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Principal Civil & Structural Engineer
Costain Group
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Posted Oct 27
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Job Description With continued growth in all of our sectors, Costain is hiring for a Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to join our multi-discipline engineering and design team. The fundamental requirement of this role is to be carry out a lead role on projects, being the main representative to the client for the civil and structural engineering discipline, working with them to understand and deliver work packages, and coordinating and managing teams to deliver to quality, programme and budget requirements. You will provide specialist civil and structural support across projects in various sectors. There will be the opportunity to progress into a leadership role within the Civil & Structural Engineering team with more responsibility for management, technical assurance and business development within the discipline. Costain’s multi-discipline engineering and design team deliver design mainly across Costain projects. The design outputs range from studies to detailed design for permanent and temporary works. This team focus on the delivery of sustainable, safe-by-design outputs with a strong constructability ethos. LI-MR1 Key Responsibilities As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve: Production of high-quality C&S engineering deliverables in a timely and cost-effective way. Take responsibility for leading projects from a technical perspective. Maintain the required technical quality of work produced by the team. Communicate effectively with other disciplines and construction teams. Communicate confidently and authoritatively with clients. Challenge and deliver value engineering solutions. Lead, support and mentor team members. Assist in developing the knowledge and skills of the Civil and Structural team, including assisting in the training and technical development of engineers. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential Have UK experience in the full cycle of project design delivery from inception to detailed design. Experience of working within UK multidisciplinary teams and able to provide technical monitoring to Graduate Engineers and technicians. Excellent communication skills. Have wide reaching engineering experience across the full engineering lifecycle – client sales to legacy close out Be able to manage resources and drive career development – single and potentially multiple disciplines Be able to accurately report progress / risk / opportunities / change etc, be digitally proficient Understand and deliver on sustainable design requirements Able to work accurately and deliver to promise, predict and report potential challenges to delivery Actively learn and share best practice into the discipline team Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships with all, including client and construction teams The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills Able to lead estimate development – scoping / hours / risks / assumptions for tendering or project change Ability to deputise for Discipline Lead in your technical discipline (eg temporary absence cover) Have clear knowledge of UK Regulatory framework associated with technical discipline, ie CDM, Electrical, Environmental, Process etc Eligibility to obtain Security Clearance. Desirable Mobility to work on various projects throughout the UK Have site or construction experience Experience from multiple sectors / industries ideally including Rail Be able to work independently ▪ Have experience in updating corporate guidance and operating controls ▪ Have an innovative approach, be able to challenge and drive new approaches to engineering and construction delivery Essential Hold professional qualifications such as Chartership or Incorporated Status Educational experience relevant to their engineering discipline, ideally degree qualified to a 2:1 or better Secondary level education, such as A levels, BTEC, T levels etc Safety passport or similar Desirable Additional technically focused qualifications / training Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign Job Info Job Identification 102841 Job Category Engineering Posting Date 10/27/2026 Job Schedule Full time Locations Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (Hybrid) Contract Type Permanent Driving Required Yes Security Clearance Required No