Lead Civil Design Engineer

Reading

Location
Reading
Job type
Contract
IR35
Outside IR35
Seniority
Lead
Posted

Job description

I have a new opportunity for a Lead Civil Design Engineer to work for a leading consultancy firm in the Wastewater Treatment Sector. This contract falls outside IR35 and offers a daily rate circa to £500 per day, dependant of level of expertise. The contract will be working remotely from home and offers a long-standing contract for the right individual.

The company is a specialist engineering consultancy providing innovative solutions across the UK water sector. They deliver full MEICA and civil engineering design services for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Their senior-led team supports Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors with practical, buildable and value-engineered solutions.

The Opportunity

The Lead Civil Design Engineer is a newly created contract. It is suitable for professionals who can lead multidisciplinary design packages from concept through detailed design.

Key Responsibilities of the Lead Civil Design Engineer

Lead the development and coordination of multidisciplinary design solutions.
Manage project design deliverables, programmes and technical quality.
Coordinate MEICA Civil design disciplines.
Liaise with clients, contractors and stakeholders throughout project delivery.
Ensure designs comply with industry standards, client specifications and CDM requirements.
Conduct design reviews, risk assessments and value engineering exercises.
Support technical assurance and governance processes.

Requirements of the Lead Civil Design Engineer

Degree qualified in Civils or equivalent
Preferably chartered status or working towards chartership
Proven experience delivering water or wastewater infrastructure projects
Strong understanding of MEICA and/or Civil design interfaces.
Experience working within AMP programmes and UK utility frameworks.
Excellent stakeholder and project coordination skills.

Essential Eligibility:

Applicants must have:

Full proof of Right to Work in the UK.
Ability to work independently as a contractor.

I also have further lead design opportunities across MEICA, if you meet the above brief, but from a Mechanical or Electrical bias, then please get in contact

Benefits

Remote, Outside IR35

Advert last confirmed live on 10 November 2026 · Partner reference 225815583