Principal Civil & Structural Engineer

• Have UK experience in the full cycle of project design delivery from inception to detailed design.

• Experience of working within UK multidisciplinary teams and able to provide technical monitoring to Graduate Engineers and technicians.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Have wide reaching engineering experience across the full engineering lifecycle - client sales to legacy close out
• Be able to manage resources and drive career development - single and potentially multiple disciplines
• Be able to accurately report progress / risk / opportunities / change etc, be digitally proficient
• Understand and deliver on sustainable design requirements
• Able to work accurately and deliver to promise, predict and report potential challenges to delivery
• Actively learn and share best practice into the discipline team
• Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships with all, including client and construction teams
• The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances
• Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills
• Able to lead estimate development - scoping / hours / risks / assumptions for tendering or project change
• Ability to deputise for Discipline Lead in your technical discipline (eg temporary absence cover)
• Have clear knowledge of UK Regulatory framework associated with technical discipline, ie CDM, Electrical, Environmental, Process etc
• Eligibility to obtain Security Clearance.
• Hold professional qualifications such as Chartership or Incorporated Status
• Educational experience relevant to their engineering discipline, ideally degree qualified to a 2:1 or better
• Secondary level education, such as A levels, BTEC, T levels etc
• Safety passport or similar

• Mobility to work on various projects throughout the UK
• Have site or construction experience
• Experience from multiple sectors / industries ideally including Rail
• Be able to work independently ▪ Have experience in updating corporate guidance and operating controls ▪ Have an innovative approach, be able to challenge and drive new approaches to engineering and construction delivery
• Additional technically focused qualifications / training

With continued growth in all of our sectors, Costain is hiring for a Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to join our multi-discipline engineering and design team.

• As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve:

• Production of high-quality C&S engineering deliverables in a timely and cost-effective way.

• Take responsibility for leading projects from a technical perspective.

• Maintain the required technical quality of work produced by the team.

• Communicate effectively with other disciplines and construction teams.

• Communicate confidently and authoritatively with clients.

• Challenge and deliver value engineering solutions.

• Lead, support and mentor team members.

• Assist in developing the knowledge and skills of the Civil and Structural team, including assisting in the training and technical development of engineers.