Principal Civil Engineer

Finlay Jude Associates Ltd; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Car/Car allowance

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts and savings Hub

Job summary

Finlay Jude Associates Ltd is recruiting a Principal Civil Engineer for a leading utilities service provider. Based in Hattersley with hybrid working, you will deliver high-quality civil design for water and process contracts and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams.

You will lead design reviews, mentor junior engineers, ensure compliance with health and safety and environmental standards, and provide cost-effective layouts across turnkey projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in civil design within the water and process industries.
• Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment principles.
• Proven experience managing staff involved in designing civil aspects of water and sewage treatment plants.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts that meet specification requirements and can be constructed and commissioned efficiently.
• Maintain competitiveness in all design activities.
• Provide estimates and technical feedback to the Proposals department.
• Follow established procedures and processes to support continual departmental development.
• Contribute to the creation and improvement of departmental procedures and processes.
• Monitor, review, and update procedures to support efficient departmental operations.
• Ensure design coordination with all internal and external disciplines so that contract design processes are aligned and beneficial to the overall project.
• Maintain accurate files and records throughout each contract.
• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Promote a culture where meeting customer needs—both external clients and internal departments is central to achieving wider business objectives.
• Maintain and update a personal development plan.
• Assist in supervising and developing staff, including undertaking some line-management duties.
• Support junior engineers by checking and reviewing technical drawings and documentation.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe working environment for all staff.
• Minimise waste across all departmental activities.
• Ensure designs consider environmental impacts.
• Ensure all designs fully comply with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Civil design

Water treatment

Wastewater treatment

Staff management

Leadership

Education

Degree in engineering

Job description

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the utilities industry for an experienced Principal Civil Engineer to strengthen their team.

Location

Hattersley, hybrid working available

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass

Principal Civil Engineer Role

• Report to the Central Discipline Lead (Civil) and be accountable for delivering high-quality engineering design services that help minimise risk and maximise profitability across turnkey and engineering services contracts.
• Coordinate all design activities and produce accurate design documents and drawings, ensuring full compliance with health and safety requirements, contract specifications, and all relevant standards.

Principal Civil Engineer Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts that meet specification requirements and can be constructed and commissioned efficiently.
• Maintain competitiveness in all design activities.
• Provide estimates and technical feedback to the Proposals department.
• Follow established procedures and processes to support continual departmental development.
• Contribute to the creation and improvement of departmental procedures and processes.
• Monitor, review, and update procedures to support efficient departmental operations.
• Ensure design coordination with all internal and external disciplines so that contract design processes are aligned and beneficial to the overall project.
• Maintain accurate files and records throughout each contract.
• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Promote a culture where meeting customer needs—both external clients and internal departments is central to achieving wider business objectives.
• Maintain and update a personal development plan.
• Assist in supervising and developing staff, including undertaking some line-management duties.
• Support junior engineers by checking and reviewing technical drawings and documentation.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe working environment for all staff.
• Minimise waste across all departmental activities.
• Ensure designs consider environmental impacts.
• Ensure all designs fully comply with health and safety requirements.

Principal Civil Engineer Requirements

• Extensive experience in civil design within the water and process industries.
• Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment principles.
• Proven experience managing staff involved in designing civil aspects of water and sewage treatment plants.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution and/or chartered status.
• Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline.
• Ability to rationalise designs and develop cost-effective plant layouts.
• Broad knowledge of water treatment disciplines, including mechanical, process, electrical engineering, and project management.
• Flexible, with the ability to interpret and integrate large volumes of information.
• Strong skills in presenting technical proposals clearly, confidently, and persuasively.
• Proficient in computer applications.
• Full driving licence.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.