110 Engineering jobs in Portsmouth
Process Engineer (Chemical Engineering)
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Process Engineer c£up to 45k
South East Permanent ABJ7617
As an experienced Process Engineer collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams with you will play a key role in reviewing design proposals and improvements to confirm they are technically sound, cost-effective, and suitable for real-world operation, ensuring the safe, efficient, and sustainable treatment and delivery of systems. A.
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Senior Civil Engineering Technician
Posted 10 days ago
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Location: Hampshire
Salary: 35k - 45k dependent on experience
Emtech are seeking a highly skilled Civil Engineering Technician to join and established design team. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in delivering high-quality technical drawings and supporting engineers across a broad range of civil engineering projects, with a particular focus on residential and infrastructure developments.
Essential Requirements
Minimum of 5 years' experience in a technician role.
Proficient in AutoCAD (essential).
Proven experience in the design and delivery of highways (including S278/S38) and drainage schemes for residential developments.
Experience working collaboratively with local authorities, developers, and architects on civil engineering aspects of residential, commercial, and care/retirement schemes.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Proactive and accountable approach to work.
Desirable Requirements
Experience on large-scale, multi-phase developments.
Proficiency in Site3D, Civil 3D, or PDS.
Experience supporting projects throughout all stages, from planning through to working drawings.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and maintain high-quality design drawings in accordance with project and client requirements.
Produce construction details and bespoke design solutions based on engineer input and sketches.
Support civil engineers in the production of technical drawings for drainage systems, highway layouts, and S278/S38 schemes.
Undertake quality assurance checks on drawings produced within the team.
Ensure adherence to CAD standards across all outputs.
Manage and maintain large-scale drawings, including combined topographical surveys and title plan compilations.
Develop and maintain construction detail databases, key/legend templates, and standard resources.
Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including developers, architects, and local authorities.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS).
Support regional offices and departments through knowledge sharing and technical collaboration.
Senior Civil Engineering Technician
Posted 6 days ago
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Location: Hampshire
Salary: 35k - 45k dependent on experience
Emtech are seeking a highly skilled Civil Engineering Technician to join and established design team. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in delivering high-quality technical drawings and supporting engineers across a broad range of civil engineering projects, with a particular focus on residential and infrastructure developments.
Essential Requirements
Minimum of 5 years' experience in a technician role.
Proficient in AutoCAD (essential).
Proven experience in the design and delivery of highways (including S278/S38) and drainage schemes for residential developments.
Experience working collaboratively with local authorities, developers, and architects on civil engineering aspects of residential, commercial, and care/retirement schemes.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Proactive and accountable approach to work.
Desirable Requirements
Experience on large-scale, multi-phase developments.
Proficiency in Site3D, Civil 3D, or PDS.
Experience supporting projects throughout all stages, from planning through to working drawings.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and maintain high-quality design drawings in accordance with project and client requirements.
Produce construction details and bespoke design solutions based on engineer input and sketches.
Support civil engineers in the production of technical drawings for drainage systems, highway layouts, and S278/S38 schemes.
Undertake quality assurance checks on drawings produced within the team.
Ensure adherence to CAD standards across all outputs.
Manage and maintain large-scale drawings, including combined topographical surveys and title plan compilations.
Develop and maintain construction detail databases, key/legend templates, and standard resources.
Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including developers, architects, and local authorities.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS).
Support regional offices and departments through knowledge sharing and technical collaboration.
Project Manager (Electrical) - Civil Engineering
Posted 10 days ago
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Following allocation of several projects within the South West Water Framework and a growing future workload, I am looking to strengthen the Project Delivery team for this leading Contractors, with a Project Manager
You will report directly to the Snr Project Manager and your role will be to work on a single or portfolio of projects
Projects will be inclusive of the following:
- New Build Water Treatment Plants
- Upgrades to Existing Plants
- General Civils and MEICA Contracts
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Design and Project Management team through the project life cycle (Concept design - Handover).
- Ensure that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
- Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
- Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
- Escalate to the Snr Project Manager or QS any key project issues and risks with mitigation plans and actions.
- Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
- Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
- Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting
Ideally, having experience in delivering Water Treatment Plants (but not a deal breaker!), you will also have the following:
- Educated to HND/HNC
- Electrical bias with MEICA experience, ideally within a similar sector
- SMSTS
- IOSH/NEBOSH preferred
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Project Manager (Electrical) - Civil Engineering
Posted 6 days ago
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Following allocation of several projects within the South West Water Framework and a growing future workload, I am looking to strengthen the Project Delivery team for this leading Contractors, with a Project Manager
You will report directly to the Snr Project Manager and your role will be to work on a single or portfolio of projects
Projects will be inclusive of the following:
- New Build Water Treatment Plants
- Upgrades to Existing Plants
- General Civils and MEICA Contracts
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Design and Project Management team through the project life cycle (Concept design - Handover).
- Ensure that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
- Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
- Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
- Escalate to the Snr Project Manager or QS any key project issues and risks with mitigation plans and actions.
- Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
- Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
- Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting
Ideally, having experience in delivering Water Treatment Plants (but not a deal breaker!), you will also have the following:
- Educated to HND/HNC
- Electrical bias with MEICA experience, ideally within a similar sector
- SMSTS
- IOSH/NEBOSH preferred
Give me a call today
Senior Associate Director Civil Engineering
Posted 2 days ago
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Delivering projects – building a career you enjoy.
As a UK, privately owned consultancy, we offer autonomy, flexibility and trust. Our people are empowered and supported to challenge the status quo, implement their ideas and make a real impact.
Brookbanks is built on expertise, problem-solving, and a commitment to doing things properly – delivering real results, not just ticking boxes.
We operate nationwide providing integrated consultancy services for major infrastructure and development schemes, having a reputation of designing and delivering some of the most complex projects.
What’s in it for you at Brookbanks?
Autonomy : you’ll have the freedom to work in your own way, create change and shape the company.
Innovation : free from rigid processes or layers of hierarchy, we encourage fresh thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Personable environment: as a UK, privately-owned consultancy, you’ll be more than just a number.
Roadmap for progression : we’re expanding into new sectors and regions, ensuring we can honour your progression.
Personal development : we provide the opportunity to develop cross-disciplinary expertise, funded chartership and professional development.
Hybrid and flexing working : we trust you to decide how you work best and endeavour to accommodate your personal circumstances.
Scale and scope : you’ll be part of many of the UK’s most prestigious projects.
As a Senior Associate Director…
You will be leading the design and delivery of major civil infrastructure projects, providing expert consultation and technical leadership, and ensuring design and operational excellence in all civil engineering activities including:
- Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and technicians within the team
- Overseeing project delivery from proposal to practical completion, ensuring quality, cost, and time objectives are met
- Managing and cultivating client relationships and coordinating with stakeholders Ensuring compliance with relevant standards, policies, and legislation (e.g. CDM and UK Building Regulations)
- Highway design – preliminary and detailed (s38 / s278 Highways Act)
- Drainage design – strategic and detailed (s104 / s98 Water Act) both strategic and detailed
- Foul pumping stations, SUDS, flow control structures and balancing facilities
- Residential and commercial external works design including earthworks assessments
- Technical reports, assessments, statements, and fee proposals
What do we look for?
- Experience of highway and drainage design and earthworks assessments
- Technical leadership
- Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD and MicroDrainage (InfoDrainage)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
- Qualifications: Minimum HND/C in Civil Engineering. Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline is desirable. Chartered with ICE or equivalent body is preferred.
Want to find out more?
To learn more over a confidential chat, simply apply or contact Zoe Evans, Head of Talent on
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Senior Civil Engineering Project Manager
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the full lifecycle of civil engineering projects, from initial planning and design through to construction and handover.
- Develop detailed project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Oversee and coordinate the work of multidisciplinary project teams, including engineers, contractors, and consultants.
- Ensure all projects are delivered in compliance with relevant engineering standards, building codes, and health and safety regulations.
- Manage project risks, identifying potential issues and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
- Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators, and provide regular status reports to senior management and stakeholders.
- Manage project finances, including budget control, cost forecasting, and invoice approval.
- Foster strong relationships with clients, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders.
- Conduct site visits and inspections as required to ensure quality and progress (though the role is remote, occasional site presence may be necessary).
- Implement and promote best practices in project management and civil engineering.
- Drive innovation and efficiency in project delivery methodologies.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Professional Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or equivalent is highly desirable.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in civil engineering project management, with a focus on infrastructure or construction.
- Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects from start to finish.
- In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).
- Strong understanding of civil engineering principles, design, and construction practices.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera) and CAD software.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise effectively.
- Experience in contract management and dispute resolution.
- Commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards.
Senior Site Manager - Civil Engineering
Posted 14 days ago
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Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and supervise all site activities for major civil engineering projects, ensuring adherence to project plans, specifications, and schedules.
- Develop and implement detailed construction methodologies and site management plans.
- Ensure strict compliance with all health, safety, and environmental regulations, conducting regular site inspections and risk assessments.
- Manage and coordinate subcontractors, direct labour, and plant resources effectively.
- Oversee the quality control process, ensuring all works meet specified standards and client expectations.
- Monitor project progress against the programme, identifying potential delays and implementing corrective actions.
- Control site budgets and manage material procurement, ensuring cost-effectiveness and minimizing waste.
- Liaise with project managers, engineers, clients, and statutory authorities to ensure smooth project execution.
- Maintain accurate site records, including daily reports, progress logs, and health & safety documentation.
- Foster a positive and proactive safety culture on site, promoting best practices and encouraging team engagement.
- Resolve site-specific issues and conflicts promptly and effectively.
- Conduct toolbox talks and site inductions for all personnel.
- HND/HNC or Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Significant proven experience as a Site Manager or Senior Site Manager within the civil engineering sector, managing large-scale projects.
- In-depth knowledge of civil engineering principles, construction techniques, and materials.
- Strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental legislation relevant to construction sites.
- Proven ability to manage subcontractors, motivate teams, and drive site performance.
- Excellent planning, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of contract management.
- First Aid at Work certification and CSCS card (or equivalent) are essential.
- Experience with relevant site management software is advantageous.
Technical Director/Director Civil Engineering (Development)
Posted 9 days ago
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At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
**A little more about your role.**
The Planning discipline has 800+ consultants and engineers across the UK. Development accounts for 300 of this number located in 15 offices within the UK.
Specifically supporting the Development part, you will play a key role in the growth aspirations for Southampton and Southwest to South and Southeast region. This senior position will be very much centred on client facing activities, technical leadership and business growth, rather than day-to-day operational management and will play an integral part in supporting the initiative to diversify our team, both in staff numbers and revenue. You will be:
+ Providing strategic direction and highly visible leadership
+ Exhibiting and demonstrating behaviours and attitudes in accordance with WSP core values
+ Working in partnership with other colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing of market intelligence, best practice and innovation
+ Engaging with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice and technological advancements for infrastructure development for major projects
+ Liaising with the Regional Director and local Office Place Leads in setting and agreeing appropriate local team structures / shapes / skills sets
+ Driving business development by being embedded within local networks of decision makers and establishing lasting relationships
+ Winning work from key accounts and align the business to secure major opportunities and an increasing order book
+ Leading and support bids by contributing reviewing and authorising submissions and by demonstrating added value both commercially and technically
+ Acting as Project Manager or Director for major projects and strategically important commissions
+ Supporting all aspects associated with H&S / Corporate Responsibility and ensure the team complies with SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality)
+ Mentoring of selected colleagues on the Succession Planning Schedule, Emerging Talent schedule
**YOUR TEAM**
+ The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation and handover.
+ Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars, namely; Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.
+ We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.
+ We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:
+ Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
+ Utilities, energy planning and coordination
+ Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
+ Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.
**What we will be looking for you to demonstrate.**
+ Inter-personal skills with good leadership and management abilities.
+ Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
+ Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills.
+ Demonstrate ability to improve, motivate and encourage others within the workplace, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture. Act as a catalyst for change.
+ Forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term.
+ A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary.
+ Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required. Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence. Have presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning. Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback.
+ Able to establish, build, sustain and share, professional relationships with relevant groups both inside and outside the organisation. Driven to exceed client expectations.
+ Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem-solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.
+ Degree level qualification in civil engineering
+ Chartered status or working towards chartership
+ A broad range of project experience across civil design for developments.
Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
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Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
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We are one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
**WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?**
**Work-life balance**
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It's important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
**Inclusivity & Belonging**
We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote our culture of inclusivity.
**Health & Wellbeing**
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you - giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
**Flex your time**
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the "WSP My Hour," allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
**Your development**
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That's why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
**#WeAreWSP**
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