Civil Design Engineer

  • Elvet Recruitment
  • City, Leeds
  • Jul 26, 2025
Full time Construction

Job Description

Elvet Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced Design Engineer / Senior Design Engineer on behalf of a civil engineering / water main contractor.

This reputable Water / Utilities contractor are growing and in need of a Design Engineer or Senior to supplement their growing in-house design team. The work is covering the Yorkshire Water framework mainly with some involvement potentially on United Utilities also if needed. This contractor has a turnover of 500m+ and is established internationally, they're a well known specialist with large / heavy civil engineering, water, tunnelling & structures.

The successful Engineer will be responsible for in-house design & coordinating external design consultancies on Civil Engineering works on: Major Water Treatment works and storm tanks (projects from 500k to 20m+).

This role is based out of an office in Leeds with regular site visits and offers hybrid working & flexibility.

Duties as Design Engineer:

  • Detailed design work on water projects: waste water and clean water.
  • Allocating and managing CAD output from technicians.
  • Represent company in meetings, client & stakeholder interactions.
  • Undertake site visits to gather information & data.
  • Working with Project Managers to ensure smooth delivery on site.
  • Documentation & drawing reviews.

Experience Required as Design Engineer:

  • Must have experience working as Design Engineer for a civil engineering contractor delivering heavy civil engineering work
  • Must have experience dealing with clients & external stakeholders
  • Ideally have knowledge with waste water design including: attenuation / drainage design and balancing
  • Must have fluent IT & English writing skills.
  • Experience with AutoCAD beneficial.

Remuneration:

On offer is a salary of up to 55,000 (dependant upon experience) plus package.
(Car allowance, pension, fuel scheme, holidays, healthcare etc.).

For more info please contact Andy Gray at Elvet Recruitment.