Senior civil technician

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic Senior Civils Technician to join an established and forward thinking civil and structural engineering consultancy with several offices across the UK.

The successful Senior Civils Technician will join the dynamic civils team in their Leeds office on a full time, permanent basis. This role will suit a technician who is knowledgeable about the technical detail of how infrastructure and other civil engineering projects are designed and constructed and will offer an opportunity to progress through your professional career and become a key member of the team in the Leeds Office.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of high quality drawings and details for varying civil engineering projects for residential, commercial and industrial developments
• Liaising with clients, contractors, architects and other members of the design team on a regular basis
• Organising and maintaining incoming and outgoing project documentation
• The completion of designs for External works and levels, S104 drainage agreements and S38/S278 Highways agreements among other Section agreements on a variety of schemes
• Attendance at site or other meetings with one of our Engineers or Directors to complete surveys, attend design team or site meetings may be required
• Producing drawing and model packages within defined project time scales
• Producing residential, commercial, industrial, road and drainage proposals for various developments

Requirements:

• An HNC and/or 3 years minimum post qualification experience. You will be able to demonstrate experience of working in a similar role,
• Developing engineers' sketches and design output towards full technical approval & construction drawing packages within the following categories: S104 Drainage Packages, S38 Highway Packages, S278 Highway Packages, Private Drainage Packages, External Works / Levels Packages.
• Strong communication skills with the ability establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues,
• A good working knowledge of Civils 3D (Essential), Navisworks (Essential), Site 3d (Desired but not necessary if there is a willingness to learn), Microdrainage (Desired but not necessary),
• Ability to carry out the modelling of vertical and horizontal road alignments and Foul and Surface water drainage systems to comply with Local Authority, Water Authority and LLFA requirements,
• Ability to develop construction details, sections, etc,
• Able to liaise with the Project Engineer and wider design team on issues requiring clarification or external input,
• The ability to work on a wide portfolio of projects across all sectors simultaneously whilst managing your own workload and achieving key deliverable dates.

Our clients are a forward thinking firm who are looking for like-minded individuals to join them - people with the ability to work in a team environment, an interest in good engineering and who are keen to progress their career and move forward as the industry evolves.

An added benefit of this role is that our client encourages an agile working approach with the opportunity for a mix of office and home working to suit individual needs.

If this sounds like the role you have been waiting for please send an updated your CV to Sian Burke to apply