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Principal Civil Engineer

Job in Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5, England, UK
Listing for: Penguin Recruitment
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-12-17
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 65000 GBP Yearly GBP 65000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Cambridgeshire

Principal Civil Engineer

Cambridge

New job, new year. This is a rare opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer to join an environmentally focused, multi-disciplinary consultancy in Cambridge at a key stage of growth. If you are a Principal Civil Engineer or a Senior Engineer ready to step up, this role offers real influence, long-term progression and the chance to shape a growing civil engineering team.

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you will take technical ownership of drainage design, Flood Risk Assessments and SuDS strategies across a varied portfolio of development and regeneration projects. You will work closely with environmental, planning and water specialists, helping integrate sustainable civil engineering solutions from concept through to delivery.

This Principal Civil Engineer position combines hands-on technical leadership with mentoring, quality control and client engagement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both design and team development.

Key responsibilities

Lead drainage design, SuDS strategies and Flood Risk Assessments

Oversee technical quality, reports, calculations and design outputs

Manage project delivery, budgets and client relationships

Mentor and support junior engineers and graduates

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the business

About you

Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or similar

Strong experience in drainage, SuDS and flood risk

Confident using AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Micro Drainage or similar

Chartered or working towards chartership

Comfortable in a client-facing leadership role

Eligibility to apply
Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

If you are a Principal Civil Engineer looking to make a genuine impact in Cambridge, this role offers the platform to do exactly that.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency for this position. For more information, contact Andy Hopkins, our Civil Engineering specialist with over 30 years' recruitment experience
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