Principal Civil Engineer
hace 3 días
Croydon
Job Title: Principal Civil Engineer Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 (dependent on experience) Location: Exeter, Manchester, Croydon Type: Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working About the Role: This is a Principal Civil Engineer position within a multidisciplinary water sector team delivering complex infrastructure design projects across the UK. You will take a leading role in managing technical delivery across optioneering, outline, and detailed design stages, ensuring high-quality outputs that meet client and regulatory standards. You will also support and guide a team of engineers and technicians while working closely with major UK water utilities and contractor partners on large-scale infrastructure schemes. About the client: Our client is a long-established multidisciplinary consultancy operating across the built and natural environment. They deliver engineering and advisory services across infrastructure, buildings, and regeneration, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, technical excellence, and long-term environmental impact. Their work supports major UK water companies and infrastructure programmes, contributing to nationally significant environmental and engineering outcomes. Key Responsibilities: • Lead technical delivery of civil engineering design across water sector projects, • Oversee optioneering, outline, and detailed design activities, • Ensure all work meets relevant standards, client expectations, and quality assurance requirements, • Manage and coordinate project plans, schedules, and deliverables, • Engage directly with clients, contractors, and third parties, • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians, • Promote health, safety, welfare, and environmental best practice across all work, • Support multidisciplinary collaboration across design teams What Our Client is Looking For: • Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience, • Significant post-graduate experience in civil engineering design, • Experience within the UK water sector (strong preference), • Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership, • Strong leadership and communication skills, • Experience managing or supporting project teams, • Strong understanding of CAD/Revit and BIM environments, • Knowledge of sustainable engineering practices, • Experience with hydraulic calculations and design processes, • Full UK driving licence What Our Client Offers: • Competitive salary (£60,000 – £70,000) and benefits package, • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, • Opportunity to lead major UK infrastructure projects, • Strong support for professional development and chartership progression, • Collaborative and technically strong team environment, • Inclusive culture with wellbeing focus, • Long-term career progression within a growing consultancy Eligibility: • Must have the right to work in the UK Opportunity for Growth: This role offers a clear pathway into senior leadership within the infrastructure and water sector, with scope to influence technical direction, mentor developing engineers, and take ownership of high-profile UK projects.