Description

Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment, creating positive impact for people, places and the planet.

We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment — helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy.

Thriving together, today we have a team of over 200 members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Requirements

As an Associate geotechnical/geoenvironmental engineer, you will be a highly experienced and effective engineer, able to lead and coordinate a team of engineers. In this role, you will also act as the Northern Lead, responsible for coordinating and supporting our existing team members across the North and ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery.

You will oversee the delivery of a variety of projects across the UK, across a range of sectors including residential, education and commercial development and regeneration. You will have the opportunity to work alongside industry experts and high-profile private and public-sector clients and collaborators.

You will have effectively managed a team of engineers in the efficient and successful delivery of multiple projects concurrently. You will have also supported the Associate Directors and Director teams in their duties including workload and people management, business development and bidding.

Business development will be a regular part of your role. You will be conscious of the potential for repeat work with clients and collaborators through your team’s impressive project delivery. You will have developed your own network of industry contacts and maintain them, aiming to bring in new business opportunities. You will have developed an overview of other disciplines within Civic and be comfortable representing the practice at meetings with external parties discussing and selling these services..

Key elements of the job

Technical

Overseeing engineering design
Identifying problems and opportunities, directing others to assess and resolve problems using qualitative and quantitative measures, and supervising others to do so
Coordinating and reviewing the production of high-quality drawings, presentations and written reports on a range of projects.
Self-checkingand checking others’ work.
Overseeing preparation and presentation of technical data
Overseeing the effective use of analysis and modelling software for design.
Conducting internal reviews of projects
Compliance with the duties of Designer, Contractor and Principal Contractor under the CDM Regulations 2015, when required
Compliance with the practice QMS, including self-checking

Managerial

Leading multiple projects concurrently: understanding, and where necessary negotiating, overall programmes, project deliverables, resources and associated fees both at the start and managing changes throughout project lifetimes.
Liaising regularly with the Project Directors and client via meetings, phone calls and general correspondence; managing expectations and feeding any significant matters arising back to directors.
Project resource allocation and forward planning to ensure project deliverables are met.
Managing, mentoring and developing members of the team.
Team & project financial and commercial awareness
Contribution to overall business analysis, planning and strategy

Business Development

Assisting the Associate Directors and Directors with leading your team’s BD, including attending and representing at internal BD reporting meetings.
Developing and maintaining a strong industry network
Building a strong rapport with existing clients, through project delivery and high standards of communication.
Identification of opportunities, discussing and agreeing strategies for pursuing them with directors.
Business development activities including general networking, 121s with contacts and attendance at industry events both internal and external. Note these often occur out of normal business hours.
Writing bids and fee proposals and following these up to convert opportunities

Behaviour and Professional Commitment

Demonstrating rigour and professional commitment by being of Chartered Status
Participation in and presentation at Civic Academy and other CPD opportunities
Maintaining a record of your CPD and a Development Action Plan
Demonstrating behaviour consistent with Civic Engineers’ Values and contributing to the progress of the organization

Competencies

Excellent written and verbal skills
Excellent report writing skills
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent graphical communication
High level of competence in the use of MS Office products (including Excel and Word)
High level of competence in relevant software used by the business and discipline
Contractual awareness
Excellent team working and leadership capabilities
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent time management of self and others
Establishedindustry network and strong business development skills

Is this you?

A degree in Geotechnical or Geovironmental engineering or Geology
Chartered with the GSL, ICE or SocEnv, or similar
Excellent relevant design office experience across a wide range of sectors and project size.

Our commitment to DEI

Civic is made up of brilliant people. Each of us is unique, whether in terms of our background, personal characteristics, experience, skills or motivations. And we value our people for the differences they bring to the table. These differences - this diversity - is powerful.

Nurturing an inclusive culture helps each of us to benefit from a wider range of these different perspectives, experiences and skills. We believe that this creates a happier, more productive working environment for us all.

We encourage applications from individuals who bring diverse perspectives and are passionate about contributing to an equitable and respectful work environment.

Benefits

💰A fair and competitive salary, taking into consideration market rates and your experience level

🫶Flexibility. Our core hours are between 10:30am-4:30pm, with an early Friday finish!

⚖️Hybrid working. Most of our full-time employees come into the studio 3 days a week

🌴Generous holidays! 26 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees). An extra day when you reach 3 years’ service, and another at 5 years!

🌞Holiday options. Buy or sell a week of holiday each year, or create a sabbatical pot by banking a week’s holiday for 3 years to take a month off on year 4!

👪 Enhanced Family Leave. Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and neonatal care leave pay, plus 2 days paid dependency leave and 1 weeks paid carers leave

🌱Wellbeing support. Mental health first aider support, mindfulness sessions and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

🩹Health benefits. Life Assurance, Health Care Cash Plan, Gym discounts and free Eye tests

🤒Sick Pay. 4 weeks enhanced sick leave, plus 2 mental wellness days

⭐DEI network. An established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion network with regular team activities, plus 2 days of paid volunteering leave each year to support causes close to your heart

💡 Professional Development. Paid professional memberships, 2 days paid study leave (+ extra for exams), Chartership Preparation Courses, Chartership completion bonus, in-house ‘Civic Academy’ training, Management Development Programmes and a Mentorship programme for all employees

💷Financial benefits. Access to our HMRC friendly Workplace Nursery scheme, plus enrolment to our workplace pension scheme

🚆Sustainable travel. Season Ticket Loans & National Rail Cards, plus two salary sacrifice cycle to work schemes and cycling facilities at all our studios (showers, bike racks etc).

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