Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Cambridge Cambridgeshire
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Senior / Principal Civil Engineer - Rivers & Coastal
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
The Opportunity
Advance TRS is partnering with a leading multidisciplinary engineering consultancy seeking a Senior or Principal Civil Engineer to join its expanding Rivers & Coastal team.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering major flood risk and river engineering projects across the UK, helping to protect communities, critical infrastructure and the natural environment. The successful candidate will work on technically challenging schemes from feasibility through to detailed design and construction, collaborating with a broad range of technical specialists.
The role offers significant responsibility, exposure to high-profile infrastructure projects and the opportunity to mentor junior engineers while contributing to the continued growth of an established team.
The Role
Responsibilities will include:
Leading the design and delivery of river and coastal engineering projects.
Producing technical reports, calculations, drawings and specifications.
Supporting projects throughout the full lifecycle, from concept design through to construction.
Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.
Managing technical quality through design reviews and QA processes.
Providing technical support during construction, including responding to site queries and carrying out inspections.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, contractors and key project stakeholders.
Supporting the development and mentoring of graduate and junior engineers.
Assisting with project planning, programme delivery and resource management.Projects are likely to include:
Flood risk management schemes
River restoration and engineering
Coastal protection projects
Lowland drainage infrastructure
Strategic infrastructure and environmental improvement programmes
About You
Applicants should possess:
A degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline.
Chartered Engineer status (or be working towards chartership).
Proven experience delivering civil engineering projects within the rivers, coastal or flood risk sector.
Strong technical design capabilities and sound engineering judgement.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Confidence working directly with clients and external stakeholders.
The ability to work independently while supporting more junior team members.
Experience with AutoCAD and construction-stage support would be advantageous, although not essential.
Why Apply?
This opportunity offers the chance to join one of the UK's leading engineering consultancies, recognised for delivering innovative infrastructure and environmental solutions across both public and private sectors.
Employees benefit from:
Involvement in nationally significant flood risk and water infrastructure projects.
Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
Excellent career progression opportunities.
Structured professional development and support towards chartership.
A collaborative and highly experienced technical team.
Exposure to a diverse range of multidisciplinary projects.
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.If you're looking to progress your career within rivers, coastal engineering or flood risk management and want to work on projects that make a genuine difference to communities and the environment, we'd be pleased to discuss this opportunity with you.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status