Principal Civil Engineer

Overview

As Principal Civil Engineer at AECOM, you provide strategic civil engineering leadership across a range of development projects, from due diligence to detailed design and construction support. You influence client relationships and mentor multi-disciplinary teams to deliver technically excellent, integrated infrastructure. You’ll help grow our civil capabilities in the UK and beyond, with a focus on complex, data centre developments. This is a chance to shape resilient, scalable solutions within a global, mission-driven firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible benefits
• world-class resources and technology

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic civil engineering leadership and governance for development projects, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations
• Lead, review and approve infrastructure designs and specs for site development, including earthworks, drainage, pavements, highways, utilities
• Coordinate with ground, electrical, mechanical, structural engineers and other specialists across the UK and global teams
• Support client engagement, business development, asset planning, and thought leadership; mentor engineers to raise capability and delivery
• Undertake project management across a portfolio of schemes

Key requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng MICE or equivalent) or operating at chartered level with demonstrated leadership
• Significant experience in development-led infrastructure engineering; data centre sector experience a plus
• Proven ability delivering complex civil infrastructure projects with design capability for roads, drainage, earthworks, pavements and underground services
• Strong knowledge of planning, highways, drainage, and utility approval processes
• Understanding of BIM modelling and collaborative platforms
• leadership
• mentoring and development of teams
• client engagement and stakeholder management
• infrastructure design for site development
• road geometry, drainage, earthworks, pavements
• underground services design

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