Principal Civil Engineer

Overview

As Principal Civil Design Engineer at AECOM Manchester, you will lead delivery of civil infrastructure across commercial and residential developments, combining technical excellence with project management. You will guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver highways, drainage and related infrastructure on time and on budget, while supporting business growth. The role involves managing a portfolio of schemes and contributing to securing new work in property and development. You will work in a collaborative, global firm committed to delivering a better world and shaping impactful projects.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible benefits
• global opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial and technical leadership to teams of engineers and technicians, programming workloads and delivering projects to time, budget, and quality.
• Lead and manage the design and delivery of highways, drainage, and associated infrastructure for complex, multidisciplinary developments.
• Undertake project management responsibilities across a portfolio of schemes.
• Support business development activities within the unit, helping to secure new work within the property and development sectors.

Key requirements

• Significant experience in UK development-led infrastructure engineering, typically gained within a private or consultancy environment.
• A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Civil Engineer status or approaching Chartership (MICE).
• Strong technical capability in the design of highways, access roads, and project infrastructure, including road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage, and underground services.

• leadership
• team coordination
• business development aptitude
• highways design
• drainage design
• earthworks

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