Principal Civil & Structural Engineer (Water)

• Significant and proven experience within the UK water industry at all stages of the project lifecycle.

• Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries.

• Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards.

• Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements.

• Minimum BEng Civil or Structural Engineering.

• Chartership with ICE or IStructE.

• CSCS or CCNSG.

• Experience of UK water industry standards and processes.

• Experience with new and historic structures, optioneering assessments, defining scopes of work, supporting estimates and business development.

• Experience in leading small teams and supporting more junior engineers.

• Knowledge and experience of common forms of contracts.

• Project Management experience.

• Requirements Management experience.

• Additional technically focused qualifications / training

Exciting new opportunity for a Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to join to the Water Division of CEL - Costain's multi-discipline engineering and design team who deliver design mainly across Costain projects.

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

• Responsibility for C&S discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation
• Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan
• Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers
• Production of high-quality C&S engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction
• Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with.
• Preparing installation scopes of works and supporting constructability and delivery specialists
• Reviewing supplier's quotations and preparing technical bid assessments

More specific tasks could include:

• Defining client requirements

• Planning and delivering project tasks undertaken by the C&S team

• Design of new structures, assessment of historic structures, checking and approving C&S documentation from subordinates.

• Development of specifications and sub-contract SOWs including GI / SI contamination scopes

• Optioneering assessments, defining scopes of work, supporting estimates and business development.

• Advise and guidance on specialist discipline matters relating to nuclear sector requirements, regulations, latest technologies and industry best practice.

• Supporting the PM in identifying change, progress reporting, tracking of issues, risks and resolutions