Principal Engineer (Engineering Leader)

Expanded; Newport Pagnell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Expanded are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer (Engineering Leader) to provide technical leadership on multi-million pound infrastructure projects across the UK. You will influence delivery, challenge approaches, and ensure innovation delivers tangible safety, quality, programme and cost benefits.

You will shape construction methodology, resolve complex technical challenges and translate design intent into safe, buildable solutions.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Approximately 12 years of relevant technical or practical engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodology, permanent and temporary works.

Responsibilities

• Taking technical responsibility for construction and engineering delivery of a large project.
• Leading, developing and supporting a team of Project Engineers.
• Reviewing complex permanent and temporary works solutions.
• Working with Design Management to resolve interfaces and improve buildability.
• Driving technical assurance, quality, inspection and testing across the project.
• Identifying opportunities for value engineering, innovation and more efficient construction methods.
• Promoting DfMA and Digital Engineering across design and delivery.
• Reviewing technical risks and ensuring mitigation.
• Supporting selection and management of specialist designers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Leading technical audits and sharing best practice to drive improvement.
• Providing senior technical guidance to project teams, clients, consultants and supply-chain partners.
• Supporting development and progression of engineers.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project team management

Design interfaces management

Quality assurance

DfMA & Digital Engineering

Safety awareness

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

HNC/HND/NVQ Level 4

Job description

Expanded are looking for an experienced Principal Engineer (Engineering Leader) to provide technical leadership on some of our multi-million pound infrastructure projects.

Location: National

This is an opportunity to influence how complex engineering is delivered, not simply oversee it. You will help introduce better methods, challenge established approaches and ensure that innovation delivers tangible improvements in safety, quality, programme and cost.

You will also contribute to the wider engineering capability of Laing O'Rourke by sharing knowledge, developing talent and promoting best practice across projects and teams.

You will play a key role in shaping construction methodology, resolving complex technical challenges and ensuring that design intent is successfully translated into safe, efficient and buildable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Taking technical responsibility for the construction and engineering delivery of a large project.
• Leading, developing and supporting a team of Project Engineers.
• Reviewing complex permanent and temporary works solutions.
• Working closely with Design Management to resolve design interfaces and improve buildability.
• Driving technical assurance, quality, inspection and testing across the project.
• Identifying opportunities for value engineering, innovation and more efficient construction methods.
• Promoting the use of DfMA and Digital Engineering throughout design and delivery.
• Reviewing technical risks and ensuring appropriate mitigation is in place.
• Supporting the selection and management of specialist designers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Leading technical audits, sharing best practice and driving continuous improvement.
• Providing senior technical guidance to project teams, clients, consultants and supply-chain partners.
• Supporting the development, training and professional progression of engineers.

You will be an established engineering leader with significant experience delivering technically complex construction projects.

You Should Have

• A degree in Civil Engineering, another relevant construction discipline, or an industry-recognised engineering qualification such as an HNC, HND or NVQ Level 4.
• Circa 12 years' relevant technical or practical engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodology, permanent works and temporary works.
• Experience managing design interfaces and external consultants.
• A thorough understanding of quality assurance, inspection, testing and technical compliance.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About Us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.