Principal Civil Engineer

Ameresco; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Principal Civil Engineer to join their innovative team in London. This role offers the opportunity to lead civil engineering projects, focusing on renewable energy and clean technologies. You will be responsible for developing project scopes, managing design teams, and ensuring compliance with engineering standards. The company fosters a collaborative environment where your expertise will contribute to impactful projects aimed at decarbonization and sustainability. If you're passionate about energy efficiency and ready to take on complex challenges, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of civil engineering design principles.
• Demonstrated lead development skills in project scopes.

Responsibilities

• Lead Civil Engineering inputs for large scale electrical projects.
• Manage external design teams and conduct constructability assessments.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project Management

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office Suite

Communication Skills

Education

Engineering degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Chartered Engineer Status

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Position Overview:

With our ongoing success in business growth, we are expanding our Engineering team and have a new opportunity for a Civil Design Engineer to join us to develop a wide range of clean technologies and renewable projects.

The successful candidate will lead work assignments covering all technical analysis and project development deliverables for our customers in both public and private sectors. This involves project outline design and scope of work development, coordination with stakeholders, liaising with technical specialist and sub-contractors, tender writing and presentation.

The ideal candidate must have a good level of technical expertise, possess strong development skills, have a sound track record in developing successful energy and renewable projects, and be willing to travel nationwide as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Main point of contact for Civil Engineering inputs across the company, specifically on large scale electrical projects (BESS, Solar PV)
• Develop civil and structural deliverables including layout, outline and detailed design covering both geotechnical and structural elements, producing risk assessments, and other design documents as required.
• Managing external design teams, reviewing their designs, conducting constructability assessment and feedback and continuous improvement.
• Produce outline work package and scope of work document for contractor to provide pricing.
• Managing engineering changes in line with company procedures.
• Liaise with external and internal stakeholders and attend regular client project meetings.
• Exhibit comprehensive knowledge and understanding of entire project terms and technical requirements.
• Assist with project programme, improving operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service
• Deliver other duties as required from time to time.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering degree, or equivalent preferably in Civil or Structural engineering
• Achieved or working towards chartered engineer status
• Strong understanding of engineering principles associated with civil engineering design
• Demonstrated lead development skills including the ability to building project scopes and assess the constructability of systems
• Proficiency with AutoCAD
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite in particular Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
  
  

Personal Attributes:

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, confident and have a flexible approach to work. They will be customer focused, passionate about energy efficiency, renewable energy and decarbonisation. They should be able to demonstrate good organisational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritise work under pressure and complete within deadlines. Proven ability to manage and complete complex projects in a timely, cost-effective and customer focused manner.

AMERESCO challenges the brightest, most talented, and creative individuals in the industry by providing an environment that fosters initiative and achievement. We are proud of our comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including people-oriented insurance, investment, and incentive plans.

All official communications from Ameresco will originate from an @ameresco.com email address. Any correspondence from other domains should be regarded as fraudulent. Please report any suspicious activity to the platform where the issue was encountered.

Ameresco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

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