Principal River Engineer

We are looking for an energetic and experienced Principal River Engineer to join our team within the Design & Advanced Technology Practice. The role offers a chance to lead transformational programmes for critical UK infrastructure, collaborating on landmark engineering projects domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate or manage a team of engineers and scientists to deliver technical design work on complex multi‑disciplinary projects, following relevant national and project‑specific design codes and standards, and ensuring high‑quality deliverables in flood defence, culverts and hydraulic structures.
• Produce and review technical deliverables such as design reports, drawings, calculations and scopes of work.
• Provide technical input into project design deliverables for river engineering and flood defence, working with the project management team to manage time and budgets to key project milestones and programmes.
• Collaborate with client, operational, project or service teams within your immediate group and other AtkinsRéalis teams.
• Mentor less experienced colleagues and help grow the River Engineering capabilities within the local team.
• Work independently with minimal technical guidance, exercising personal judgement to solve difficult problems and providing guidance to junior team members.
• Support bid proposals with technical input.
• Work closely with a multi‑disciplinary team in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated design solutions.
• Adhere to quality assurance standards in design, including checking and reviewing own work as well as that of others.

Qualifications

• A degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• Chartered or Incorporated Civil Engineer status.
• Proven experience coordinating or managing an engineering design delivery team within a multi‑disciplinary environment.
• Broad perspective to identify innovative solutions to design problems.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience in the design of flood walls, embankments, weirs, hydraulic structures, culverts, scour protection, access and construction logistics.
• Practical knowledge of current design codes, standards and industry best practices.
• Experience in the Water market is essential; experience in wider markets such as Aviation, Defence, Highways or Energy is desirable.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly and effectively within diverse multi‑disciplinary teams.
• A proactive, highly motivated mindset with a collaborative approach to drive teamwork and shared success across projects.
• Commitment to delivering both traditional engineering and environmentally focused solutions using nature‑based strategies.
• At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnicity or national origin, sexual identity or orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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