Principal Engineer
3 days ago
Cheshire West and Chester
Opportunities Available – Principal, Senior & Project Engineers Our client is also open to appointing Senior Engineers and Project Engineers, alongside a Principal-level hire, to support continued growth across their project portfolio. About the Company Our client is a well-established, specialist risk engineering consultancy operating at the forefront of protective and extreme load design. The business is recognised as a market leader within its niche and works on complex, high-value developments across the UK and internationally, delivering solutions against a range of extreme load events. Their current project portfolio includes a number of high-profile schemes across sectors such as major sports and leisure venues, large-scale public infrastructure, transport hubs, and secure government-related facilities. Due to sustained growth, the business is seeking to strengthen its engineering team with high-calibre professionals at Principal, Senior, and Project Engineer level. These roles would suit individuals looking to progress their careers within a technically strong, collaborative, and supportive working environment. Key Responsibilities Depending on level, responsibilities will include: • Engaging with clients to help define project requirements, influence technical outcomes, and present engineering solutions, • Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary design teams to develop protective and resilience-led design strategies, • Delivering retained and novated design duties on design-and-build projects, including outline and detailed performance specifications, compliance monitoring, and site attendance, • Supporting contractors across multiple tiers to ensure construction activities comply with project specifications, • Collaborating with manufacturers to assist in the design and development of new products, • Managing project workloads to ensure deliverables are completed on time and to a high technical standard, • Undertaking and supervising detailed engineering analysis using linear and non-linear methods, including hand calculations, finite element analysis, and computational fluid dynamics, • Completing vehicle dynamics assessments to support the specification and design of hostile vehicle mitigation measures, • Leading and mentoring junior engineers (Senior/Principal level), • Contributing to the wider technical leadership and, at Principal level, the senior management team