Principal Civil Engineer

MWH Treatment; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is seeking a Principal Civil Engineer based at Hattersley with hybrid working available. You will travel between client offices in Warrington and project sites, delivering superior design services for water and sewage facilities.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary designs, maintain contract records, and mentor staff while ensuring health, safety and environmental standards are met. The role reports to the Civil Regional Discipline Lead and aims to minimise risks and maximise

Qualifications

• Membership of a professional institution or chartered/incorporated or nearing chartership.
• Minimum: Civil Engineer HND.
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts.
• Good knowledge of water treatment, including mechanical, process and electrical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost effective design layouts that are constructible and commissionable.
• Coordinate designs with all disciplines internal and external to MWHT.
• Maintain files and records for contracts.
• Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals.
• Supervise and develop staff; ensure safe working environment.
• Ensure designs meet health, safety and environmental requirements.

Skills

Water treatment

Sewage treatment

Staff management

Civil engineering

Chartered or near chartership

Economic layouts

Mechanical/electrical/process knowhow

Health and safety awareness

Education

Civil Engineering degree or HND

Membership of a professional institution or near chartership

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Principal Civil Engineer based at Hattersley with hybrid working available. You will be working on projects for our client United Utilities and will be expected to travel between client offices in Warrington and the sites you will be assigned.

You will report directly to the Civil Regional Discipline Lead and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. In order to ensure the above the individual must co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term ‘cost’ is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised where ever possible.
• Maintain competitiveness
• Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department
• Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department
• Assist in developing procedures and processes
• Monitor and review the procedures and processes
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to MWHT in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts.
• Assure customer satisfaction
• To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Maintain a personal development plan
• Assist in supervising and developing staff
• Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff
• Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

EssentialStrong understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment.Have experience of managing members of staff in designing relevant discipline aspects of water and sewage treatment plantsMembership of a professional institution/chartered/Incorporated or nearing chartershipPreferrable: Civil Engineering DegreeMinimum: Civil Engineer HNDAbility to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layoutsGood general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project managementA flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one timeAbility to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincinglyComputer literacyDriving license