Responsibilities
As a Principal Civil Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
1. Leading civil design delivery across water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
2. Providing technical leadership and mentoring within the civil engineering team.
3. Managing and coordinating multidisciplinary teams, including civil, mechanical, electrical, and process disciplines.
4. Producing and reviewing civil designs, calculations, specifications, and drawings.
5. Ensuring compliance with UK water industry standards, Eurocodes, and best practice.
6. Supporting design reviews, value engineering, and risk management activities.
7. Acting as a key technical interface with stakeholders, clients, and framework partners.
8. Driving innovation and continuous improvement across AMP8 design delivery.
Essential Experience
9. Proven experience as a Principal Civil Engineer or Senior Civil Engineer within the UK water sector.
10. Strong technical background in civil design for water and wastewater infrastructure.
11. Experience working within AMP frameworks or with major UK water utilities.
12. Excellent understanding of UK design standards, Eurocodes, and engineering methodologies.
13. Proven ability to lead civil design and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams.
14. Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Qualifications
15. Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
16. Ideally Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards chartership.
17. Professional membership (e.g. ICE) preferred.
Why Join?
18. Opportunity to work on the AMP8 programme with United Utilities.
19. Competitive outside IR35 contract rates (£50–£65/hour DOE).
20. Long-term contract potential within a stable framework environment.
21. Hybrid working: remote with 2 days per week based in the Warrington office.