Senior Principal Civil Engineer – Hydropower and Dams

Opportunity

Help shape the future of hydropower and dams while working on leading, innovative projects such as Coire Glas, Koysha, and Dinorwig. Based in any UK office, you will support multidisciplinary teams and UK water companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project managers, technical leaders, design engineers and clients to achieve positive project outcomes.
• Engage in traditional advisory roles, Owner’s Engineer duties, client‑facing concept design, contractor‑facing detailed design, remediation, troubleshooting, installation support, and lender/insurance due diligence support.

About You

• Senior Principal Civil Engineer, ideally Chartered or Incorporated with the ICE or in progress, with experience in civil design of dams or dam components, hydro and/or pumped storage schemes, or complex hydraulic structures (channels, culverts, bridges, spillways, stilling basin).
• Demonstrated civil engineering experience and skills in the dams and hydro sector, or aligned water and energy sector experience.
• Experience producing technical specifications, designs, and reports, integrating with structures, geotechnical, and M&E, and preparing designs for end‑user clients and D&B contractors.
• Comfortable working in a full 3D environment and a common data environment.
• Embodies our values of client focus, designing with community in mind, collaboration and service excellence.

Why Join Us?

• People culture: friendly and collaborative environment.
• Awards: International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best place to work – Large Consulting Firms (2024 NCE), top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies.
• Benefits: competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym, flexible working (3 days in, 2 days remote).
• Great projects across UK & Ireland.
• Industry‑leading training and professional subscription support.

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