Senior Civil Engineer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 11 October 2026.
About the role
Civic's standard text
Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment, creating positive impact for people, places and the planet.
We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment — helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy.
Thriving together, today we have a team of over 200 members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Requirements
We are looking for a talented and collaborative Senior Civil Engineer who shares our purpose and desire to make a positive difference to the world around them. Sustainable design is at the heart of our Practice and collectively we can create inspirational designs that will protect our climate and enhance the built environment.
As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will join one of our Dublin studio, bringing with you experience across a mix of sectors including residential, education, commercial, development and regeneration. Collaborative and helpful you will have the opportunity to work closely with high profile private and public-sector clients, influencing with your technical expertise and effective communication skills.
Leadership is an evolving skill that you will develop alongside your people management, business development and commercial abilities. Your people and solutions focus, communication and contractual awareness will be demonstrable through past projects. Guiding, developing, and supporting a team of value driven engineers, your skills in project resource planning and deadline management will be fully engaged and developed.
We are looking for a progressive and talented engineer who is keen to influence the people around them with the same understanding and empathy that they bring to their engineering. We hope you will share our strong interest in architecture and the wider public realm/built environment and play a key role in our ongoing practice and growth strategy..
Responsibilities
- Team Management: Lead and mentor project teams, overseeing engineers of varying experience levels.
- Project Leadership: Take charge of multiple projects, ensuring they meet or exceed quality standards and deadlines. Engage with clients, collaborators, and stakeholders while efficiently allocating resources and coordinating processes according to our QMS and IMS.
- Development and Training: Assist in the development of junior team members, identifying training needs, equipment requirements, and software licenses.
- Project Profitability: Monitor project profitability, striving to deliver projects within budget and timelines, and communicate any potential billing or labour plan changes to Project Associates or Directors.
- Client Relations: Maintain and enhance our reputation in client-facing roles, contribute to securing repeat business, and identify new opportunities. Participate in bids for new projects as needed.
Key Skills / Competencies
- In-depth understanding of industry processes, including planning applications, procurement, and technical approvals.
- Proficiency in industry software like Microdrainage, Causeway Flow, Civil 3D, and AutoCAD.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, graphical).
- Exceptional report-writing skills.
- Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- High proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Word).
- Commercial awareness.
- Strong teamwork and time management skills.
Is this you?
Degree qualified you will ideally be Chartered or Incorporated with an industry institution such as ICE, IStrucTe, CIWEM, or CIHT and have strong relevant experience with a proven track record of delivering projects. You’ll be a creative thinker, passionate and enthusiastic to help grow and develop your team. Your collaborative and helpful outlook will thrive within this innovative practice making a positive impact to the built environment.
Civic's standard text
Our commitment to DEI
Civic is made up of brilliant people. Each of us is unique, whether in terms of our background, personal characteristics, experience, skills or motivations. And we value our people for the differences they bring to the table. These differences - this diversity - is powerful.
Nurturing an inclusive culture helps each of us to benefit from a wider range of these different perspectives, experiences and skills. We believe that this creates a happier, more productive working environment for us all.
We encourage applications from individuals who bring diverse perspectives and are passionate about contributing to an equitable and respectful work environment.
Benefits
💰A fair and competitive salary, taking into consideration market rates and your experience level
Civic's standard text
🫶Flexibility. Our core hours are between 10:30am-4:30pm, with an early Friday finish!
⚖️Hybrid working. Most of our full-time employees come into the studio 3 days a week
🌴Generous holidays! 26 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees). An extra day when you reach 3 years’ service, and another at 5 years!
🌞Holiday options. Buy or sell a week of holiday each year, or create a sabbatical pot by banking a week’s holiday for 3 years to take a month off on year 4!
👪 Enhanced Family Leave. Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and neonatal care leave pay, plus 2 days paid dependency leave and 1 weeks paid carers leave
Civic's standard text
🌱Wellbeing support. Mental health first aider support, mindfulness sessions and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
🩹Health benefits. Life Assurance, Health Care Cash Plan, Gym discounts and free Eye tests
🤒Sick Pay. 4 weeks enhanced sick leave, plus 2 mental wellness days
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⭐DEI network. An established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion network with regular team activities, plus 2 days of paid volunteering leave each year to support causes close to your heart
💡 Professional Development. Paid professional memberships, 2 days paid study leave (+ extra for exams), Chartership Preparation Courses, Chartership completion bonus, in-house ‘Civic Academy’ training, Management Development Programmes and a Mentorship programme for all employees
💷Financial benefits. Access to our HMRC friendly Workplace Nursery scheme, plus enrolment to our workplace pension scheme
🚆Sustainable travel. Season Ticket Loans & National Rail Cards, plus two salary sacrifice cycle to work schemes and cycling facilities at all our studios (showers, bike racks etc).
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
AutoCAD
Rare in Civic's other 17 open postings.
65% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Civic's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Civic's other open jobs.
The team: Civic HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 18 open in Civic. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Excel (5 of 18), AutoCAD (3 of 18)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Associate Civil Engineer posted Oct 28
- Associate Director Building Services/Mechanical Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Associate Mechanical Engineer posted Oct 28
- Associate Director Civil Engineer posted Oct 28
- Civil and Structural Engineering Graduates 2027 - Edinburgh posted Oct 5
- Civil and Structural Engineering Graduates 2027 - Glasgow posted Oct 5
- Civil and Structural Engineering Graduates 2027 - Leeds posted Oct 5
- Civil and Structural Engineering Graduates 2027 - Manchester posted Oct 5
- Civil and Structural Engineering Graduates 2027 - London posted Oct 5
- Civil Design Engineer posted Oct 1
- Civil Engineering Technician posted Oct 1
- Intermediate Mechanical Engineer posted Sep 17
- Senior Associate Structural Engineer posted Sep 17
- Structural Design Engineer Leeds posted Aug 17
- Intermediate Electrical Engineer London posted Jul 30
- Senior Geoenvironmental Geologist /Engineering Geologist posted Jul 21
- Civil Design Engineer posted Mar 19
From the team and dates on Civic's own job board.
Salary context
10 other open postings titled Senior Civil Engineer state a salary: median USD 117,500 to USD 135,000 a year.
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