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Principal Civil Engineer

Job in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
Listing for: Macstaff
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-11-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineer
  • Construction
    Civil Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 GBP Yearly GBP 60000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
You will like

You will like leading in Civil Engineering from Chorley, Lancaster or Shrewsbury for innovative structural & civil design consultancy with UK wide coverage. They are known for challenging project design & delivery in commercial, residential & industrial sectors, including critical infrastructure e.g. nuclear power, hence SC requirement. This company also fosters a supportive and collaborative environment where your contributions truly matter.

Enjoy the benefits of being part of a company that values professional development and encourages work-life balance.

You will like

The Principal Civil Engineer SC job itself, which involves mentoring graduate engineers and engineering technicians to assist on existing workload and developing their skillsets to meet the required needs and demands of our clients and business goals.

Although you will be based in one of our 4 offices, the team members are based in each office and work closely together assisting on projects where required, each engineer has a number of projects and clients at any one time to manage. You will be expected to support our Directors across the group, and will be required to ensure best practices are applied within the office and to assist the Directors with improving design services and operational efficiency.

Quality deliverables and client satisfaction are at the forefront of our everyday responsibilities as individuals, to ensure conformance to our accredited processes and procedures as recognised within the industry.

In addition, maintaining the existing client base as well as generating new clients and areas of work would be expected.

You will have

To be successful as Principal Civil Engineer SC here, FIRSTLY you will be (or have been) SC CLEARED.  You must be chartered with either CIWEM, ICE and/or CIHT.

You will be self-motivated, driven by a challenge, whilst continually learning new skills and has experience working within a team and is confident at communicating in a consultation environment. Plus you will have a healthy mix of the following:

Minimum three years’ experience within Highways and Drainage design

Proficient use of AutoCAD and Causeway Flow or equivalent design software

Producing detailed drainage and highway calculations and sketches Following principals outlined in CIRIA design guides

BS EN752 and the Design and Construction Guidance

Working experience within the adoptable standards Section 278

Section 38 and 104 Commercial awareness of costing

budgets and quotations

Report writing

Site visits to verify construction complies with construction drawings

Preparing Specifications

You will get

As Project Engineer SC, you will enjoy a competitive salary likely £50K – £60K Neg + Package

Company Pension Scheme

Increased holiday entitlement for long service

Flexible working arrangements

Payment of Annual Professional fees

Death in Service Benefit

Well Being Scheme

You can apply

For Project Engineer SC, by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending your CV in confidence to (url removed)
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