Lead Civil & Structural Design Authority - Energy Infra

First Recruitment Group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

First Recruitment Group is recruiting a Principal Civil Engineer on a contract basis in Nottinghamshire. You will provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for major infrastructure programmes, ensuring safe, compliant civil and structural design across the project lifecycle.

Role demands Chartered engineer status (or progress towards) and a track record in regulated environments. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to drive design maturity and lifecycle

Qualifications

• Significant experience in highly regulated, safety-critical industries such as nuclear, energy, defence or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience providing technical leadership on complex civil/structural programmes.
• Strong governance, assurance and design-control knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative civil and structural engineering leadership within a Design Authority framework.
• Define and maintain civil design basis, standards and requirements.
• Review and approve civil/structural design outputs for integrity.
• Establish and manage engineering governance, design controls and reviews.
• Collaborate across buildings, structures, site infrastructure and wider systems.
• Support design maturity, governance and lifecycle readiness activities.
• Identify and manage technical risks and uncertainties.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Degree-qualified Civil or Structural Engineer

Chartered status preferred or progress towards registration

Job description

First Recruitment Group is recruiting a Principal Civil Engineer on a contract basis in Nottinghamshire. You will provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for major infrastructure programmes, ensuring safe, compliant civil and structural design across the project lifecycle.

Role demands Chartered engineer status (or progress towards) and a track record in regulated environments. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to drive design maturity and lifecycle