At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative engineering projects and mentor junior engineers in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join VolkerStevin, a top civil engineering firm with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, private medical care, and extra leave on your birthday.
- Other info: Embrace a culture of fairness, inclusion, and continuous professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in diverse sectors like energy, water, and defence.
- Qualifications: Must have an engineering degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 80000 £ per year.
Part of the Volker Wessels UK Group, Volker Stevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration.
Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group’s business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.
Volker Stevin have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Design Engineer to join our Design team at Preston.
We have a large and varied order book of projects, are you ready for your next challenge?
- Conduct informal audits during site visits.
- Provide feedback on consultant performance.
The role of the Principal Design Engineer is to provide engineering support at all stages of the tendering and construction process for Volker Stevin Infrastructure Limited, Volker Stevin Specialist Businesses and other VWUK businesses as required.
The Principal Design Engineer supports the Head of Engineering and Engineering Manager in delivering the department's strategy.
Role Purpose
This role supports the Engineering Department in delivering strategic objectives, ensuring high technical standards, and providing expert oversight of temporary and permanent works.
The position acts as a technical authority, mentor, and departmental representative across multiple projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineering Strategy & Development
- Identify improvement opportunities and support delivery of departmental strategy.
- Assist senior leadership in achieving engineering goals.
- Temporary Works Management
- Support training delivery for Q25‑VS procedures.
- Help develop competency of TWCs and TWSs.
- Design Production
- Approve and check design deliverables.
- Review internal and external temporary works designs.
- Produce complex temporary and permanent works designs, including calculations, drawings, risk assessments, and technical reports.
- Draughting & Drawing Oversight
- Produce sketches and drawings when required.
- Communicate drawing requirements to CAD Technicians and check outputs.
- Ensure compliance with VS Engineering CAD standards.
- Technical Support
- Provide technical advice and produce technical reports.
- Support risk management and carry out inspections.
- Share knowledge and support staff development.
- Quality Management
- Conduct informal audits during site visits.
- Support resolution of quality issues and non‑conformances.
- Commercial Support
- Provide feedback on consultant performance.
- Prepare design fee estimates and programme durations.
- Support commercial teams with technical input.
- Consultant Coordination
- Act as liaison between project teams and consultants.
- Agree scopes, obtain quotations, draft Task Orders.
- Monitor progress and review consultant deliverables.
- Workload & Programme Management
- Maintain department programme and Kanban Board.
- Attend weekly resource meetings.
- Monitor progress and raise delivery risks.
- People Development
- Assist in competency assessment and coaching of engineering staff.
- Support a positive, inclusive team culture.
- Act as ICE Supervising Civil Engineer for graduates and apprentices.
- Project Interaction & Communication
- Maintain awareness of major projects.
- Act as Engineering Department Representative (EDR).
- Attend meetings and undertake site visits.
About You
- Relevant Engineering Degree
- Chartered / Incorporated status with the ICE, IStruct E or other relevant professional body.
- Minimum 8 years industry experience
- Broad range of temporary and / or permanent works design experience
- We Offer a Range Of Benefits, Including
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
- Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect.
So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, Volker Wessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
Volker Wessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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Principal Design Engineer - Senior Design Engineer in Preston employer: VolkerWessels UK
VolkerWessels UK is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that prioritises collaboration and innovation in the civil and infrastructure sector. With competitive benefits such as private medical care and flexible working opportunities, employees are supported in achieving a healthy work-life balance while also having access to significant growth opportunities within the company. Located in the Warrington/Macclesfield area, this role not only allows for impactful project delivery but also fosters strong client relationships, making it a rewarding environment for professionals in Quantity Surveying.
