Principal Civil Engineer
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Hours: Monday to Friday, Flexible Opportunity with Core Hours Required
Salary: Competitive
Holiday: 32 days including bank holidays, increasing with length of service.
Sector: Civil Engineering
About the client
A well‑established, multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in transport planning, travel planning, and civil and structural engineering services. The firm provides end‑to‑end support across the UK, delivering practical, high‑quality solutions from early feasibility through to detailed design and project delivery, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and client‑focused outcomes.
Position duties
- Lead and manage civil engineering projects across drainage, highways, and external works from planning through to construction
- Oversee and coordinate design teams, including mentoring, appraising, and developing junior staff
- Plan, allocate, and control resources to ensure efficient project delivery and team performance
- Produce and review engineering designs, reports, and drawings in line with relevant standards and regulations
- Collaborate with clients, local authorities, developers, architects, and sub‑consultants
- Manage project budgets, costs, and proposals while maintaining commercial awareness
- Ensure compliance with quality management systems, best practice, and continuous improvement processes
- Identify and manage design risks, ensuring health, safety, and sustainability are embedded in all projects
- Attend client meetings and site visits, maintaining strong professional relationships and communication
- Support business development through client engagement, marketing input, and promotion of the company's services
Position requirements
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) (working towards CEng) with the Institution of Civil Engineers
- A degree or HND in Civil Engineering
- Background in collaborating with local authorities, developers, and architects on civil engineering aspects of various schemes
- Consultancy experience is essential
- Project management experience in civil engineering, covering schemes that integrate drainage, external works, and highways elements
- Experience with design of on‑ and off‑site highway features, in accordance with relevant standards and guidance (e.g. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Manual for Streets)
- Previous experience in delivering drainage designs, highway layouts, and S278/S38 schemes
- Skilled in the use of AutoCAD and Site 3D, or equivalent 3D design software
- Thorough understanding of Sewers for Adoption, building regulations, and the SuDS Manual
- Experience in line management, including conducting appraisals, identifying training requirements, and supporting the performance of junior team members
Position remuneration
- 5-hour workdays with flexible working hours, with a core hour requirement allowing for lifestyle and work life balance
- 24 days annual leave, increasing with length of service plus 8 bank holidays
- Day off on your birthday if it falls on a working day
- One community or charity day a year to support projects you care about
- Salary sacrifice scheme with the opportunity to purchase or sell annual leave days
- Christmas shut‑down
- Quarterly and yearly bonus schemes, offering potential to earn more
- Private healthcare upon completion of probation period
- Bike to work scheme
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