Principal Civil Engineer – Renewables & Transmission & Distribution

Overview

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you drive technical excellence across a diversified energy portfolio, guiding feasibility through construction oversight. You’ll lead multidisciplinary design efforts for onshore wind, solar, hydro, grid infrastructure, and BESS, collaborating with utilities and developers. You play a key role in verifications, client liaison, and mentoring, with a strong emphasis on UK standards and project delivery within a flexible hybrid setup. This role offers growth as the energy team expands to shape sustainable infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• well-being programs
• global collaboration/resources

Responsibilities

• Act as lead verifier on feasibility and design reports
• Liaise with clients, manage day-to-day project work, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams
• Lead civil infrastructure design (roads, drainage, external works)
• Prepare and review calculations, detailed designs, and specifications per UK standards (BS EN, Eurocodes, CDM)
• Conduct site inspections and respond to technical queries
• Produce high-quality reports (feasibility, inspection, design documents)
• Mentor and guide junior staff

Key requirements

• BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• Chartered status or working towards chartership with ICE or equivalent
• Experience delivering complex multi-disciplinary energy transition projects (desirable)
• Experience in UK Transmission & Distribution projects (11kV–400kV) (desirable)
• Strong technical competency in civil/structural design
• Solid report writing and organisational skills
• Familiarity with National Grid Technical Specifications (NGTS) or CDAE status (advantage)

• Client liaison and stakeholder management
• Leadership and mentoring
• Effective communication and teamwork
• Civil/structural design under UK standards (BS EN, Eurocodes)
• Calculation and detailed design development
• Site inspections and technical query resolution

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