Principal/Senior Civil Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Portsmouth
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

Civil Engineering Drainage Design Flood Risk Assessments AutoCAD MicroDrainage Communication Skills

FULL DESCRIPTION

About the role:

We are looking for a Principal/Senior Civil Engineer to join a growing design consultancy and provide ongoing technical design support to a range of clients in the UK with ongoing work available and excellent development opportunities for the right individual.

As a Principal/Senior Civil Engineer, you will be working on a range of residential, commercial and education projects and should be able to demonstrate experience in completing design on projects in these sectors. Within the role of a Principal/Senior Civil Engineer, it will be essential for the chosen individual to complete accurate reports and designs, and your input and contribution to the team are viewed as essential in the continued development of the business.

As part of your responsibilities as a Principal/Senior Civil Engineer, your guidance to more junior engineers and CAD technicians will be invaluable in supporting the business as the engineering department as a whole strives to provide continued excellent service to the company’s clients.

About you:

Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience working for UK-based design consultancies, and a background working on similar projects is desired to ensure a close match to the existing and upcoming workload.

In addition to having a confident, commercial and professional outlook you should have the following:

  • Degree or HND in Civil Engineering
  • Minimum of 5 years of UK-based experience
  • Incorporated or Chartered status with the ICE, or working towards this
  • Experience working with drainage design and flood risk assessments
  • Strength in working to appropriate agreement sections - S38, S278, S104, S106
  • Strong analytical, communication and technical design skills
  • Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English

Software required:

  • AutoCAD
  • MicroDrainage
  • InfoDrainage
  • Causeway Flow
  • Site 3D
  • Microsoft Office suite

About the business:

The company are an established design consultancy who have been working on UK-based projects for the last 20 years and has built up a reputation for working on projects to a high level of detail and client satisfaction. This is an excellent opportunity to join their Portsmouth office where their team continues to go from strength to strength and provide excellent design engineering services to their UK-based clients.

With a portfolio that includes residential, commercial and education projects of varying value and complexity, they have a wealth of experience and some exciting future projects that have led to them requiring another skilled and eager individual to join them as part of their business development.

Benefits package:

  • Company pension
  • 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Birthday
  • Private healthcare
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
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