Expression of Interest: Principal Civil Design Engineer (Water & Wastewater)
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 36,000 people in more than 70 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life and tackling the world's most complex challenges.
Role Description
We invite you to express your interest in future opportunities as a Principal Civil Engineer to lead our growing team, supporting multiple frameworks across the UK in both Wastewater and Clean Water projects, covering non‑infrastructure and infrastructure. The role will require client liaison, technical leadership, governance and the ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries, offering a pathway to senior management positions.
Our Water team tackles some of the UK’s most technically challenging projects, including AMP8 programmes. We are renowned for our expertise in delivering these complex schemes and collaborate closely with some of the country’s most prominent water companies and contractors.
The role is within our Resilience Global Business Area, where we work to protect our natural environment and water resources, powering the world for future generations.
Role Accountabilities
* Manage a portfolio of multi‑disciplinary projects and/or multi‑scheme programmes of work.
* Build and retain collaborative relationships with the client, stakeholders and other design disciplines.
* Manage quality processes and technical assurance in line with company systems.
* Plan, direct and control tasks, people, resources and outputs.
* Provide technical leadership and direction, proactively developing them to their full potential, leading by example to achieve sector/divisional goals and championing a quality, innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
* Undertake line manager duties and pastoral care to team members.
* Contribute to the resolution of project issues and provide guidance and support to other team members.
* Promote a culture that is proactive on Safety, Health, Quality and Sustainability matters.
* Promote a culture of innovation, helping to develop engineering technology and continuous improvement systems.
* Perform other duties as required by your Client Manager or Arcadis Senior Leadership Team.
* Work with other Arcadis teams to foster collaboration, ensuring the collective knowledge and experience is shared across all.
Qualifications & Experience
* Degree in Civil Engineering or a directly related discipline.
* Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and membership of a professional institution such as ICE, CIWEM, IWO.
* Experience leading complex design and delivery frameworks and/or design and build projects.
* A technical leader able to provide direction, support and motivate a diverse team.
* Digitally curious and/or proficient.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively with partner organisations, backgrounds and disciplines.
* Working knowledge of managing a project and programme with contract and commercial understanding.
Locations
Primary locations include Manchester, London, Leeds and Birmingham, but candidates from other UK locations are also welcome.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to bring your best self to work every day and take equality and inclusion seriously, holding ourselves to account for our actions. We are committed to being an employer of choice and providing a great place to work for all. Our ambition is to work closely with a diverse and skilled workforce across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Other
Industries
Professional Services
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