Overview

Join to apply for the Principal Civil Design Engineer role at Costain Group PLC. CMDP+ have secured a new AMP8 Capital Programme Strategic Delivery Partner Framework Agreement with Southern Water for Water and Wastewater delivery, continuing the joint venture between Costain and MWH Treatment. The award is for an initial seven-year term with an option to extend up to a further five years. Between 2025-2030 CMDP+ will deliver critical investment to Water and Wastewater infrastructure across the region including upgrades to Water and Wastewater Treatment Works, Pumping Stations and Reservoirs. Reporting to the Senior Design Manager, the Principal Civil Design Engineer will lead civil designs from optioneering through to detail design and construction support across our AMP8 programme of water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects. This is a hybrid role and will be based in Falmer (Brighton) 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Produce civil designs which are cost effective, sustainable, meet the requirements of the solution and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively
• Ensure compliance with CDM
• Coordinate designs with all other disciplines internal and external to CMDP for the benefit of the project as a whole
• Embrace our “can do” culture in which delivering against commitments and providing customer satisfaction are considered key to success
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues
• Embrace digital engineering
• Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts and ensure BIM compliance
• Provide design information to support proposals and estimating
• Maintain a personal development plan
• Assist in supervising and developing staff
• Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff
• Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities

Essential Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level & preferably Chartered
• Line / team management experience in a Design and Build environment
• Water sector experience with an understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety
• Proven track record of delivering on time and to budget
• A positive, results focused, flexible can-do approach with the ability to influence and motivate others
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Planning, resource management, change management and budget management
• Line management, performance development, recruitment and appraisal
• Developed influencing & negotiation skills
• IT skills including MS Office, advanced Excel, Teams, SharePoint,
  (ProjectWise - desirable although not essential)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a dynamic working environment

Desirable

• Previous experience working in Joint Ventures
• Experience with BIM and digital delivery practices
• Experience of Off-Site Manufacture practices
• Full UK driving licence
• Must be willing and able to travel to sites within region and occasionally to other office locations in UK

About Us

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 five services covering the lifecycle of 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 appreciates 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 discloses 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:
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About The Team

CMDP is a joint venture between Costain and MWHT and delivers a range of schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water’s water supply and wastewater treatment works in the eastern half of its region (Kent & Sussex).