Principal Civil Engineer - Power

Principal Civil Engineer – Power – Project Leader\\n Manchester (Hybrid) | Other UK Locations Considered\\n £55,000 – £70,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits\\n\\nI'm working with a well-established engineering consultancy who are looking to bring a Principal Civil Engineer – Power – into their growing Power team.\\n\\nBased out of their Manchester office (or potentially one of their other UK offices), you'd be stepping into a key delivery role on a range of major infrastructure projects. This is a small but specialist team within their wider Civil & Structural group, focusing entirely on the Power sector – things like substations, transition stations, and converter stations for high-voltage infrastructure projects across the UK and Europe.\\n\\nYou'll be leading civil and structural work on major schemes as a Principal Civil Engineer – Power – overseeing everything from site-wide layouts and bunding to structural foundations, roads, drainage and fencing. Projects are often complex and multi-disciplinary, so you'll also be involved in programme management, resource planning and client liaison, alongside the technical side.

\\nSome design work may still fall to you directly, depending on the size and setup of the project – but you'll mostly be overseeing delivery and coordination, rather than sitting purely on CAD or calculations.\\n\\nWhat you'll be doing:\\n\\nLeading and coordinating the civil & structural elements of energy and infrastructure schemes\\nManaging delivery, programme, resourcing and quality control\\nActing as a key technical contact and trusted advisor to clients\\nOverseeing or reviewing designs for buildings, foundations, layouts and site infrastructure\\nWorking closely with internal PMs, engineers, contractors and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery\\n\\nWhat they're looking for:\\n\\nStrong civil/structural background – ideally with 10+ years' experience\\nPreferably experienced in the Power sector (National Grid, SSE, interconnectors etc.) – although experience in rail, highways or wider infrastructure will be considered\\nComfortable managing the delivery side of projects (cost, resourcing, programme etc.)\\nAble to work across multiple stakeholders, keeping the commercial and technical on track\\nChartered (or very close to it) – they're happy to support someone finishing off the process, but you need to be well into it\\nHND, HNC or degree qualified in Civil Engineering\\nBased within reach of one of their UK offices – ideally Manchester – and able to be in the office 1+ day per week as part of their hybrid model\\n\\nWhat's in it for you:\\n\\n£55,000 – £70,000 salary, depending on experience\\nCar allowance + discretionary bonus\\nFlexible hybrid working (minimum 1 day per week in-office)\\nPrivate health, pension, life assurance and other benefits\\nGood headroom for progression – the Power team is growing fast\\nA chance to work on high-profile infrastructure projects with real technical interest\\nThe team is around 20 strong, including engineers at all levels from graduates through to Associate – so there's a good balance of experience, and a clear path for growth if you want to push on.\\n\\nIf you're a C&S Engineer with solid delivery experience, and you're either already in the Power sector or looking to move into it, I'd be happy to tell you more.\\n\\nDrop me a message or apply now – all conversations are kept in confidence.\\n\\nAndrew Wilson\\n Calibre Search\\n\\nCalibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business