Senior or Principal Engineer

Company: Vp plc
Apply for the Senior or Principal Engineer
Location: Coatbridge
Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage workload and lead day-to-day operation of engineering teams.
  • Competence in both structural and geotechnical design.
  • Produce high quality design solutions in a timely manner while ensuring compliance with current regulations and best practices.
  • Design highly complex schemes (Cat3) and check moderately complex schemes (Cat2).
  • Provide supervision, training and mentoring to Graduate and Design Engineers.
  • Act as key point of contact and technical support for sales team and clients.

What We’re Looking For

  • Minimum 3 years experience designing temporary works in accordance with relevant standards.
  • Drive continuous improvements and contribute to the technical team collaboratively.
  • Ability to organise own time and manage time of others.
  • Willingness to improve existing ways of working.
  • Proficiency in Autodesk Revit & AutoCAD design software (Wallap, CADs) and MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
  • IEng desirable but not essential (dependent on seniority).
  • Full driving license.

What We Can Offer You

  • Competitive salary.
  • Salary sacrifice pension.
  • Company car.
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Additional holiday purchase scheme.
  • Free tool hire.
  • Life assurance cover 3x salary.
  • Share save scheme.
  • Eye care vouchers.
  • Recommend a friend scheme.
  • Learning & Development – commitment to upskilling and developing our people, structured in‑house training available alongside external training where required.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Long service recognition.
  • My VP discounts – discounts and rewards on thousands of well‑known brands.
  • Discounts on HP products.
  • EE mobile contract discount offers.
  • Gym discounts.
  • Health Shield (discounted premiums on health care cash plan).
  • Regit Assist 24/7 accident helpline – free joining.

Equal Opportunities

Vp plc is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.

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Posted: July 4th, 2026