Senior/Principal Engineer
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Role
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Engineer to work as part of a highly motivated and successful team in one of our UK offices.
The role will involve provision of project leadership, governance and technical accountability on various appraisal and detailed design projects. With a background in civil engineering, you will primarily be working on a range of design and construction projects within wide ranging sectors including flood risk management, infrastructure and environment asset management.
These projects make a difference to local communities and the environment, serving a range of public and private sector clients including regulators, local authorities, water utility and strategic construction companies. The work will include options appraisal, concept design and detailed scheme design through to construction. It is expected that the candidate will mentor and manage staff and input to bid and tender preparation.
You’ll be joining an established environmental and engineering consultancy who put sustainability and resilience to climate change at the heart of our company strategy. With offices in nine countries around the world and across the UK and Ireland, we like to think we make a difference. We are independent and employee-owned allowing us the freedom to focus on innovation and our commitment to exceptional client service. Our workforce is central to our success, and we invest heavily in supporting staff development. We are great people to work for. Visit https://www.jbaconsulting.com/ to find out more about what we do.
Your role
Main duties of the role include:
• Experience in managing projects, contracts, budgetary control, specification preparation and liaising with clients.
• Development and Coordination of multi-disciplinary teams.
• Taking a technical leadership role and driving the design process to ensure project deliverables meet clients’ needs.
• Championing technical innovation to improve efficiency and quality of delivery, ensuring effective engagement and uptake of latest methodologies and tools.
• Providing insight and technical input to business development activities across JBA Bentley and the JBA Group
• Experience of leading and winning tender opportunities
• Building relationships with clients and wider JBA
• Experience of Safety in Design and Designer’s responsibilities under CDM.
The role could be located at any of our engineering offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, Haywards Heath, Leeds, Newcastle, Newport, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Skipton, Tadcaster or Warrington.
Following successful appointment as the Water and Departmental Delivery Partner to the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland), both Amey & JBA Consulting are looking to enhance and grow our collaborative delivery team based in Belfast, we would also welcome applications to be based in Northern Ireland, working alongside Department for Infrastructure and Amey.
The team member we’re looking for
Successful applicants will have a passion for progressing sustainable solutions and help our clients in seeking resilient infrastructure fit for the modern World.
A full UK driving licence is required.
Qualifications
A degree (or equivalent) in civil and/or structural engineering is essential. The applicant will be a Chartered or Incorporated member of the ICE or IStructE.
Essential attributes for the role
We are looking for a hard-working, committed and enthusiastic individual, who can demonstrate effective communication and team working skills.
Desirable attributes for the role
Experience of consultancy is beneficial.
Location and contact
JBA supports hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work.
The role is available at various different offices, if you would like to know more please contact us. We're always on the lookout for talented, committed and inspiring people to join us in our ambition to lead in the pursuit for resilience to climate change. In return, we offer rewarding careers with continued opportunities and dedicated support for personal development. Build your career with us and help us to build a more resilient future.
For further information or an informal discussion about this position, please contact Chris Fosbeary on chris.fosbeary@jba-bentley.co.uk
The JBA Family
The JBA Group is a family of environmental, engineering and risk management companies committed to exceptional service and helping clients and communities build resilience to flood and environmental risk in a changing climate. We're leading the way to integrate science and technology to provide our clients with a forward-thinking view of climate resilience.
We can only do this through our fantastic team, and we believe in providing a competitive salary, flexible working conditions and the best benefits package we can. We’re an employee-owned organisation and have no external shareholders to pay, meaning all our staff benefit directly from our profits through our annual Employee-Owned Benefit scheme.
Alongside this, we’re focused on helping our staff develop their skills and offer a generous training budget to every member of staff, as well as a professional development programme and support in the attainment of professional qualifications including chartered membership.
We invest in our staff’s mental health and wellbeing, encouraging our staff to maintain a healthy work-life balance and organising social activities from bake sales and book clubs to badminton. We also invest in the wider community by funding our own charitable foundation, the JBA Trust, supporting sustainability initiatives such as tree planting, and facilitating outreach visits by our team of STEM ambassadors.
JBA is committed to creating and sustaining a working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential and we welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, support veterans of the defence forces back into work, and promote a menopause-friendly workplace, having signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge.
All roles will be considered for part-time or flexible working, and we encourage applications from candidates who may be returning to work after a career break for any reason, or who are looking to change industry.
No unsolicited CVs from Agencies. All Agencies should note that if JBA receives an application via other means - even if it comes after your first contact with us - there will be no contractual entitlement to an introduction fee or other fees. In sending us any applications you are deemed to have agreed to these terms.
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