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We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Assistant Civil Engineer to join our Consulting Highways team. With shared office space in our Belfast office and the ability to work remotely we invite applications from across the UK.

Our 130 strong Belfast Design Hub delivers a range of local, national and international projects for clients including Department for Infrastructure Roads, Translink, National Highways, Transport Scotland and Network Rail. Our multidisciplinary team encapsulates Highway Engineering, Bridge/Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, River & Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Traffic Engineering/Transport Planning, as well as being the BIM Centre of Excellence for Amey. This unique ecosystem offers our clients a one-stop shop and offers our staff the opportunity to grow and develop in a knowledge-rich environment, with specialists who are eager to assist and mentor their development.

Recent key projects include:

• £1bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine (A66 NTP) project
• £40m Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT)
• £6m Lichfield Southern Bypass Railway Bridge
• £5m Translink Bridge Refurbishment Package 2
• £300m M8M73M74 Motorway Improvements Bridges
• £50m Churchill Flyover PTSI and Deconstruction
• Lifecycle management for the DBFO2 Network in Northern Ireland (M1, A4 and A1).
• £30M A565 North Liverpool Key Corridor Dualling

As part of our growing engineering team, you’ll collaborate and engage with colleagues through a combination of home and office-based working, delivering projects throughout Northern Ireland and further afield. You will gain invaluable experience and exposure working alongside our industry experts on varied and exciting, high-profile infrastructure projects

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:
• Surveys/Inspections
• Feasibility and other technical reports
• Planning, programming and cost estimation
• Design production
• Produce design schedules
• Amend design drawings
• Support development of Graduate Engineers and Technicians
• Work to 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 members

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
• You have made progress towards completion of a formal professional training programme with an appropriate professional body
• You are able to demonstrate experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Graduate Engineer role or equivalent
• You are able to produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working under supervision
• You are 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

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have good commercial awareness and knowledge of budgets and programmestohelp you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

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 initiatives
• Professional Subscription-Fee funded by Amey annually

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.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

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.

Please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

At Amey Consulting, we understand that engineering disciplines are varied and a similar skill set is required for many roles. If you are interested in progressing your career at Amey and feel you have the correct transferable skill set, but perhaps don’t fit all the criteria above, please get in touch at [email protected]

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