Principal Civil Engineer

Aecom; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development opportunities

Flexible benefits

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced Principal Civil Engineer to provide technical leadership across projects from due diligence to detailed design and construction support. You will help grow the civil engineering capability, manage client relationships, and guide multidisciplinary teams in the UK and overseas.

You will act as an ambassador for the firm, delivering technical excellence and governance, mentoring engineers, and coordinating with ground, structural, electrical and environmental

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng MICE or equivalent) or operating at chartered level with leadership authority.
• Significant development-led infrastructure experience; data centre sector experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic civil engineering leadership and governance across development projects.
• Lead, review and approve civil infrastructure designs including roads, drainage and utilities.
• Coordinate with cross-discipline teams across the UK and globally.
• Support client engagement, business development and sector thought leadership.
• Undertake project management responsibilities across a portfolio of schemes.

Skills

Leadership

Civil engineering

Client engagement

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered/CEng

Tools

BIM (Revit)

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM is seeking an experienced Principal Civil Engineer to provide technical leadership across a selection of projects, which range from site due diligence assessment and masterplanning to detailed design and construction support. The role will support business growth, management of client relationships, and the continued development of AECOM’s civil engineering capability within a range of market sectors, which include the rapidly expanding data centre sector.

In this role, you will work within our Civil Engineering Business Unit, collaborating with ground engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, architects, project managers, environmental specialists and surveyors based in the UK and overseas who are supporting our portfolio of development projects.

As a senior member of the team, you will act as an ambassador for AECOM, providing expert civil engineering guidance across EMEA and within global teams. You will contribute civil engineering expertise to the delivery of development projects for both public and private sector clients, ensuring technical excellence, resilience and integration across disciplines, working closely with UK and global multidisciplinary teams.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Provide strategic civil engineering leadership and technical governance for development projects, ensuring compliance with AECOM standards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead, review and approve civil engineering infrastructure designs and specifications, developing buildable solutions for site development, earthworks, drainage, pavements, highways/access, utility infrastructure, and associated infrastructure for complex, multidisciplinary developments.
• Coordinate with other civil engineers and technical specialists supporting the delivery of our project portfolio, including ground engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, structural engineers, project managers, architects and environmental consultants across the UK and our global business.
• Support client engagement, business development, strategic asset planning, and sector thought leadership, while mentoring and developing civil engineers to enhance technical capability and delivery excellence within a range of market sectors.
• Undertake project management responsibilities across a portfolio of schemes.

Come grow with us:

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Requirements:

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng MICE or equivalent) or operating at chartered level with demonstrated leadership and professional authority.
• Significant experience in development-led infrastructure engineering, typically gained within a private or consultancy environment. Experience working in the data centre sector would be a significant advantage.
• Experience delivering complex civil infrastructure projects with a strong technical capability in the design of development infrastructure including road geometry, drainage, earthworks, pavements and underground services using industry-standard software.
• Strong knowledge of planning, highways, drainage, and utility approval processes.
• Understanding of BIM modelling, processes and experience working in collaborative platforms.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.