Principal Civil Engineer

Position: Principal Civil Engineer

Location: Derby (Hybrid Working)

Salary Guide: -70,000 - -80,000 Plus Bonus, Car/Allowance & Excellent Package

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominantly in the water industry who have been awarded a programme of work to deliver non-infrastructure water and wastewater projects for Severn Trent Water and they are recruiting for a Principal Civil Engineer to help deliver these projects.

You will report to the Civil Engineering Discipline Lead and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. In order to ensure the above will co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised where ever possible.
• Provide estimates and feedback for Proposals department
• Assist in developing, monitor and review the procedures and processes
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Assist in supervising and developing staff, as well as mentoring staff (Delegated Engineer for ICE)
• Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Strong understanding of the principles of water and sewage treatment
• Chartered or Incorporated Member of ICE or IStructE
• Experience of managing members of staff in designing relevant discipline aspects of water and sewage treatment plants
• Membership of a professional institution/Chartered Engineer
• Relevant discipline Engineering degree
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts
• Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment, e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and project management
• A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly
• Computer literacy