Senior Civil Engineer (Infrastructure)

Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

Ready to step into a Senior Infrastructure Engineer role with real project ownership and team influence? This Birmingham opportunity offers responsibility across residential and masterplanning schemes within a growing civil engineering team.

A well-established, employee-owned multi-disciplinary consultancy is strengthening its infrastructure capability. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead drainage and highway designs across residential developments nationwide, supporting projects from planning through to technical approval and construction.

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will manage workload, delegate to junior staff and coordinate directly with clients and local authorities. This Senior Infrastructure Engineer role suits someone confident delivering S38, S278 and S104 approvals while maintaining quality and programme control.

Key responsibilities
* Deliver drainage and highway designs for residential schemes
* Secure S38, S278 and S104 technical approvals
* Produce planning submission packs and groundworks packages
* Use Flow or MicroDrainage with Causeway PDS or Civil 3D
* Manage project deadlines, resources and quality assurance

Candidate requirements
* Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or similar
* Minimum five years' UK consultancy experience
* Strong knowledge of drainage, flood risk and highways standards
* Proven experience preparing technical submissions
* Confident managing projects and mentoring junior staff

Why apply
This Senior Infrastructure Engineer role offers structured progression, profit share through employee ownership and genuine project leadership. The salary for this Senior Infrastructure Engineer position is £45,000 - £55,000, alongside flexible working and strong technical support within an ambitious engineering team.

Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency for this position. For more information, contact Andy Hopkins, our Civil Engineering specialist with over 30 years' recruitment experience.