We are currently seeking a Principal or Associate Utilities Consultant to join our Infrastructure and Environment Group. Within this Group our ‘Utilities’ team provide market leading utilities and energy infrastructure consultancy and engineering services to some of the UK’s largest and most visible development projects. The role will also support our water and civil engineering teams, with whom we form a really strong inter-disciplinary relationship.

Our ‘Infrastructure and Environment’ Group provide technical, commercial and procurement advice to large and often prestigious commercial, residential and mixed-use developers. We tend to support large regeneration and masterplanning projects from early infrastructure planning through to installation and commissioning of multi-utility, foul/surface water/SuDs and mobility services, and uniquely we manage the alteration of existing utility networks in very constrained (often below ground) spaces to de-risk some of the UK’s most prestigious development projects.

As an inter-disciplinary Group we provide expertise in regard water resources, wastewater (sewerage, flood risk and SuDS), district heating/cooling and smart, electricity networks, telecommunications and mobility-based solutions. In broad terms we want people who are excellent at:

• the planning, design and procurement of new utilities (and energy networks) in support of a wide array of commercial and residential development projects but often large multi-phase mixed-use urban extension or urban regeneration projects.
• the de-risking and delivery of complex utility enabling works including temporary and permanent diversions and disconnections within major building and infrastructure projects often in constrained urban environments.

Your Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Together with our Associate Directors and Directors meet with commercial and residential developers and/or landowners, and their supply chain including Architects, Planning Consultants and Project Managers, to understand development needs, both technical and commercial drivers, and develop proposals that meet their needs.
• Once appointed by a client then consult with the wider design team, but particularly utility undertakers and other utilities, energy, and data service providers to understand opportunities, risks and costs associated with our client’s development proposals and advise of these risks, costs and opportunities via meetings, sketches, presentations and reports.
• Maintain and enhance both client and design team relationships through regular reporting and communication. Develop utility designs directly and via third parties and coordinate (using our in-house Engineering and CAD Technicians as required), often to support a client’s groundworks tender, whereby tender and contract drawings will be developed.
• Procure the services of specialist utility and multi-utility contractors and undertakers by developing scopes and specifications as part of a wider Employers Requirement document using drawings and other documents as required. This might be new connections related work, early utility enabling works, or likely both.
• Manage the delivery of critical utility enabling and new connection works often alongside third-party Project Management and Cost Consultancy Practises.
• Report back to our client on progress and issue any relevant instructions to contractors.
• Lead utilities progress meetings as required to progress the works.
• Review as-constructed data and closeout or reconcile final costs.
• Using timesheets understand your impact on project costs and profitability.
• Take ownership of the delivery of all the above through an intimate understanding of client needs and an understanding of project costs and profitability.
• Occasionally you may be required to manage interdisciplinary projects including MEP, water resources and other related built environment disciplines.
• Mentor and develop more junior members of the team. Delegate simpler projects directly to junior members of staff and retain a watching brief so that they too begin to intimately understand client needs and expectations.