Principal Engineer

Main Purpose of the Job

Based in our Manchester or Mold office you will be part of a hardworking and growing team of Transport & Infrastructure Engineers/Consultants. Each office is based in an excellent location within easy reach of local stations, with parking easily available nearby/onsite. You will work with our other offices across the country as part of a wider national team to help drive successful delivery of projects and enforce our core business values. We work on projects across the country with the wider Transport & Infrastructure Team and currently have a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from local authority framework commissions, active travel commissions, infrastructure development work including S278, S38 and S104, and a variety of mixed‑use residential development projects.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement project requirements to fully meet the client brief in accordance with relevant standards.
• Collate project information, liaise and engage with clients and third parties as required.
• Supervise site‑based projects as required.
• Assist or lead project delivery, supervising and delegating to more junior members of staff as required.
• Review and approve your own work and that of others, including third‑party design proposals.
• Collaborate effectively within an established team and contribute to a positive team culture.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Essential

• BEng in Civil Engineering (or equivalent).
• 3+ years experience as a civil engineer in the design of civil projects and drainage design in residential and commercial projects.
• Good working knowledge of software such as Microdrainage, Causeway Flow, AutoCAD.
• Detailed knowledge of drainage design standards, construction practices, asset management, and relevant legislation.
• Experience preparing drainage strategies, FRA’s S104/S106 Agreements.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety including CDM responsibilities.
• Day‑to‑day management and leadership of project design, overseeing designs produced by consultants and managing input from other disciplines.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Client liaison and management.
• Experience managing project workloads, finances, and ensuring compliance with briefs and financial constraints.
• Utility coordination and clash detection.
• Experience mentoring and developing less‑experienced staff, and ability to build effective working relationships.

Preferred

• Experience in delivering sustainable results in a large organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to identify and deliver outcomes‑focused solutions.
• Ability to design highway engineering solutions, analyse complex information, and use relevant software for modelling and analysis.
• Development of Highways Specifications.
• Civils 3D.
• Ideally good experience of drainage design and use of analytical modelling tools.
• Clear, confident, and enthusiastic communication skills, both written and oral, to explain complex data to non‑specialist audiences and stakeholders.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and embodying organisational values and behaviours.

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure, with good organisational skills and the ability to plan, organise and manage a complex workload with shifting deadlines to meet specific targets.
• Experience working in a complex fast‑paced design and project/programme management environment, ideally in infrastructure or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to identify and deliver outcomes‑focused solutions to complex situations.
• Ability to design highway engineering solutions, analyse complex information and use relevant software for modelling and analysis.
• Development of Highways Specifications.
• Civils 3D.
• Ideally good experience of drainage design and use of analytical modelling tools.
• Clear, confident, and enthusiastic communication skills, both written and oral, to explain complex data to non‑specialist audiences and stakeholders.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and embodying organisational values and behaviours.