Job Title: Principal Civil Engineer
Ref. No.: CJD171025D
Location: Cardiff
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000
This is the ideal opportunity to join my client, a trusted, innovative Multidisciplinary Consultancy, renowned for lending their expertise to a range of high-profile projects across the civil and structural engineering landscapes. They are on the lookout for a driven, talented Principal Civil Engineer with extensive knowledge of infrastructure design who is looking to take on an array of challenging projects, based in the diverse, richly-cultural Welsh Capital City of Cardiff.
Benefits for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include (but are not limited to):
1. Competitive salary (plus generous bonus schemes)
2. Generous annual leave entitlement
3. Enhanced pension scheme
4. Flexible working opportunities
5. Extensive training and career progression opportunities
6. Payment of professional membership fees
7. Modern office space and amenities, with free parking facilities
8. Free health and travel insurance for colleagues and their immediate families
9. Cycle-to-Work scheme
10. Childcare vouchers
11. Team building activities and incentives
12. Gym pass
Responsibilities for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:
13. Managing a team of design professionals, overseeing their daily work
14. Undertaking technical design work and reporting
15. Overseeing projects across a range of sectors, including commercial, residential, industrial, renewable energies, remediation, and rail
16. Build, maintain, and manage client and stakeholder relations
Required skills and experience for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:
17. Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Civil Engineering
18. Chartered Status with a recognised Professional Body, or proactively working toward this
19. Extensive experience in infrastructure, drainage, and highways design
20. Highly competent in adoptable works, including the adoption procedure for highways authorities and water utilities
21. Excellent working knowledge of a number of relevant software packages, including MicroDrainage/InfoDrainage, Civils 3D, AutoCAD, etc.
22. Demonstrable experience of leading an array of design projects
23. Experience of liaising with clients and other stakeholders across the public and private sectors
24. Prior experience of managing a team of design engineers and technicians
25. Outstanding communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
26. Good organisational and time management skills
27. Possess a full, valid UK driving licence
Desirable skills and experience for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:
28. Prior experience of client and stakeholder management
29. Experience of marketing, including winning business/contracts
30. The ability to speak Welsh