Senior Civil Engineer

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Description

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 24 days holiday (with an additional discretionary day given by the company) with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.

Job Purpose

The Senior Civil Engineer provides engineering support to all markets within the RES Group, with a focus on maximising potential, reducing cost and managing risk to the business. The primary activities performed by the Senior Civil Engineer are to provide civil engineering design and advice as required to meet the project requirements, with a specific focus on drainage. This role provides engineering input into the development and construction of wind, solar, battery energy storage and green hydrogen projects.

Organisational Context

The Group Engineering team provides engineering support to all RES Regional Businesses across all phases of low carbon projects. In a changing global market RES needs to achieve cost parity with conventional generation, we have a lead role to ensure effective knowledge sharing across the RES Group and to reduce cost through innovative engineering solutions that achieve a balance between risk and cost. The department also has a key role in supporting RES to diversify into new markets and technologies.

The role of the Senior Civil Engineer focusses on the engineering required for project development and construction. This includes delivery of discrete elements of design, identification and mitigation of project risks and contributing to the layout design process, along with interfacing with project stakeholders and consultants, technical review of preliminary designs or ad-hoc technical/regulatory advice to assist the decision-making process. This role also provides vital support to the operational projects in maintaining and upgrading assets under RES management.

Additionally, the Senior Civil Engineer supports project teams across all RES regions by providing advice, review and design services, and to promote consistent best practice in areas of civil engineering and design.

Key Accountabilities

The Senior Civil Engineer has responsibility to:

• Manage and deliver the engineering required to develop safe, buildable, and cost-efficient projects
• Perform civil engineering assessments to identify and manage risk to projects through their life cycle
• Provide technical leadership within Group Engineering for drainage design and flood risk management
• Promote consistency and high technical standards across the RES Group in the areas of drainage and flood risk as well as other areas of civil engineering
• Manage consultants and contractors performing specialist works, e.g. survey, or flood risk assessment.
• Interface with project stakeholders and provide advice on engineering aspects which affect safety, quality, cost and programme.
• Lead on the development and implementation of innovative solutions to maximise the value and minimise the cost of projects
• Supervise junior team members and support their development

Knowledge you will need:

• Specialist knowledge in the areas of drainage and flood risk management
• Knowledge of engineering principles in various civil engineering areas such as geotechnical, earthworks and structures
• Working knowledge of renewable energy projects (development, construction and/or operation) would be an advantage
• UK CDM Regulations

Skills you will need:

• Ability to present and communicate technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences
• Commercial awareness relating to contract compliance, cost control and relative value of engineering solutions
• Good task and time management skills to balance priorities across projects
• Team working, within and across project functions
• Attention to detail during preparation and review of engineering deliverables

Experience you will need:

• Drainage design and flood risk management in relation to UK planning and permitting processes
• Practical application of engineering knowledge to civil engineering projects
• Management of health and safety and risk mitigation in design
• Development and implementation of new processes and technology

Qualifications you need:

• Academic / technical qualification of either:
• Degree in Civil Engineering or related subject, or
• Relevant qualification and suitable engineering experience
• Eligibility to progress towards IEng or CEng status through the Institution of Civil Engineers

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.

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