Principal Engineer - Civil

MWH Treatment Limited; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Principal Civil Engineer to join their team in Preston with a hybrid working model. The role involves ensuring cost-effective designs for water and sewage treatment projects, managing team members, and maintaining adherence to safety and environmental standards. Candidates should have substantial knowledge of water treatment principles and possess relevant qualifications, preferably a Civil Engineering Degree. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while leading a team in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in water and sewage treatment plants design.
• Membership of a professional institution or nearing chartership.
• A flexible mind with the ability to assimilate large amounts of data.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts.
• Ensure standard practices are utilized.
• Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department.
• Monitor and review procedures for the department.

Skills

Strong understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment

Management experience in design aspects of treatment plants

Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts

Good knowledge of mechanical, process, and electrical engineering

Computer literacy

Driving license

Education

Civil Engineering Degree

Civil Engineer HND

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

• 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.

Essential Qualifications

• Strong 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 plants.
• Membership of a professional institution/chartered/Incorporated or nearing chartership.
• Preferable: Civil Engineering Degree.
• Minimum: Civil Engineer HND.
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts.
• Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project management.
• A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly.
• Computer literacy.
• Driving license.