RGB Recruitment Ltd
Principal Civil Engineer

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Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Wigan
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
The Role
As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer, you will take a leading role in the delivery of infrastructure design projects, ensuring technical excellence, commercial awareness, and effective team coordination.
You will be responsible for:
- Managing, leading, and delivering infrastructure designs for multiple projects on time and within budget.
- Negotiating technical approvals for adoptable works (S104, S38, S278 agreements).
- Overseeing highway and drainage strategies, ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Maintaining effective communication with the internal design team, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Supporting and mentoring junior engineers where appropriate.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage, lead, and deliver infrastructure designs for multiple projects on time and within budget.
- Negotiate technical approvals for adoptable works (S104, S38, S278 agreements).
- Oversee highway and drainage strategies, ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Maintain effective communication with the internal design team, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Support and mentor junior engineers where appropriate.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5–10+ years’ experience in a similar role within a consultancy environment.
- Degree or HNC qualified in Civil Engineering (or related discipline).
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Highway design and ground modelling.
- Drainage design and hydraulic modelling, including Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
- External works levels design.
- Ideally, you’ll have experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, PDS, Civil3D, MicroDrainage, or Flow.


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What We Offer
- Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
- Company pension scheme
- Flexible benefits programme, including:
- Option to buy additional holidays
- Childcare vouchers
- Private healthcare
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
- Flexible working pattern
If you are an experienced infrastructure professional looking to take the next step in your career within a supportive and forward-thinking consultancy, we would love to hear from you.
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