Principal Engineer

Our client is a major Civil design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors and who is looking for multiple experienced professionals to join them on permanent basis. This role is for a Principal Engineer based in Cambridge.  

Our Client's Cambridge Office is home to friendly, highly talented and supportive professional highway engineers that thrive on delighting their clients. They create rewarding experiences for everybody involved whether driving growth through the largest strategic highway projects in the UK or creating real social value and sense of space in local communities. They are looking for a Principal Engineer who can lead the highway engineering team in Cambridge. For this role you will:  

- Be expanding the Cambridge team, with responsibilities for recruitment, winning work, welfare issues and ensuring high quality of delivery and governance.  

- Be responsible for coordinating resources to exceed Client expectations, working within budget expectations, building a network of external and internal Clients.  

- Be line managing, supporting and mentoring the local team and creating multi-disciplinary teams to meet workload demands.  

- Promote collaboration and driving efficiency, embracing emerging technology and minimising environmental impacts.  

- Help to win and develop new work by developing and maintaining excellent professional relationships with Clients, supporting their Market teams and preparing work proposals (fees and technical proposals).  

- Deputise for the Practice Manager, working with appropriate autonomy within the delegated authority.

- A BEng, MEng or MSc in Civil Engineering (or equivalent) and are an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer.  

- Have demonstrable experience of managing highway engineering teams with a track record of developing others.  

- Proven leadership qualities with an ability to develop collaborative relationships with external and internal stakeholders.