COWI
Principal Engineer (Civil / Structural)
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Principal Engineer (Civil/Structural)
Derby / Glasgow / York / London
Permanent
Office / Home hybrid working
Do you want to be a part of our growing Tunnels, Civils & Underground structures discipline? Can you collaborate on projects both here and internationally? Are you experienced in underground structures design? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
Thanks to continued expansion we have a new opportunity for a Principal Engineer to join us. Working on a variety of civil and structural projects, you’ll be providing guidance to less experienced engineers by reviewing their work, while playing a key role in successful project delivery.
The type of projects you will lead will be across multiple sectors which include a significant civil and structural engineering input, along with coordination and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
Clients may include contractors on a design and build project, or end clients.
Project teams may range in size from a small, single discipline team of a few engineers over a couple of months, through to a multi-discipline team of 20-30 engineers on a project duration of a year or more.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Checking and assessing projects across a wide range of engineering structures
- Coordinating the delivery of your projects to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems
- Supervising, mentoring, and developing less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams, working with line managers to maximize training opportunities
- Identifying opportunities to work with our global teams, including those in our Engineering Design Centres, and supporting their specific development requirements, and integration challenges through remote working.
- Developing and maintaining client relationships through your project work, including identifying and realizing any potential business opportunities
- Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Director's in pursuing business development opportunities if required
- Production of engineering design, assessment or checking work including preparation or checking of calculations, written reports, and other contract deliverables
- The commercial and financial management of projects
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Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you’ll have:
- Achieved Chartered Status (IEng or CEng, MICE/MIStuctE)
- Experience working on civil / structural infrastructure projects with a preference for underground structures and tunnels in the UK or internationally
- The ability to oversee and grow project teams and organise the delivery of projects, either as client's or contractor's designer.
- Demonstrable experience as a team leader with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers
- The inter-personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi-disciplinary team
A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
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We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.
Some of our benefits include:
- 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
- Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
- Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
- Flexible and hybrid working conditions
- Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
- Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
- Life assurance
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Corporate gym membership
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at LADN@COWI.COM.
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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