Principal Civil Engineer
AECOM · Edinburgh, Scotland ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 21 Oct 2026.
Overview
As a Principal Civil Engineer at AECOM, you will provide strategic technical leadership across development projects, ensuring design excellence and regulatory compliance. You’ll work with a global, multidisciplinary team to deliver complex infrastructure for both public and private clients, with a focus on the rapidly growing data centre sector.
You drive buildable solutions, mentor engineers, and contribute to business growth and client relationships. This role offers high-impact work across EMEA and beyond, shaping resilient, integrated infrastructure. You’ll join a mission-driven firm that values innovation, collaboration, and sustainable legacies.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working model
- career development opportunities
- AECOM University
- volunteering days
- flexible benefits
- global exposure
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic civil engineering leadership and governance for development projects ensuring compliance with standards and regulatory requirements
- Lead, review and approve civil infrastructure designs and specifications for site development, earthworks, drainage, pavements, highways/access and utilities
- Coordinate with a range of technical specialists and engineers across UK and global teams to deliver complex developments
- Support client engagement, business development, and sector thought leadership while mentoring civil engineers
- Undertake project management responsibilities 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 leadership experience
- Significant experience in development-led infrastructure engineering in private or consultancy environments
- Experience in the data centre sector is advantageous
- Proven ability to deliver complex civil infrastructure projects with expertise in road geometry, drainage, earthworks, pavements and underground services
- Strong knowledge of planning, highways, drainage, and utility approval processes
- Understanding of BIM modelling and collaboration platforms
- leadership
- mentoring and developing engineers
- client engagement and relationship management
- infrastructure design for development projects (road geometry, drainage, earthworks, pavements)
- underground services design
- BIM modelling and collaborative platforms