Principal Civil & Structural Engineer (Water)
Costain Group PLCManchester, England, United Kingdom
Added 7 Aug · still live
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£50,400
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2121 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (46% match). If the code is right — and Costain Group PLC is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION
New opportunity for a Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to join to the Water Division of CEL - Costain’s multi-discipline engineering and design team who deliver design mainly across Costain projects. The design outputs range from studies to detailed design for permanent and temporary works. This team focus on the delivery of sustainable, safe-by-design outputs with a strong constructability ethos.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team delivering projects in the Water Sector, you will be responsible for the delivery of civil and structural advice, analysis, calculations, reports and specifications.
As a Principal Engineer you will be responsible for delivering key elements of design work on projects, primarily through the management of technical resources to deliver to Costain and Client promises. This role will require significant technical interface management between delivery teams, driving delivery, ensuring compliance and quality, reporting and resolving complex challenges.
You will take responsibility for leading projects and sub tasks from a technical perspective and communicate designs effectively to the BIM teams, other disciplines, construction personnel and stakeholders.
This is a hybrid role with office attendance circa 2-3 days per week in Manchester along with occasionally required for site visits, design reviews and client meetings, within our clients’ offices. Support and guide more junior team members. Challenge and deliver value engineering solutions. Confident and authoritative in front of clients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities
As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve:
New opportunity for a Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to join to the Water Division of CEL - Costain’s multi-discipline engineering and design team who deliver design mainly across Costain projects. The design outputs range from studies to detailed design for permanent and temporary works. This team focus on the delivery of sustainable, safe-by-design outputs with a strong constructability ethos.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team delivering projects in the Water Sector, you will be responsible for the delivery of civil and structural advice, analysis, calculations, reports and specifications.
As a Principal Engineer you will be responsible for delivering key elements of design work on projects, primarily through the management of technical resources to deliver to Costain and Client promises. This role will require significant technical interface management between delivery teams, driving delivery, ensuring compliance and quality, reporting and resolving complex challenges.
You will take responsibility for leading projects and sub tasks from a technical perspective and communicate designs effectively to the BIM teams, other disciplines, construction personnel and stakeholders.
This is a hybrid role with office attendance circa 2-3 days per week in Manchester along with occasionally required for site visits, design reviews and client meetings, within our clients’ offices. Support and guide more junior team members. Challenge and deliver value engineering solutions. Confident and authoritative in front of clients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities
As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve:
- Responsibility for C&S discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation
- Defining client requirements
- Planning and delivering project tasks undertaken by the C&S team
- Design of new structures, assessment of historic structures, checking and approving C&S documentation from subordinates.
- Development of specifications and sub-contract SOWs including GI / SI contamination scopes
- Optioneering assessments, defining scopes of work, supporting estimates and business development.
- Advise and guidance on specialist discipline matters relating to nuclear sector requirements, regulations, latest technologies and industry best practice.
- Supporting the PM in identifying change, progress reporting, tracking of issues, risks and resolutions
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Significant and proven experience within the UK water industry at all stages of the project lifecycle.
- Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries.
- Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards.
- Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements.
- Experience of UK water industry standards and processes.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum BEng Civil or Structural Engineering.
- Chartership with ICE or IStructE.
- CSCS or CCNSG.
- Additional technically focused qualifications / training
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
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people.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2121 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~59k in sampleP25 £40kP75 £65k
£32kmedian £51kgoing rate £50k£65k
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