Principal Civil Engineer - Drainage

AtkinsRéalis; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Employee rewards and benefits

Job summary

A leading engineering service provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Civil Engineer to join their Glasgow or Edinburgh office. This role focuses on drainage design projects, emphasizing environmental improvement and innovation. Responsibilities include overseeing projects from concept to completion, managing stakeholder relationships, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate is professionally qualified and familiar with hydraulic design software, demonstrating strong leadership and collaboration skills. A competitive salary and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to design all aspects of drainage from conceptual layout to detailed design.
• Experience in managing project scopes, budgets, and quality of deliverables.
• Self-motivated with good leadership qualities and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage drainage design from concept to detailed design.
• Support technical development of team members.
• Manage delivery to programme and budget while ensuring quality.

Skills

Drainage design

Hydraulic design software

3D design tools

BIM

Leadership qualities

Client management

Education

Professionally Qualified with ICE or CIWEM

Job description

Overview

The AtkinsRéalis Networks & Drainage Solutions Practice in Scotland provides drainage design services to Water and Local Authority markets. Due to a growing workload we are keen to strengthen the existing teams in our Glasgow or Edinburgh offices and require a Principal Civil Engineer to join our team.

We are looking for strong collaborators, people capable of supporting their local team, but also delivering on remote projects as part of our national Practice.

You will be required to undertake a key role in a broad range of drainage design schemes for Council and Water Company projects. There will be a strong emphasis on flooding and environmental improvement projects incorporating SuDS. As well as delivering the drainage design, you will be responsible in supporting the leadership and development of our drainage capability.

Your role:

• Leading the design of drainage designs from concept to detailed design, as stand-alone projects or as part of larger multi-disciplinary schemes.
• Promoting development of digital solutions in drainage design.
• Overseeing and reviewing the production of drainage designs, models, calculations and drawings to relevant standards, including providing technical assurance of designs.
• Determining and assigning drainage design tasks and managing delivery to programme and budget.
• Leading and encouraging the technical development of apprentices, graduate and assistant engineers in the drainage discipline.
• Ensuring compliance with business management standards set in the company's quality, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Managing and developing client and stakeholder relationships to support the development of the drainage design and consents process as well as helping to secure repeat work.
• Supporting the drainage discipline locally to develop and enhance the drainage design capability within the local team.
• Leading drainage designs, managing the interface and providing technical assurance for drainage designs produced in our Global Design Centre.
• Championing the role of drainage within a multi-disciplinary project.
• Providing technical input to the preparation of bids including provision of Quality Submission responses on drainage strategy and design approach and input to price via preparation of fee proposals and associated program for delivery including assessment of risk.

About You

• Ideally Professionally Qualified with the ICE, CIWEM or similar.
• Ability to design all aspects of drainage from conceptual layout to detailed design.
• Familiarity with hydraulic design software, 3D design tools and BIM.
• Ability to prepare reports and specifications and to collect other data and statistics necessary for the preparation of progress and technical reports.
• Ability to identify and respond to our clients' values in a competitive market sector.
• Candidates are required to be self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger multi-disciplinary team in leading and managing packages of work to completion.
• Ability to identify, manage and develop project scopes and manage budgets, programme and the quality of deliverables.
• A flexible individual, a team player, with a developed attention to detail, shows initiative, proactive and able to deliver to set deadlines.
• Supportive approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team.
• Good leadership qualities.
• Experience in working for both private and public sector clients and knowledge of the different drivers and approaches to management and procurement.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

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