Associate Civil Engineer

We are looking for an Associate Civil Engineer to join our clients friendly and growing team in Bristol. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary consultancy known for practical, down-to-earth engineering solutions.

You’ll play a key role in shaping projects from concept to completion, mentoring the next generation of engineers, and influencing the future direction of a highly respected engineering business committed to technical excellence and exceptional client service.

You can expect to work on a wide mix of infrastructure and development projects. In this role, you’ll help lead projects, guide a team of engineers, and play an important part in shaping how this client delivers their work within the Bristol office. If you’re an experienced civil engineer looking for a new challenge in a supportive, collaborative team this could be for you!

What’s on offer

• Hybrid working
• Professional membership paid
• Bonus scheme
• Chartership support with inhouse mentors
• Internal/External training schemes
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Bike to work, Dental, Healthcare)

The role

• Scoping and preparing fee proposals
• Assisting with business development activity to further enhance, grow and diversify the civil engineering capabilities within the organisation
• Oversee and develop appropriate technical solutions / reports from concept through to implementation stage
• Conduct site inspections / reviews and analyse data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
• Attending meetings and communicating with clients to establish their needs & managing all deliverables to ensure client satisfaction and commercial and technical project success
• Maintaining high technical standards consistent with the project brief
• Ensuring all projects are completed in a timely and cost-effective way
• Managing project team to ensure production of deliverables to agreed timelines and within budget
• Assess potential risks, material and cost
• Provide advice and resolve creatively and emerging problems / deficiencies
• Specific additional elements attributable to the respective Discipline
• Monitor progress and compile project status reports
• Manage budgets
• Working closely with key stakeholders to deliver solutions which exceed client expectations
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior members of the team

What you need to succeed

• Proven work experience within the field of engineering
• Degree in engineering or similar & ideally Chartered.
• Able to design and deliver engineering solutions on major and/or complex projects
• Excellent programme management skills including the ability to handle multiple projects
• Expert in providing project management guidance and direction on multi-disciplinary projects
• Able to understand the balance of engineering priorities on differing projects
• Able to motivate individuals to work collaboratively as a team
• Excellent people management skills and experience of managing staff at all levels