Russell Taylor Group
Principal Civil and Structural Engineer
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Principal Civil & Structural Engineer
Permanent | Full Time
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | Fully Site-Based
Do you have Chartered status (or are you working towards it) with extensive Civil & Structural design experience? Have you delivered engineering projects within COMAH, petrochemical, oil & gas, chemical, energy or other heavy industrial environments? Are you looking to join a major owner-operator where you'll lead complex brownfield and capital projects from concept through to delivery?
What's in it for you?
- £80,000 - £90,000 basic salary
- £8,416 car allowance
- 15% annual bonus
- 10% employer pension contribution, rising to 15% with service
- 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service
- Long-term career progression with a major industrial site
- Opportunity to lead high-value engineering projects with significant technical responsibility
What will you be doing?
- Leading Civil & Structural engineering activities across capital and maintenance projects
- Producing and reviewing structural calculations, specifications and technical reports
- Managing engineering design from concept through detailed design and construction support
- Providing technical leadership to internal teams and external engineering contractors
- Ensuring compliance with relevant design codes, standards and statutory requirements
- Conducting site inspections, structural assessments and engineering reviews
- Supporting project delivery, cost control, planning and risk management
- Acting as the technical authority for Civil & Structural engineering on site
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Where will you be doing it?
You'll be joining one of the UK's largest industrial manufacturing sites, supporting a wide range of brownfield improvement and capital investment projects. This is a highly varied role where you'll work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver safe, compliant and reliable infrastructure across a complex process plant. This is a fully site-based position, offering the opportunity to be heavily involved throughout the full project lifecycle.
What will you need?
- Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or actively working towards Chartership
- Strong Civil & Structural design experience within heavy industrial environments
- Experience working on COMAH, petrochemical, oil & gas, chemical, refinery, energy or similar process plants
- Knowledge of relevant British Standards, Eurocodes and industry design standards
- Experience managing engineering consultants and design contractors
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Full UK driving licence
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