Pipeline Engineer

Overview

In this role you will drive technical delivery across the full lifecycle of major pipeline projects, collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams to design, assess and rehabilitate water infrastructure. You will apply advanced analysis, lead condition and failure assessments, and contribute to proposals and technical reports. You’ll work on innovative trenchless solutions and rehabilitation strategies with real impact on UK and international networks. This is a chance to advance your career within a recognized, sustainability‑mfocused engineering leader.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus schemes
• Enhanced pension plan
• Annual leave with buy/sell option
• Private medical insurance
• Group income protection & life assurance included as standard

Responsibilities

• Oversee technical delivery across lifecycle of major pipeline projects
• Collaborate with clients and multidisciplinary teams to produce design outputs
• Direct material selection and structural design of buried pipelines, thrust restraint, and trenchless technologies
• Apply pipeline analysis tools and evaluate rehabilitation options
• Lead condition and failure assessments to extend asset life across networks
• Contribute to project proposals and produce high‑level technical reports
• Support research initiatives with industry bodies such as UKWIR and CIRIA

Key requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering (or related discipline); Chartered or Incorporated status or actively pursuing registration with ICE/CIWEM or equivalent
• Proven experience in structural design of buried pipelines (BS EN 1295-1:2019, BS 9295:2020) and thrust restraint design (CIRIA C816/Report 128)
• Experience with trunk main design and thermoplastic/metallic pipe materials
• Familiarity with pipeline rehabilitation, trenchless design principles, failure assessments, or piping analysis software (e.g., CAESAR II)
• Strong proposal and report-writing skills; ability to liaise with multidisciplinary peers, clients, and stakeholders
• Effective communication
• Collaborative mindset
• Analytical and creative problem-solving
• CAESAR II
• Structural design of buried pipelines (BS EN 1295-1:2019, BS 9295:2020)
• Thrust restraint design (CIRIA C816/Report 128)

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