Senior/Principal Civil Engineer

Brookbanks Consulting Ltd; Coleshill Heath; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The role requires strong technical capability, client relationship management, and adherence to CDM and Building Regulations; hybrid working and personal development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of highway or drainage design and earthworks assessments.
• Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD and MicroDrainage (InfoDrainage).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
• Qualifications: Minimum HND/C in Civil Engineering. Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline is desirable. Chartered with ICE or equivalent body is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and delivery of major civil infrastructure projects.
• Providing expert consultation and technical leadership across civil activities.
• Ensuring design and operational excellence in highway, drainage, and earthworks.
• Overseeing project delivery from proposal to practical completion with quality, cost and time control.
• Managing client relationships and coordinating with stakeholders; ensuring compliance with CDM and UK Building Regulations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

HND/C in Civil Engineering

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered with ICE

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroDrainage (InfoDrainage)

Job description

Senior / Principal Civil Engineer

As a UK, privately owned consultancy, we offer autonomy, flexibility and trust. Our people are empowered and supported to challenge the status quo, implement their ideas and make a real impact.

We're built on expertise, problem-solving, and a commitment to doing things properly - delivering real results, not just ticking boxes.

Brookbanks operates nationwide providing integrated consultancy services for major infrastructure and development schemes, having a reputation of designing and delivering some of the most complex projects.

Our clients include many of the UK's leading blue chip residential and commercial property developers.

What's in it for you at Brookbanks?

Autonomy: you'll have the freedom to work in your own way, create change and shape the company.

Innovation: free from rigid processes or layers of hierarchy, we encourage fresh thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Personable environment: as a UK, privately-owned consultancy, you'll be more than just a number.

Roadmap for progression: we're expanding into new sectors and regions, ensuring we can honour your progression.

Personal development: we provide the opportunity to develop cross-disciplinary expertise, funded chartership and professional development.

Hybrid and flexing working: we trust you to decide how you work best and endeavour to accommodate your personal circumstances.

Scale and scope: you'll be part of many of the UK's most prestigious projects.

As a Senior / Principal Civil Engineer…

You will be leading the design and delivery of major civil infrastructure projects, providing expert consultation and technical leadership, and ensuring design and operational excellence in all civil engineering activities including:

• Highway design - preliminary and detailed (s38 / s278 Highways Act)
• Drainage Design - strategic and detailed (s104 / s98 Water Act) both strategic and detailed
• Foul pumping stations, SUDS, flow control structures and balancing facilities
• Residential and Commercial external works design including earthworks assessments
• Technical reports, assessments, statements, and fee proposals
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and technicians within the team
• Overseeing project delivery from proposal to practical completion, ensuring quality, cost, and time objectives are met
• Managing and cultivating client relationships and coordinating with stakeholders Ensuring compliance with relevant standards, policies, and legislation (e.g. CDM and UK Building Regulations)

What do we look for?

• Experience of highway or drainage design and earthworks assessments
• Technical leadership
• Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD and MicroDrainage (InfoDrainage)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Qualifications: Minimum HND/C in Civil Engineering. Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline is desirable. Chartered with ICE or equivalent body is preferred.