Senior / Principal Civil Engineer – Non-infra

Job Title: Senior/Principal Civil Engineer (Water)
Salary: £50,000-70,000
Location: South & South-East England (with hybrid working)
Type: Permanent, hybrid

About the Role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced civil engineer to play a leading role in delivering vital water-related projects across the UK and internationally. From designing major water supply infrastructure to developing climate-resilient flood protection, you’ll contribute to projects that improve lives, protect environments, and shape future water solutions.

About Our Client:

Our client is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries. They pride themselves on their people-first culture, offering opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and grow within a supportive, employee-owned business.

Their Water Utilities Division is the centre of excellence for tackling the UK and Ireland’s water and wastewater challenges. They deliver advisory services, feasibility studies, and detailed design, ensuring safe water supplies, preventing urban flooding, and improving river and coastal health.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of major water supply infrastructure projects.
• Contribute to sustainable wastewater and flood protection solutions.
• Produce and review engineering calculations, specifications, drawings, and reports.
• Represent our client in client meetings, fostering strong relationships.
• Manage project teams, budgets, and programmes to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Support technical excellence, commercial success, and proposal writing.
• Maintain best practice in health, safety, welfare, and environmental impact.

What Our Client is Looking For:

Essential:

• Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) with a recognised institution.
• Proven track record in delivering complex technical projects.
• Strong design and design team management experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Good knowledge of CDM designer responsibilities.

Desirable:

• Ability to travel to other offices and project sites.
• Experience mentoring junior staff and building team capability.
• Experience in preparing bids and client engagement.

What Our Client Offers:

• Private medical insurance.
• Health cash plan & wellbeing support.
• Pension contribution matching (4.5%-7%).
• Life assurance (4-6x salary) & income protection.
• Annual bonus schemes.
• 33-35 days holiday (with option to buy/sell leave).
• Enhanced family leave policies.
• Professional institution subscription fees covered.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Active employee networks supporting diversity and inclusion.

Eligibility:

Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Our client is not currently offering Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Opportunity for Growth:

You’ll have the chance to build your expertise across diverse water-related projects, with strong opportunities for career progression-whether as a technical subject matter expert or in leadership roles. With global specialists supporting you, this is a place to thrive.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.