Senior​/Principal Civil Maritime Engineer; National

Develop Your Career with One of the Most Diverse Portfolios of Civil Engineering Projects

At AtkinsRéalis, our Design & Advanced Technology practice brings together some of the UK's most diverse engineering and design expertise to tackle the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities across major infrastructure, transportation, energy, water, aviation, and development projects.

We are looking for a proactive, motivated, capable and experienced Senior / Principal Civil Maritime Engineer to strengthen the Ports and Maritime capability within our growing Design & Advanced Technology (D&AT) Practice to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. You'll be part of a talented highly skilled maritime team delivering technically challenging multi-disciplinary engineering solutions to our Clients across the UK, Ireland, and the Middle East.

Our work spans the full lifecycle of maritime infrastructure — from master planning through detailed design , all design stages and to site support during construction. We operate across a diverse portfolio of projects and support Clients in a range of operational, environmental, and regulatory contexts.

This is an exciting opportunity for career development for an experienced engineer to further develop their technical expertise, broaden their commercial experience, and take on greater responsibility working towards technical leadership, design management, or people leadership within a supportive and collaborative environment.

When you join us, you'll operate in a collaborative community of experts who challenge conventional thinking and push the boundaries of engineering excellence.

You'll benefit from:

• Opportunities to work across a wide variety of sectors, projects and clients.

• Exposure to a diverse range of engineering challenges including complex nationally significant port and maritime water programmes.

• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across the UK and internationally.

• Opportunities to influence project outcomes from concept through to delivery.

• A culture that encourages innovation, technical excellence and professional growth.

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements that support work-life balance.

• Clear career progression pathways and professional development opportunities

We offer hybrid working which involves 3 days per week being office/site based. This position is based in our Glasgow, Peterborough, Swansea, Bristol and Newcastle offices although other locations may be available depending on grade and experience.

Manchester, London, Peterborough, Cambridge, Cardiff, Swansea, Derby, Leeds, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow Offices.

As a Senior/Principal Maritime Engineer in the D&AT practice, the successful candidate would have the following responsibilities:

• Take a central lead role coordinating teams of engineers and scientists delivering high-quality maritime engineering designs on complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

• Adapting to multiple geographies and local challenges bringing consistency of approach to develop evidence led engineering solutions whilst balancing performance, risk and investment considerations.

• Produce and review technical deliverables, including design reports, drawings, calculations, and scopes of work.

• Provide specialist maritime engineering input while managing project schedules, budgets, and key delivery milestones.

• Collaborate effectively with clients and multidisciplinary AtkinsRéalis teams to achieve successful project outcomes.

• Mentor and support junior colleagues, helping to develop technical capability within the local maritime team.

• Work independently, applying professional judgement to solve complex technical challenges and mentor less experienced developing team members.

• Support bid…