This permanent Principal Civil Engineer position in Wigan offers a salary of £50,000 to £60,000, working with a large multi-disciplinary consultancy. The successful candidate takes charge of infrastructure design schemes across varied sectors, overseeing several projects at once while ensuring budgets and deadlines are met. Duties include giving strategic technical direction, negotiating approvals with authorities, and building lasting client relationships. Applicants should demonstrate strong commercial awareness, leadership capability, and proficiency in relevant design software. This full-time post suits a chartered or near-chartered engineer ready to step into a principal-level role, guiding teams and shaping project outcomes from a Wigan base.
Principal Infrastructure Engineer Wigan £50,000 - £60,000 105124
The Role
- Take a leading role in the delivery of infrastructure design projects, ensuring technical excellence, commercial awareness, and effective team coordination.
- Be responsible for managing multiple schemes simultaneously, providing strategic technical direction, and maintaining strong relationships with clients and approving authorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, lead, and deliver infrastructure designs for multiple projects on time and within budget.
- Negotiate technical approvals for adoptable works (S104, S38, S278 agreements).
- Oversee highway and drainage strategies, ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Maintain effective communication with the internal design team, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Support and mentor junior engineers where appropriate.
Qualifications and Experience
- 5–10+ years’ experience in a similar role within a consultancy environment.
- Degree or HNC qualified in Civil Engineering (or related discipline).
- Strong working knowledge of: highway design and ground modelling.
- Drainage design and hydraulic modelling, including Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
- External works levels design.
- Ideally, you’ll have experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, PDS, Civil3D, MicroDrainage or Flow.
What We Offer
- Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
- Company pension scheme
- Flexible benefits programme, including:
- Option to buy additional holidays
- Childcare vouchers
- Private healthcare
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
- Flexible working pattern
If you are an experienced infrastructure professional looking to take the next step in your career within a supportive and forward-thinking consultancy, we would love to hear from you.
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