Civil Engineering Professional

Senior/Principal Civil Pipeline Engineer - London, Peterborough, Bristol, Cambridge

We are looking for an energetic and experienced Senior/Principal Pipeline Engineer to join our client's Water team. You’ll be part of a talented, multi-disciplinary team delivering cutting edge, iconic projects to our Water market clients. As a key member of our client's team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering transformational programmes for critical UK infrastructure, with opportunities to work on landmark engineering projects both domestically and internationally. Our client is committed to providing industry-leading solutions throughout the project lifecycle, adding value through client-side and construction-phase support. They offer hybrid working which involves circa 3 days per week being office/site based.

Your Role

The role will offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity to apply knowledge, experience, and problem-solving skills whilst providing good opportunities for career development. We are looking for talented engineers at either Senior or Principal level. So whether you’re a great Senior or already operating at Principal level, we’d love to hear from you and together we’ll figure out the best match based on your experience.

As a Senior or Principal Civil Pipeline Engineer in the D&AT practice, the successful candidate would have the following responsibilities:

• Coordinate or manage a team of Civil Pipeline engineers for delivery of technical design work on complex multi-disciplinary projects following relevant national and project specific design codes and standards, and to high-quality levels.
• Responsible for producing and reviewing technical deliverables such as design reports, drawings, calculations, and scopes of work with defined scope.
• Provide technical input into project design deliverables for Civil Pipeline aspects of complex multi-disciplinary projects and work with the project management team to successfully manage time and budgets to key project milestones and programmes.
• Collaborate with client, operational, project, or service activities within your immediate team and other related teams.
• Provide mentorship to less experienced colleagues and help to grow the Civil Pipeline Engineering capabilities within the local team.
• Work independently with minimal technical guidance.
• Exercise personal judgement to solve difficult problems where appropriate and provide guidance to junior team members.
• Provide technical support for bid proposals.
• Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated design solutions.
• Adhere to quality assurance standards in design including check and review of own work as well as others.

About You

The ideal candidate would be a well-rounded and versatile individual who exemplifies the following key skills and attributes:

• A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered or Incorporated Civil Engineer.
• Proven experience in coordinating or managing a Civil Pipeline engineering design delivery team for a design consultancy including within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Takes broad perspective to identify innovative solutions to design problems.
• Requires strong knowledge and practical experience in pipeline design including construction, rehabilitation, condition assessment, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
• Practical knowledge of current UK and international design codes and standards as well as industry best practices, including CDM Regulations.
• Ability to work independently with minimal technical guidance.
• Proficiency in designing within appropriate digital analysis packages, following local and national guidance e.g. HADES and Varism.
• Demonstrates strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly and effectively within diverse multi-disciplinary teams.
• A proactive, highly motivated mindset with a collaborative approach to drive teamwork and shared success across projects.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS INSIDE IR35 SO WILL BE PAID ON A PAYE OR UMBRELLA BASIS