Principal Civil Engineer

Macstaff; Chorley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A structural and civil design consultancy in Chorley seeks a Principal Civil Engineer SC. In this role, you will mentor junior engineers and lead projects while ensuring quality deliverables. The ideal candidate will have a chartered status and significant experience in highways and drainage design. Competitive salary up to £60K, along with flexible working arrangements and professional benefits, provided.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company Pension Scheme

Increased holiday entitlement

Flexible working arrangements

Payment of Annual Professional fees

Death in Service Benefit

Well Being Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum three years’ experience within Highways and Drainage design.
• Proficient in producing detailed drainage and highway calculations and sketches.
• Experience with BS EN752 and adoptable standards.

Responsibilities

• Mentor graduate engineers and engineering technicians.
• Support Directors in improving design services.
• Generate new clients and areas of work.

Skills

SC CLEARED

Civil Engineering

Communication in consultation environment

Highways design

Drainage design

Team collaboration

Education

Chartered with CIWEM, ICE or CIHT

Tools

AutoCAD

Causeway Flow or equivalent

Job description

You will like

You will like leading in Civil Engineering from Chorley, Lancaster or Shrewsbury for innovative structural & civil design consultancy with UK wide coverage. They are known for challenging project design & delivery in commercial, residential & industrial sectors, including critical infrastructure e.g. nuclear power, hence SC requirement. This company also fosters a supportive and collaborative environment where your contributions truly matter. Enjoy the benefits of being part of a company that values professional development and encourages work-life balance.

You will like

The Principal Civil Engineer SC job itself, which involves mentoring graduate engineers and engineering technicians to assist on existing workload and developing their skillsets to meet the required needs and demands of our clients and business goals.

Although you will be based in one of our 4 offices, the team members are based in each office and work closely together assisting on projects where required, each engineer has a number of projects and clients at any one time to manage. You will be expected to support our Directors across the group, and will be required to ensure best practices are applied within the office and to assist the Directors with improving design services and operational efficiency.

Quality deliverables and client satisfaction are at the forefront of our everyday responsibilities as individuals, to ensure conformance to our accredited processes and procedures as recognised within the industry.

In addition, maintaining the existing client base as well as generating new clients and areas of work would be expected.

You will have

To be successful as Principal Civil Engineer SC here, FIRSTLY you will be (or have been) SC CLEARED. You must be chartered with either CIWEM, ICE and / or CIHT.

You will be self-motivated, driven by a challenge, whilst continually learning new skills and has experience working within a team and is confident at communicating in a consultation environment. Plus you will have a healthy mix of the following :

• Minimum three years’ experience within Highways and Drainage design
• Proficient use of AutoCAD and Causeway Flow or equivalent design software
• Producing detailed drainage and highway calculations and sketches Following principals outlined in CIRIA design guides
• BS EN752 and the Design and Construction Guidance Working experience within the adoptable standards Section 278
• Section 38 and 104 Commercial awareness of costing
• budgets and quotations
• Report writing
• Site visits to verify construction complies with construction drawings
• Preparing Specifications

You will get

• As Project Engineer SC, you will enjoy a competitive salary likely £50K – £60K Neg + Package
• Company Pension Scheme
• Increased holiday entitlement for long service
• Flexible working arrangements
• Payment of Annual Professional fees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Well Being Scheme

You can apply

For Project Engineer SC, by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending your CV in confidence to (url removed).