Aldwych Consulting Ltd
Principal Drainage & Highways Engineer - Rail/Energy
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Principal Highways & Drainage - Rail/Energy
Location: South West London
Working: Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 days home
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Are you an experienced Principal Civil Engineer with a strong background in highways and drainage design? I'm working with a well-established multi-disciplinary design consultancy in South West London, who are looking for a Principal Civil Engineer to take a senior technical and client-facing role within their growing team.
You'll take responsibility for the delivery of highways and drainage designs across a range of infrastructure projects, providing technical leadership and working closely with clients, contractors, and other design disciplines.
The consultancy works alongside Tier 1 contractors on high-profile projects across the UK, with particular exposure to the rail and power/electrical infrastructure sectors.
As well as leading design delivery, you'll have the opportunity to play an active role in tendering, work winning, design strategy, risk management, and client development. You'll also support the development of the wider civil engineering team through coaching and sharing technical expertise.
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You'll ideally have:
- Significant experience in highways and drainage design
- Proven experience operating at Principal level
- Strong consultancy and infrastructure experience
- Experience within rail, power, or electrical infrastructure would be advantageous
- Chartered Civil Engineer status or equivalent
- Experience contributing to tenders and work-winning
- Strong technical, project, and client management skills
- Experience mentoring or managing junior engineers
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A full, clean driving licence and willingness to travel throughout the UK when required
The package includes:
- 25 days' annual leave
- Healthcare
- Critical illness insurance
- Bonus
- Pension
- Hybrid working
This is an excellent opportunity for an established Principal Engineer looking for a role where they can combine technical leadership, project delivery, client interaction, and business development, while working on some genuinely high-profile infrastructure projects.
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Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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