Principal Civil Engineer, Leicester, LE1 1HA

Job Description

Principal Civil Engineer

Our Opportunity

Are you an experienced Senior Civil Engineer looking to take the next step in your career, as part of a thriving, multi-disciplinary consultancy? Maybe you’re already in a Principal position, looking to expand your experience within a variety of exciting projects? Do you want to work as part of a collaborative, dynamic team of like-minded, talented professionals? We are looking to appoint an exceptional Principal Civil Engineer to work across an array of projects within our experienced team in Leicester, Sheffield or Manchester.

Working as an integral part of the team, you will play a key part in delivering major Highways/Public Realm and/or Infrastructure/Drainage projects (including Residential, Custodial, Healthcare, Education, MOJ, Commercial, Leisure).

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you can expect to become involved in:

1. Producing technical designs, specifications and reports for a large variety of projects in terms of size, type, and complexity, both single discipline and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
2. Mentoring and managing your design sub-team (project programming and planning and resources).
3. Bidding, preparation, and client meetings.

About You

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you will play a lead role in shaping our offering, as part of a collaborative, talented team. In order to be considered for this role, you must have:

1. A degree or equivalent in civil engineering or a related subject, working towards a professional qualification.
2. Experience managing Infrastructure schemes, as well as bespoke projects.
3. Good knowledge of industry design software packages.
4. Excellent communication skills and a team player with a confident, positive and enthusiastic attitude, able to lead a team to success.
5. Ability to co-ordinate and contribute to the bid preparation process including client presentation.

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:

1. CEng with post chartered relevant experience or IEng with post incorporated relevant experience.
2. Undertaking relevant CPD activities.
3. A good understanding of forms of appointment and construction contracts.
4. Confident liaising with new and existing clients and an ability to build a good rapport with other parts of our inter-disciplinary practice, and with external design teams.
5. Robust problem-solving skills, taking accountability for assigned work.
6. The ability to lead a sub-team, focused on delivery of high-quality design output.

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history, we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for, and valued.

We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients, and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

1. Agile working.
2. 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
3. Private healthcare, life assurance, and healthcare cash plan.
4. Professional subscriptions.
5. Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.
6. Stakeholder pension.

As an equal opportunities employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, or maternity. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV introductions will not be accepted.

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