BIM Engineer / Designer / Lead Designer / Senior Lead Designer - Multiple Teams

Job Description

Overview

Our team within the Industrial Business is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge engineering solutions for water infrastructure projects. We specialize in designing and managing complex systems that ensure sustainable water supply, treatment, and distribution. Our focus is on creating resilient, efficient, and environmentally responsible solutions that support communities and industries worldwide.

We leverage Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enhance collaboration, improve design accuracy, and optimize project delivery across the entire lifecycle—from concept and planning through construction and operation. BIM enables us to integrate civil, structural, and mechanical elements seamlessly, ensuring cost efficiency and reducing risks.

Our expertise spans:

Water Treatment Plants – Advanced design for potable and wastewater treatment facilities.

Pumping Stations & Pipelines – Reliable and efficient conveyance systems.

Reservoirs & Storage Facilities – Safe and sustainable water storage solutions.

Flood Management & Drainage Systems – Infrastructure for climate resilience.

The opportunities we offer range from consultancy services to client-side project delivery, covering diverse scales and responsibilities. We also collaborate with other parts of Atkins’ Water and Environment business, supporting projects from initial feasibility studies to decommissioning and asset management.

Your Role

Responsibilities

• Strong experience in modelling and detailing including production of Civil3D Utilities Models and extraction of information directly from the model to form 2D drawings, schedules, setting out, quantities and other deliverables.
• Supporting technical delivery of Complex multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
• Undertake designs, production and checking of 3D Models, drawings, calculations, reports and specifications.
• Compliance with Quality, Safety, Environment, and governance procedures, thus ensuring work produced is technically accurate and delivered in accordance with the appropriate standards.
• Supporting the preparation of specifications for construction, technical surveys and design. Supporting the preparation of tender and contract documentation to various forms of contract.
• Undertake self-checking and assist with technical checks of work undertaken by the team. Provide quality control for compliance to company/project standards of deliverables.
• Manage the Waters, Utilities discipline 3D models, check model quality and technical content including clash detection and compliance with the BEP.
• Work with the Information Manager and project teams to assist in the development and implementation of BIM strategies, BIM Execution Plans, workflows and processes on projects in accordance with AtkinsRéalis Corporate Standards, Client requirements and industry best practices.
• Actively contribute to project design development by contributing to internal coordination, clash detection and design review sessions as well as external presentations to clients.
• Provide over the shoulder support for junior staff, mentor and support them through technical training and live project work supervision.

Required attributes

• High performing ability to work and integrate into multi-disciplinary teams and work independently. Ensuring your work is to the highest appropriate standards and in compliance with Atkins quality systems and standards.
• Energetic and enthusiastic, with the desire to take on extra responsibilities and constantly upskilling team and oneself.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication within a business environment.
• Ability to exercise initiative, take ownership of project issues and work independently with excellent time management skills.
• You will demonstrate a high level of commitment, flexibility and be eager to accept responsibility and learn new skills, whilst always exercising an active interest in helping to solve technical problems faced by any member of the team.
• You will act with integrity and professionalism, gaining the trust of colleagues and setting an example to junior staff.

About You

Required skills and experience

• A Diploma or Bachelor’s degree holder in Civil Engineering with 3-10 years of experience of delivering complex civil engineering projects, from the USA, UK & ME Utilities domain.
• Having experience working for UK/US/ME projects is mandatory.
• Extensive experience of detailing Dry and Wet infrastructure utilities.
• Prepare and manage engineering plans and project documents.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute work in a safe, timely, cost effective and compliant manner.
• Follow BIM and CAD standards. Create, edit, and label alignments, Civil 3D parcels, and corridors.
• Create, use, and edit Civil 3D labels. Create feature lines and surfaces.
• Manage, data reference, label and interact with a Civil 3D surface.
• Perform roadway design, including creating corridors, subassemblies, road FG, contour grading, and surface clean-up/manipulation through Tin/points.
• Use Civil 3D to design plan and profiles of utilities, including using and creating pipe networks, editing and changing parts and styles, catch basin sizing/spacing and minimum cover, manhole sizing/spacing and minimum cover, hydrant spacing, and creating waterlines in profile with deflection and exaggeration, per jurisdictional requirements.
• Experience of using written and spoken English within a business environment.
• Must be an advanced user or expert user in Autodesk Navisworks with capabilities to federate individual discipline BIM Models. Setup, maintain and run clash rules and clash tests across federated BIM Models. Must know how to create search sets, query, find and navigate through BIM Models.
• Must be able to use Navisworks to generate clash results, manage clash resolution, redline BIM Models, capture viewpoints and cascade reports to discipline teams. Must be able to perform Navisworks model management.
• Computational / Generative design tool experience such as Autodesk Dynamo or Bentley Generative Components.
• Technical proficiency in the use of the latest common CDE systems: Bentley ProjectWise and Autodesk BIM360 or ACC. Understanding and experience of handling Civil3D Data Shortcuts within the CDE Environment is a must.

Rewards & Benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.