Senior Civil Engineer

This consultancy has just opened a vacancy for a Senior Civil Engineer. This role requires the candidate to take control and build a sustainable team at their Leeds office, supported initially by the team at the head office we see this appointment as a key milestone in the growth of the company.

What s on offer:

• Flexible holiday allowance
• Company Pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Interesting and challenging projects
• Autonomy to lead your own projects
• Excellent career progression potential

The role:

• Report to Senior Management
• Act as Supervisor for projects across all organisations.
• Identify resource and outsource projects where required
• Expand client portfolio
• Identifying business risk and making informed choices where appropriate or advising others as required
• Providing teams with defined structures and clear direction, enabling individuals to have a strong sense of ownership and personal responsibility for the delivery of objectives and outcomes
• Ability to communicate to clients
• Business development activities and ability to cross sell our services. Generating new revenue streams and introducing new clients to the business, building networks locally, regionally and nationally
• Manage risk to minimise the risk of litigation
• Lead PDRs
• People management
• QMS standards compliance establish and enforce rigorous quality control and assurance processes to maintain the highest technical standards
• Ensure all engineering designs meet safety environmental and sustainability requirements including BREEAM
• Undertake interviews for new team members
• Generate new ideas and initiatives obtaining buy in from the workforce driving the improvements required
• Undertake assigned management tasks and identify where other team members can contribute
• Embed new behaviours and manage change
• Seek feedback both internally and externally
• Review feedback from team and act on any outcomes both positive and negative
• Challenge senior management on strategic goals and implementing new ideas to drive change and success
• Understand appointment and warranty documentation
• Understand your and PWA s duties under CDM

What you need to succeed:

• Degree (in relevant subject) +7 years
• A proven record of success in senior level general or commercial management, preferably in a related industry.
• Senior level experience of management of people and resources.
• A wide knowledge of the industry.
• An understanding of financial management and wider management principles and techniques.
• Presentational skills with an appreciation of the demands of conflicting interests and of meeting statutory requirements.
• A very high level of commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.