Senior Engineer – Exeter

About the Role

We’re seeking a Principal Civil Engineer to lead detailed design and Design & Build delivery across water and wastewater infrastructure in the UK. This is a technical and leadership platform that allows you to shape complex projects, mentor talent, and influence infrastructure for decades to come.

Your Impact

• Safeguard communities and the environment through safe, compliant and buildable designs.
• Drive low‑carbon, sustainable solutions using modern methods of construction and digital engineering.
• Shape smarter, safer infrastructure by embedding constructability, operability and CDM best practice.
• Leave a lasting legacy across some of the UK’s most high‑profile water frameworks.

Principal Engineer – Water (Detailed Design / D&B)

• Lead integrated, multi‑disciplinary teams across civils, process, MEICA and construction.
• Own technical governance – from design reviews and change control to BIM/CDE delivery and design freeze.
• Act as the senior technical interface with clients, regulators, contractors and the supply chain.
• Guide projects from concept through to construction and handover.
• Champion safety in design, HAZID/HAZOP and risk‑based engineering.
• Mentor and develop engineers, shaping standards, capability and future leaders.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience delivering water and wastewater infrastructure (treatment works, pumping stations, pipelines, MEICA).
• Strong understanding of AMP delivery, water company governance and regulated utilities.
• Proven leadership of multi‑disciplinary teams through design, construction and handover.
• Security‑led, risk‑based engineering mindset with strong asset lifecycle knowledge.
• Experience using BIM, digital tools and Common Data Environments.
• A degree in Civil Engineering (or similar) and CEng status (or working towards).

Benefits

As a disability confident employer, we interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria and welcome applicants seeking flexible working. We provide a hybrid working policy and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

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