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Senior Civil & Structural Engineer (Water)
Costain Group
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Job Description This is an exciting new role for a Senior Civil & Structural Engineer to join our growing team of 140+ Civil & Structural Engineers and Designers. Our Water department covers a range of projects from Concept Studies through to Detailed Design provide a variety of interesting work. Working in a multi-disciplinary team delivering projects in the Water Sector, you will be responsible for the delivery of civil and structural advice, analysis, calculations, reports and specifications. Taking responsibility for developing projects and sub tasks from a technical perspective. Communicating designs effectively to the BIM teams, other disciplines, construction personnel and stakeholders. Attendance occasionally required for site visits, design reviews and client meetings, within our clients’ offices. You will support and guide more junior team members. You will challenge and deliver value engineering solutions. This is a hybrid role with office attendance circa 3 days per week in Manchester along with occasionally required for site visits, design reviews and client meetings, within our clients’ offices. LI-MR1 #LI-MF Responsibilities As a client facing Senior Engineer, your responsibilities could involve: Responsibility for C&S discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers Production of high-quality C&S engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with. Preparing installation scopes of works and supporting constructability and delivery specialists Reviewing supplier’s quotations More specific tasks could include: Defining client requirements Delivering project tasks undertaken by the Civil & Structural team Design of new structures, assessment of historic structures, checking and approving C&S documentation from subordinates. Development of specifications and sub-contract SOWs including GI / SI contamination scopes Optioneering assessments, defining scopes of work, supporting estimates Advise and guidance on specialist discipline matters relating to water sector requirements, regulations, latest technologies and industry best practice. Supporting the PM in identifying change, progress reporting, tracking of issues, risks and resolutions Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essentials Proven experience within the UK water industry at all stages of the project lifecycle. Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries. Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards. Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements. Eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance, UK Citizen or 5 years UK residence Desirable Experience of water industry standards and processes. Experience in working with multidiscipline teams and supporting more junior engineers. Knowledge and experience of common forms of contracts Career development aspiration Essential Minimum BEng Civil or Structural Engineering. Working towards Chartership or Incorporation with ICE or IStructE. CSCS or CCNSG Desirable Additional technically focused qualifications / training Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign Job Info Job Identification 103086 Job Category Engineering Posting Date 10/28/2026 Degree Level Bachelor's Degree Job Schedule Full time Locations Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (Hybrid) Contract Type Permanent Driving Required Yes Security Clearance Required Yes