of detailed design for a variety of drainage works including but not limited to residential schemes, commercial schemes, car parks, and industrial schemes
• Knowledge and application of design guides including but not limited to Sewers for Adoption, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and BS 7533 for permeable pavement designs, BRE Digest 365, the Building Regulations Part H, and CIRIA C753 (SuDS Manual)
• An understanding of Section 104, 106 and 185 of the Water Industry Act 1991 agreements and submission criteria for drainage schemes
• An understanding of Section 278 and 38 of the Highways Act 1980 agreements and submission criteria for roadway and access schemes
• Ability to interpret Ground Investigations, CCTV surveys, Topographical surveys, and Services surveys
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Commitment to producing high quality work and to promoting the reputation of the company
• Commitment to continuous professional development

What we offer you

Some of our benefits include private healthcare, employer pension contribution, a salary sacrifice EV car scheme, and increased holiday allowance year-on-year following two years’ service.

You will join an experienced team with a high degree of professionalism where you will be able to develop professionally through exciting and challenging projects. We have an informal and well-functioning professional and social work environment, where there are always competent colleagues you can ask for advice and your view will always be welcomed.

Contact

If the job sounds of interest, then please apply today as applications will be reviewed continuously before the closing date. Please do not hesitate to email Evan Wilcock (Talent Acquisition Partner UK) at ewil@niras.com should you have any questions.

Deadline: Sunday, August 28, 2022

About the Organization

NIRAS is an international, multidisciplinary consultancy company with over 1200 employees located in offices in Europe, Asia and Africa. Our business is to provide impartial consultancy within the fields of construction, infrastructure, public utilities, environment, energy, planning, socioeconomics, management, IT and development consulting. Our domestic market is the Baltic region where we work from companies in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine. We have completed projects in over 180 countries and have companies and offices in a number of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in order to support our international projects. NIRAS was founded in 1956 by graduate engineers Jørgen Kristian Nielsen and Konrad Rauschenberger. Today, NIRAS is one of the leading consultancy companies in Denmark. We are not attached to contractors, manufacturers or suppliers and are a member of the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers (FRI) and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). Ownership The shares in the NIRAS group are owned by the NIRAS Foundation as well as management and employees at NIRAS. The main objective of the NIRAS Foundation as the owner of NIRAS Group A/S is to promote the company’s growth and continuance both in financial terms and in relation to staff policy and desirable development.