Dams & Reservoir Supervising Engineer
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Role
Are you a current member of the Supervising Engineer Panel for England and Wales?
If so, we are seeking an experienced engineer to join our growing Dams and Reservoirs team to manage a portfolio of 30 reservoirs across the south of England.
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
The role will include:
- Management of your own portfolio of reservoirs as a Supervising Engineer
- Undertake engineering feasibility and design work for dams and reservoirs
- Prepare outline / planning / detailed designs for reservoir upgrade / remedial works
- Prepare NEC4 contract documentation in accordance with CDM 2015
- Work with our All-Panel Reservoir Engineers
- Mentoring of our trainee panel engineers.
We are also particularly interested in candidates who have an interest in applying for the AR, NIR or SR panels – for which we would provide a structured training scheme.
There will also be opportunity to work on international dams and reservoirs projects.
Location:
The post can be home-based or based at any of our southern England offices (Peterborough, Haywards Heath, Portsmouth, Exeter, Bristol or Wallingford).
JBA supports agile working which provides flexibility in terms of working hours and locations.
The team member we’re looking for
We are seeking applications from candidates who are:
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Good empathy with clients
- Able to manage complex and varied workloads
- Able to work collaboratively in teams
- Have a passion for a sustainable future
- An effective and clear communicator
- Competent at working within budgets and defined timescales.
Qualifications
We are looking for applicants with a relevant Engineering, Hydrology/Geology/Geotechnics degree (or equivalent).
Essential attributes for the role
Candidates should have:
- Relevant membership of a UK or Irish engineering professional institution
- Relevant Engineering, Hydrology/Geology/Geotechnics degree (or equivalent)
- A valid UK driving licence
- Competent IT skills including Microsoft Office.
Desirable attributes for the role
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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 Jeremy Benn on jeremy.benn@jbaconsulting.com
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 armed forces personnel, both past and present, through the Armed Forces Covenant, 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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