Principal Engineer (Civil / Structural)

Cowi; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cowi is seeking a Principal Engineer (Civil/Structural) for Derby/Glasgow/York/London with office/home hybrid working. You will lead underground structures projects, review and mentor engineers, and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across sectors.

This role involves client liaison, bid support, and delivering high-quality design and checks. You will oversee project delivery, manage budgets, and collaborate with global studios, shaping solutions for complex tunneling and civil infrastructure

Qualifications

• Chartered Status (IEng/CEng) with professional registration
• Experience on civil/structural infrastructure projects, underground structures or tunnels (UK or international)
• Proven ability to lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Check and assess projects across a wide range of engineering structures.
• Coordinate delivery to time and budget with high technical quality.
• Supervise, mentor and develop junior engineers and technicians in project teams.
• Identify opportunities to collaborate with global teams including Engineering Design Centres and remote working integration.
• Develop and maintain client relationships and recognise business opportunities.
• Assist with bids/tenders and support Directors on business development.
• Produce engineering design, assessment or checking work including calculations and reports.
• Manage commercial and financial aspects of projects.

Skills

Chartered Status

Team leadership

Underground structures

Job description

Principal Engineer (Civil/Structural)

Derby / Glasgow / York / London

Permanent

Office / Home hybrid working

Do you want to be a part of our growing Tunnels, Civils & Underground structures discipline? Can you collaborate on projects both here and internationally? Are you experienced in underground structures design? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

Thanks to continued expansion we have a new opportunity for a Principal Engineer to join us. Working on a variety of civil and structural projects, you’ll be providing guidance to less experienced engineers by reviewing their work, while playing a key role in successful project delivery.

The type of projects you will lead will be across multiple sectors which include a significant civil and structural engineering input, along with co-ordination and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.

Clients may include contractors on a design and build project, or end clients.

Project teams may range in size from a small, single discipline team of a few engineers over a couple of months, through to a multi-discipline team of 20-30 engineers on a project duration of a year or more.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Checking and assessing projects across a wide range of engineering structures
• Coordinating the delivery of your projects to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems
• Supervising, mentoring, and developing less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams, working with line managers to maximise training opportunities
• Identifying opportunities to work with our global teams, including those in our Engineering Design Centres, and supporting their specific development requirements, and integration challenges through remote working.
• Developing and maintaining client relationships through your project work, including identifying and realising any potential business opportunities
• Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Director's in pursuing business development opportunities if required
• Production of engineering design, assessment or checking work including preparation or checking of calculations, written reports, and other contract deliverables
• The commercial and financial management of projects

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• Achieved Chartered Status (IEng or CEng, MICE/MIStuctE)
• Experience working on civil / structural infrastructure projects with a preference for underground structures and tunnels in the UK or internationally
• The ability to oversee and grow project teams and organise the delivery of projects, either as client's or contractor's designer.
• Demonstrable experience as a team leader with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers
• The inter-personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi-disciplinary team