Amey Plc
Assistant Civil Engineer
Your New Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways team in Sheffield.
Due to the increased workload, we are seeking to recruit an Assistant Highways Civil Engineer. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within the highways design team to assist with the design delivery of highways and drainage schemes.
As an Assistant Highways Civil Engineer at Amey Consulting, you’ll see your work from early design to the very end result, and every project will be different from the last. You’ll feel inspired to challenge yourself, as well as your colleagues. You’ll have the opportunity to thrive and we’ll help you shape your career whether through further qualification, learning new skills or whatever else you need to achieve your ambitions.
We strongly encourage the development towards a professional qualification with a recognised Institution and pride ourselves on mentoring engineers. We can offer significant support towards Chartership, and you will be rewarded with a bonus of up to £5k on completion.
Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.
You will be responsible for:
- Provide support to the Engineer and Senior Engineer within the design team on various design duties including:
o Surveys/Inspections
o Feasibility and other technical reports
o Planning, programming and cost estimation
o Design production
o Produce design schedules
o Amend design drawings
o Support development of Graduate Engineers and Technicians
- Work to the programme to deliver specified designs on time
- Ensure innovation and best practice is highlighted and adopted where practicable
- Drive effective health and safety practices within your Team
- Be primarily office based but also carry out site visits with other team member
What makes this role unique
Our Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic and Local Highway networks. We are passionate about the highways projects that we design and take pride in seeing our towns and cities thrive by improving connectivity, journey times and quality of life
We want to hear from you if you have:
- You have a Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject
- Made progress towards completion of a formal professional training programme with an appropriate professional body
- Able to demonstrate experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Graduate Engineer role or equivalent
- Able to produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working under supervision
- Experienced in following procedures associated with health, safety and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
- You are able to comply with technical governance procedures within a consulting engineering environment
What we offer you
When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program
- Career Development – Exceptional development and progression plan
- Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
- Holidays – Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Choices – Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
- Save with Amey – Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
- Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiative
We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.
We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.
At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.
Application Guidance
Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview, if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
At Amey Consulting, we understand that engineering disciplines are varied and a similar skill set is required for many roles.
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