Technical Project Lead / Project Engineer - Civil Design & Infrastructure

Description

The Technical Project Lead / Project Engineer leads the technical delivery and oversight of multidisciplinary civil design projects across the energy and infrastructure sectors.

The role sits within a collaborative delivery environment, working closely with Project Managers, internal technical teams, and external stakeholders including clients, contractors, and consultants. This role is the technical focal point across projects, providing oversight, coordination, and assurance of engineering outputs.

This role is suited to an individual with a strong background in civil infrastructure, building surveying or, structural engineering, who is comfortable managing technical interfaces across multiple disciplines. The primary purpose is to ensure technically compliant, coordinated, and high-quality project delivery from feasibility through to construction support.

The role delivers value by strengthening technical governance, improving design integration, reducing delivery risk, and supporting efficient project execution across a diverse portfolio including substations, utilities infrastructure, energy developments, industrial projects, and associated civils works.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical oversight across multiple civil and infrastructure design projects
• Coordinate and review multidisciplinary inputs including civil, structural, surveying, and related disciplines
• Ensure all design outputs are compliant, integrated, and deliverable
• Support development of project scopes, programmes, deliverables, and resource planning
• Assist department heads in preparing bids, quantifying design costs, and contributing to the creation of Terms of Engagement
• Act as a key technical interface between internal teams, clients, consultants, and contractors
• Demonstrate strong client-facing capability, representing the organisation professionally in meetings and technical discussions

Provide contractor oversight, including site inspections, quality checks, and acting in a client representative or Clerk of Works capacity where required

Resolve technical issues and coordinate design changes across project lifecycles

Support technical assurance processes including design reviews, checking, and QA procedures

Work alongside Project Managers to support delivery against programme and budget requirements

Monitor technical progress, identifying risks, constraints, and coordination issues

Support management of change, technical queries, and design revisions

Assist with NEC contract-related technical coordination where applicable

Contribute to improving project delivery processes, communication standards, and documentation practices

Review technical documentation including drawings, reports, calculations, surveys, and specifications

Coordinate engineering interfaces across civils, structural, utilities, and building surveying disciplines

Support feasibility studies, site investigations, and condition assessments

Contribute to constructability reviews, ensuring practical and buildable design solutions

Ensure compliance with legislation, standards, and client requirements

Support development and standardisation of technical processes, templates, and best practices

Mentor and support junior engineers and technical team members

Participate in lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives

Contribute to the growth and capability development of the civil design function

Key Deliverables

• Coordinated, compliant, and high-quality multidisciplinary design outputs across all assigned projects
• Effective technical integration between civil, structural, and surveying disciplines
• Timely identification and mitigation of technical risks and design coordination issues
• Delivery of accurate technical reviews, reports, and engineering documentation

Cycle to work scheme - discounted bicycles

Flu and eye care vouchers - to keep you healthy

Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 health & wellbeing support

Help@Hand Remote GP app - to give you and your family access to medical experts quickly

Platform hosting 1000s of discounts at your favourite retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, leisure & days out venues, gyms and more

Family & wellbeing policy - including enhanced maternity pay, menopause support, neurodiversity support, carer support, company sick pay and much more

Plus a Flexible benefits policy that allows you to pick and choose additional benefits as below:

• Purchasing up to 5 days additional holiday
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental insurance
• Discounted private medical insurance for family cover
• Discounted critical health insurance and more
  
  
  

We recognise that diversity in all its forms including but not limited to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and background - enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to serve our clients and community effectively. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work, knowing their unique perspectives are welcomed and appreciated. We actively seek applicants from all backgrounds and want you to get in touch even if you don’t have all the skills we have asked for - we will support you with the development you need.

Recruitment agencies

Cluttons will only pay agency fees where a signed agreement is in place and the agency has been instructed by a member of our HR team. We do not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from any third party, including recruitment agencies. Any CVs submitted to Cluttons or any of our employees outside of our formal recruitment process, including those sent directly to hiring managers or other employees, will be deemed unsolicited and will not be eligible for any agency fees.