Location: Bristol | Hybrid Working
Type: Full Time, Permanent

An established, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy is seeking a Principal Civil Engineer to join and further strengthen its growing civil and infrastructure team in Bristol. The business delivers integrated engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors for both public and private sector clients, with projects ranging from commercial developments through to large-scale infrastructure and complex development schemes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer who is ready to lead projects, influence team growth and play a key role in delivering technically complex civil engineering solutions within a highly respected consultancy environment.

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you will take a leading role in the delivery of highways, drainage and development infrastructure projects, managing technical outputs, project resources and client relationships across a varied portfolio of schemes.

This role combines technical leadership, project delivery, client interface and commercial responsibility, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both hands-on engineering and broader project ownership.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead projects of varying size, complexity and sector type, ensuring successful delivery from concept through to completion

• Manage project resources, programmes and workloads to ensure timely and effective delivery

• Manage and coordinate highways and drainage designs relating to large development infrastructure projects

• Provide pre-planning advice to clients, including Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs), Drainage Strategies and wider development infrastructure input

• Oversee the design of surface water and foul drainage systems, including SuDS solutions and associated infrastructure

• Support the design of minor roads, access arrangements, external works and site-wide civil engineering packages

• Prepare and review technical drawings, calculations, specifications and reports

• Interface with architects, building services engineers, project managers, cost consultants and other disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects

• Undertake project administration and financial management, ensuring commercial awareness across delivery

• Represent the consultancy through external liaison with clients, stakeholders, approving bodies and wider project teams

• Conduct site visits for technical assessment, design coordination and problem-solving

• Support and identify new business opportunities, contributing to proposals and tender submissions

• Lead project teams and contribute to the development of junior and intermediate engineers

• Apply knowledge of BIM principles within civil engineering delivery

• Use software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D and InfoDrainage (or equivalent)

You will be a technically strong and commercially aware civil engineer with proven experience leading infrastructure projects within a consultancy environment.

You should demonstrate:

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline

• Experience in a similar role, ideally within a multi-disciplinary consultancy organisation

• Strong experience in drainage (foul and surface water) and minor roadway / highways design

• A good understanding of SuDS, flood risk, highways, cut and fill analysis and development infrastructure design

• Knowledge of Section 38, 278, 104, 106 and 185 agreements

• Experience delivering projects from concept through to completion, including calculations, drawings and specifications

• Familiarity with Part H and Part M of the Building Regulations, British Standards and local authority requirements

• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD, with strong experience in Civil 3D

• Familiarity with InfoDrainage (or equivalent drainage software)

• Awareness of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its application within civil engineering

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence in client-facing and stakeholder-facing roles

• Experience of leading project teams and coordinating technical delivery

• Ideally Chartered (CEng) or working towards Chartership

• Membership of, or ambition to work towards membership of, ICE (MICE) or an equivalent professional body

• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to solve complex technical challenges and communicate them clearly

• Competitive salary dependent on experience

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

• Structured training and long-term career development pathway

• Full support toward professional Chartership where applicable

• Exposure to major multi-disciplinary developments and complex infrastructure schemes

• Opportunity to take on genuine project leadership and client-facing responsibility

• Involvement in both public and private sector work across a varied portfolio

• Collaborative, inclusive working culture within a well-established consultancy

• Comprehensive benefits package including pension, healthcare and wellbeing initiatives

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer looking to step into a role with genuine project leadership, commercial involvement and long-term progression within a highly respected consultancy delivering major infrastructure and development schemes.

If this sounds like something of interest, please get in touch directly with Michael -

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Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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