Principal Civil Engineer - Water Engineering

Our Opportunity

Here at Pick Everard, we are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future, taking a fresh perspective on the built environment. Our core values of professionalism, compassion, drive and positivity are at the heart of everything we do. Do you want to work on a variety of projects within an award-winning multi‑disciplinary construction and property consultancy? Are you seeking a company that supports your wellbeing, growth, and career progression? If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

We are looking to appoint a Principal Civil Engineer – Water Engineering to join our team in London to meet our growing business needs and future development aspirations. You’ll be joining a supportive network as part of a national team, and can expect to receive valuable training, guidance and genuine scope for career development. At Pick Everard, the supply, management and disposal of water are at the core of what we do. We are proud to have a vast pipeline of work for clients including Severn Trent Water, Thames Water, United Utilities, Affinity Water, Yorkshire Water and the Government of Jersey. We also work closely with a number of contractors supporting development of designs in a collaborative working environment. You will work across an array of clean‑water infrastructure and non‑infrastructure projects as part of our experienced teams in London, Leicester, Manchester and Leeds offices. There will also be opportunity to work across a number of wastewater infrastructure and Better Rivers projects.

Your core responsibilities:

• Creating designs from feasibility through to construction and leading the technical design of projects for a variety of projects in terms of size, type, and complexity, both single discipline and as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Supporting with the appraisal and design of structures and solutions for pumping stations, clean‑water networks, and reservoirs.
• Mentoring junior colleagues and supporting their development.
• Representing the firm at client meetings, contributing to us winning new work.
• Supporting project and team management.
• Contribute your own innovative ideas to help us find affordable, sustainable and low‑carbon solutions for our clients.

About You

• A degree or equivalent in civil engineering, working towards a professional qualification.
• CEng with post chartered relevant experience or IEng with post incorporated relevant experience working in the clean‑water sector.
• Experience managing clean‑water infrastructure schemes.
• Good knowledge of industry design software packages.
• Excellent communication skills and a team player with a confident, positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• A high level broad‑based technical appreciation.
• Very good report writing and presentation skills at project level.
• Experience in a variety of different forms of contract.
• Confident liaising with new and existing clients and an ability to build a good rapport with other parts of our inter‑disciplinary practice, and with external design teams.
• Robust problem solving skills, taking accountability for assigned work.
• The ability to lead a sub‑team, focused on delivery of high quality design output.
• Experience in mentoring and technical management of a design team.
• Experience related to wastewater networks/infrastructure (desirable not essential).
• Previous experience writing and presenting reports along with client interaction and work winning (desirable not essential).

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 780+ employees works collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer:

• Agile working.
• Career and Professional Development.
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities.
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days additional leave.
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan.
• Stakeholder pension.
• Professional subscriptions.
• Employee Discount Scheme.
• Eyecare Scheme.
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

Accessibility

We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us at careers@pickeverard.co.uk. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.

Agencies

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV introductions will not be accepted.