Civil Engineer - Water Engineering

Overview

In this role you deliver innovative clean water and wastewater projects as part of Pick Everard’s Water Civil Engineering team. You contribute to projects for major water companies, collaborating with clients and contractors across the UK. The role combines design, feasibility, and project delivery with mentorship and clear paths for growth.

You’ll work in a supportive network that emphasises development, technical depth, and early leadership opportunities. This is a chance to shape essential water infrastructure within a values-driven, collaborative environment.

• Agile working
• Career and Professional Development
• 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays + buy extra days
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Stakeholder pension

• Undertake analysis and assist in outline and detailed design development, drawings, reports, calculations, specifications, and contract documents under supervision
• Assess feasibility of options to deliver wastewater and/or clean water infrastructure across multiple UK regions
• Assist in project management from feasibility to completion with an understanding of finances
• Deliver discrete work packages accurately within set timescales
• Attend meetings with senior staff; perform site inspections and surveys
• Supervise Technicians and CAD technicians on day-to-day tasks
• Contribute to on-time, on-budget project delivery and quality assurance
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements, practices, and procedures

• BEng in Civil Engineering (or equivalent) with an interest in water engineering
• Ambition to achieve IEng or CEng
• Some experience with a consultancy or contractor environment (desirable)
• Solid understanding of engineering principles, hydraulic analysis, and water/wastewater treatment processes (desirable)
• Familiarity with Health & Safety legislation (CDM) and CAD
• Strong written communication for drawings, reports, and letters
• Collaborative mindset for working in multidisciplinary teams
• Willingness to learn, grow, and take on challenges
• Creative and proactive problem-solving approach

• collaborative mindset
• strong communication
• willingness to learn
• hydraulic analysis
• clean water and wastewater processes
• CAD familiarity