Lead Civil Engineer

Location: Devonport

Are you a proven Lead Civil Engineer with a track record delivering complex, safety-critical infrastructure in a regulated environment (defence, nuclear or similarly controlled industries)?

Do you bring expert design assurance, hands-on site engineering leadership, and confident stakeholder management from technical queries and GI scopes through to construction oversight and sign-off?

This is a rare chance to take a visible, embedded role on high priority naval base remediation and future berthing capability works where your decisions directly influence operational resilience and safety. If you want a challenge with real purpose, read on and apply now.

The Opportunity Join a major public-sector estate and infrastructure delivery organisation with a clear transformation vision: delivering a better estate, a better service, and a better business. You’ll be part of a mission-led, collaborative culture that values technical rigour, safety, and professional engineering standards. The environment is demanding, but you’ll be supported by an established project controls and delivery team focused on outcomes, governance, and doing things properly.

The Role As Lead Civil Engineer, you’ll be a key full-time, site-based member of the team, supporting the delivery of remediation and berthing infrastructure improvement works. This is an embedded role where you will lead civil/structural engineering input across the lifecycle balancing design intent, constructability, security, safety, and operational constraints.

Typical activities include:

Defining functional requirements, Works Information and GI specifications
Responding to Technical Queries and RFIs, and managing engineering support to delivery
Supporting optioneering and delivering proportionate, evidence-based recommendations
Reviewing and accepting drawings and technical documentation
Managing detailed design in line with site standards and assurance requirements
Assessing/approving contractor work instructions, method statements and risk assessments
Providing technical supervision of construction/deconstruction to ensure compliance with design intent
Supporting commissioning and/or decommissioning activities as required
Engaging and coordinating with multiple stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle

You will have the following qualifications & experience
UK national with Security Check (SC) clearance (or able to hold)
Accredited degree in a relevant STEM discipline (or equivalent qualification and experience)
Proven civil/structural engineering delivery on complex projects, ideally within regulated environments
Extensive experience developing and applying design assurance and managing detailed design activities
Expert stakeholder engagement across the engineering lifecycle (client, design teams, contractors and site authorities)
Desirable: experience within the defence sector, defence design delivery, and engineering lifecycle management
Desirable:
Chartered Engineer status

Apply now or get in touch with (url removed) to discuss your suitability and next steps.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

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