Civil Engineering Designer/ Senior in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Civil Engineering Designer / Senior Civil Engineering Designer

Salary: £40,000–£55,000 + Benefits
Sector: Residential Development / Housebuilding

The Opportunity

An established residential developer is looking to appoint a Civil Engineering Designer or Senior Civil Engineering Designer to join its in-house Technical team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced civil engineering professional with a background in either consultancy or construction to take on a key role within a residential development business.

The position will focus on civil engineering design, land feasibility and pre-construction activities, supporting residential developments from initial site assessment through to the development of coordinated engineering proposals.

We're interested in hearing from individuals with a strong technical understanding of residential infrastructure, who can produce practical, commercially viable designs and identify engineering opportunities and constraints at an early stage.

Opportunities are available at both Civil Engineering Designer and Senior level, depending on experience and technical capability.

The Role

Working closely with the Technical, Land and Commercial teams, your responsibilities will include:

• Producing civil engineering feasibility designs for residential developments and land bids.
• Designing foul and surface water drainage strategies, including attenuation and SuDS.
• Preparing site levels strategies, finished floor levels (FFLs) and external levels.
• Producing earthworks strategies and cut-and-fill assessments.
• Designing residential highways layouts, road geometry, gradients and adoptable infrastructure.
• Identifying engineering constraints, abnormal costs and potential risks during site feasibility.
• Developing cost-effective engineering solutions to maximise development potential.
• Producing accurate technical information to support land acquisition, cost planning and pre-construction.
• Coordinating with internal teams to ensure engineering proposals are practical, buildable and commercially viable.

About You

We're looking for a technically capable civil engineering professional with:

• A minimum of 5 years' relevant civil engineering experience.
• Experience within a civil engineering consultancy, construction contractor, housebuilder or residential development environment.
• Demonstrable experience in civil engineering design for residential developments.
• Strong technical knowledge of drainage, highways, earthworks and site levels.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, with experience using Civil 3D and/or Site3D.
• An understanding of adoptable highways and drainage requirements, including S38, S104 and S278.
• The ability to produce accurate engineering designs and manage workloads independently.
• A commercially aware approach, with the ability to identify engineering constraints and develop practical solutions.

Experience in residential land feasibility and pre-construction design would be particularly advantageous.

Salary & Package

• Civil Engineering Designer: £40,000–£50,000, depending on experience.
• Senior Civil Engineering Designer: Up to £55,000.
• Additional company benefits.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join an established residential developer in an in-house engineering capacity, playing an important role in the early stages of residential development.

You'll have the opportunity to take ownership of engineering designs, influence development proposals from an early stage and work closely with the teams responsible for bringing residential developments forward.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Civil Engineer or Infrastructure Designer considering your next move, I'd be keen to have a confidential conversation.

Please get in touch to find out more about the opportunity.