Black & White Engineering
Senior/Principal Civil Design Engineer
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What if your next project wasn't just another development, but critical infrastructure powering the world's digital future?
As a Senior/Principal Civil Design Engineer, you'll play a leading role in delivering the civil infrastructure that enables hyperscale data centres, AI-ready campuses, cloud computing facilities and other mission critical environments across Europe and beyond. This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional development projects and work on some of the most technically demanding and investment-heavy schemes being delivered anywhere in the built environment today.
You'll combine technical expertise, design leadership and client engagement to help create resilient, scalable and sustainable infrastructure solutions that support global technology organisations. Whether it's site development, drainage strategies, utility coordination, highways design or complex multidisciplinary collaboration, your work will directly contribute to facilities that operate 24/7 and support millions of users worldwide.
If you're looking for a role where your expertise carries real influence, where you'll work alongside industry-leading MEP and Structural specialists, and where you'll help shape the expansion of one of the world's fastest-growing sectors, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
What's In It For You
- Deliver Industry-Defining Projects – Work on hyperscale data centres, cloud campuses, AI infrastructure developments and mission critical facilities that sit at the forefront of digital infrastructure investment. These are projects that challenge conventional engineering approaches and demand innovative thinking.
- Technical Leadership Without Boundaries – Take ownership of complex civil engineering solutions across the full project lifecycle, influencing key design decisions from initial site selection and feasibility studies through to construction delivery.
- Join a True Multidisciplinary Environment – Collaborate daily with MEP, Structural, Sustainability, BIM and Design Management specialists to develop fully integrated solutions for some of the world's most recognised technology and cloud clients.
- Build Your Reputation in a Growth Market – Data centres continue to be one of the fastest-growing sectors globally. This role offers the chance to establish yourself as a recognised technical expert within a market experiencing unprecedented levels of investment and expansion.
- Mentor and Develop Future Talent – Support and develop engineers across the Civil team, helping shape the next generation of technical specialists while further developing your own leadership skills.
- Influence Innovation and Best Practice – Contribute to design standards, digital engineering initiatives and technical excellence programmes that will help define how future mission critical projects are delivered.
- Values-Driven Culture – Join a business built on Accountability, Integrity, Simplicity and Supportiveness, where technical expertise is valued and professional development is actively encouraged.
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Essential Skills
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering (BEng, MEng or equivalent).
- Chartered Engineer (ICE) or working towards chartership.
- Strong experience delivering civil engineering design for data centres, mission critical facilities, digital infrastructure, logistics campuses, advanced manufacturing or similarly infrastructure-intensive developments.
- Technical expertise covering drainage, external works, highways, earthworks and utility infrastructure.
- Proven capability using Civil 3D, AutoCAD, InfoDrainage/MicroDrainage and associated design software.
- Experience leading design delivery, managing stakeholder relationships and mentoring engineers.
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In addition, you will be joining a community that focuses on learning and development through regular lunch and learn sessions, investment in accredited professional courses or educational programmes. You can set the pace for your professional development, and whatever path you choose, you will receive relevant support.
Company Overview
Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
We are recognised globally for our expertise within the data centre sector, delivering specialist engineering services across MEP, Civil & Structural, Power Systems, Sustainability, BIM, Design Management and complementary infrastructure disciplines.
Our teams partner with some of the world's most recognised technology, cloud and colocation providers to deliver mission critical environments that form the backbone of the modern digital economy.
As one of the fastest-growing consultancies in our industry, we offer genuine opportunities for progression, international exposure and career development. Joining Black & White means helping deliver the next generation of digital infrastructure while building a career without limits.
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