Senior Coastal Engineer

Location: Southampton, Croydon, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol

Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess

As a key member of the Ports, Coastal and Offshore (PCO) team, you will influence the success of our maritime projects by contributing to outcomes that exceed our clients' expectations. You will primarily lead specialist and multidisciplinary teams across the project life‑cycle, including economic and feasibility assessments, coastal process, metocean and hydrodynamic investigations, detailed design and construction documentation. Sectors include UK and international coastal zone management, offshore renewables and cables, and tidal power.

Depending on your skills and interests, you may also take on project management responsibilities such as resourcing, programming, commercial and contract matters, and risk and quality oversight. You will support contract procurement, preparing tender documents, specifications, BOQs, and construction drawings, and manage the tender process through to contract award. Additionally, you will support new business development initiatives and tender submissions to grow our PCO Account.

As an industry recognised professional, you can demonstrate experience delivering coastal engineering projects using innovative and digitally driven techniques. You bring project management skills, are comfortable networking and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams for project delivery, and enjoy building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Strong written communication skills are required, with the ability to write reports and deliver presentations. You also understand different contract forms and the procurement process.

• A Master's degree in Civil Engineering or a related technical equivalent
• Chartered with a relevant professional institution such as ICE/IStructE/CIWEM (or equivalent)
• Experience in business development, including client liaison and bid preparation
• Willingness to travel overseas for project assignments when required

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family
• Flexibility to adjust your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase coverage to 6× your salary
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways, including annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes