Principal Civil Engineer - Water & Asset Leadership

Sweco; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks

Private Medical Insurance

Company car or car allowance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

Life Assurance

Job summary

Sweco is recruiting a Principal Civil Engineer to lead design directions across multiple projects in the Anglian Water @one Alliance. You will direct, coach and develop junior engineers, review complex civil designs, and ensure designs are fit for purpose, compliant with current legislation, and delivered on time and to budget.

Join Sweco in delivering nature-based solutions and urban drainage schemes while enabling hybrid working and career progression within a supportive, collaborative

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering (or equivalent) with chartered status or working towards it.
• Expertise in reinforced concrete, steel buildings, buried pipework, and site infrastructure.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for health, safety, and innovative design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Check and review civil design deliverables to ensure processes are followed.
• Input into CDM and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Review CDM deliverables for projects.
• Maintain portfolio awareness and disseminate knowledge across the civil engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with Minimum Asset Standards and challenge where needed.
• Collaborate across Alliance areas to establish common standards and processes.
• Implement new digital technologies to achieve fully attributed 3D models.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers.
• Develop design alerts to promote continuous learning and improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Health and safety

3D modelling knowledge

Reinforced concrete

Steel buildings

Buried pipework

Site infrastructure

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered status or working towards

Tools

3D modelling software

Job description

Sweco is recruiting a Principal Civil Engineer to lead design directions across multiple projects in the Anglian Water @one Alliance. You will direct, coach and develop junior engineers, review complex civil designs, and ensure designs are fit for purpose, compliant with current legislation, and delivered on time and to budget.

Join Sweco in delivering nature-based solutions and urban drainage schemes while enabling hybrid working and career progression within a supportive, collaborative