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Principal Civil Engineer

Job in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, WS14, England, UK
Listing for: AECOM
Full Time position Listed on 2026-10-25
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Civil Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 65000 - 95000 GBP Yearly GBP 65000.00 95000.00 YEAR

Job Description & How to Apply Below

Company Description Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be h accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description Start here. Grow here. Here’s what you’ll do:
  • Provide commercial and technical leadership to teams of engineers and technicians, programming workloads and delivering projects to time, budget, and quality.
  • Lead and manage the design and delivery of highways, drainage, and associated infrastructure for complex, multidisciplinary developments.
  • Undertake project management responsibilities across a portfolio of schemes.
  • Support business development activities within the unit, helping to secure new work within the property and development sectors.
Come grow with us:

And let's not forget about the perks 'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:
  • Significant experience in UK development-led infrastructure engineering, typically gained within a private or consultancy environment.
  • A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
  • Chartered Civil Engineer status or approaching Chartership (MICE).
  • Strong technical capability in the design of highways, access roads, and project infrastructure, including road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage, and underground services.
Additional Information

#BECIVILS

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity serious. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at  and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an…

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