SNC-LAVALIN is Looking for Assistant Coastal EngineerCoastal Engineer Full Time

Coastal Engineer

Do you have the drive, skills and ability to work with us as a Coastal Engineer, helping to shape the future of Atkins? The role will involve working with a respected technical team and working collaboratively to both secure and deliver work across our extensive client portfolio.

We work closely with UK and international clients to plan and design coastal infrastructure from flood defences, coastal protection, harbours, marinas, waterside development, and port facilities.

In the UK we deliver an impressive portfolio of projects under the Environment Agency’s Collaborative Delivery Framework and their Marine & Coastal Framework. We service a great number of coastal authorities under the Coastal Partnership East and our recent successful appointment to the Southern Coastal Group framework. We are also designers of the sea defence and marine jetties for the proposed Sizewell C Nuclear Power station.

Internationally we work extensively with our middle east and far east offices on coastal and port projects, providing specialist maritime design. Recent project wins include the design of ferry landing jetties in Hong Kong harbour and various waterside developments in the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea areas.

We also work with our North American offices in the USA and Canada to collaborate on larger design projects.

We enjoy successful partnerships with our clients from the private and public sector, other consultants and contractors. Our collaborative approach ensures the projects we deliver meet our client’s needs in a sensitive and sustainable way. We embrace new technologies to design innovative outcomes that complement the environment and communities in which they reside; locally, nationally, and globally.

Our talented, award-winning team come from diverse backgrounds and have wide-ranging experience, which enables us to deliver a broad variety of projects. As a leading member of our team, you will work on this diverse range of opportunities allowing you to share and broaden your skills and knowledge within an agile, digital environment. Joining our team will give you the opportunity to experience new challenges and design for the future. We offer a balanced career which will provide flexibility around your personal life, empowering you to progress and achieve your personal aspirations. Your story starts here.

Requirements

• Recently Chartered Engineer, or working towards Chartered status, with a career focus in the fields of coastal and maritime engineering.
• Demonstrating a solid base of technical experience in one or more of the disciplines of coastal modelling, coastal engineering, maritime engineering.
• Knowledge of relevant codes, standards and guidance documents, and an appreciation of current developments.
• Excellent, client focused, report writing skills.
• Ability to identify and employ innovation and leading-edge technologies to meet client needs.
• Willingness to travel on short assignments both within the UK and overseas.
• A valid UK driving licence is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of tasks and projects from inception to handover, meeting quality, time and budget requirements.
• Delivering coastal and maritime activities for key local and national clients, maintaining and expanding a portfolio of strong relationships leading to new and repeat business.
• Contributing to successful proposals that meet client needs and lead to technically and commercially successful work.
• Support the discipline lead in developing our service lines and technical capability and assisting with delivering business development targets.
• Inspiring and mentoring colleagues in developing their technical knowledge and understanding.

The Individual

• Customer focused and a good level of relationship management skill.
• Strong reputation and high level of technical performance.
• Possessing an agile, winning attitude.
• Able to generate innovative outcomes to challenges and follow them through.
• Self-motivated towards improving personal and team development.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Strong collaborative and network behaviours to interface with other disciplines and external partners.