Location/s: Bristol, Croydon, Southampton, Exeter, Plymouth, UK
Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess
Overview of the role
A Principal Ports Engineer with Defence experience will join the Ports Coastal and Offshore (PCO) Team within our Aviation, Maritime and Offshore (AMO) Division. You will use your high standard of technical capability to deliver projects within the maritime sector, and guide and develop other members of the team on technical aspects of projects, particularly with respect to maritime defence sector opportunities.
Responsibilities
You will primarily be involved in leading technical infrastructure design projects for dockyards, shipyards and ports, including docks, jetties, dolphins, quay structures, dredging, breakwaters and revetments.
You will collaborate with colleagues in a constructive manner on projects, sharing knowledge freely and work constructively to bring projects to a successful outcome to meet or exceed targeted profit, deadlines and output quality.
You will contribute to bidding and winning work, using your knowledge of clients and your understanding of the technical requirements and risks associated with the prospects.
Candidate specification
- A degree in Civil/ Structural Engineering (or equivalent)
- Chartered with a relevant professional institution (or equivalent)
- Experience working in and around multi-disciplinary projects, ideally within Ports, Coastal or Offshore environments
- Familiarity with industry codes & standards
- Strong communication, team working and problem‑solving skills
Travel overseas may be required for project assignments. Conditional on obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 × your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 × your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
- A minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
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