About the Role

Reporting to the Associate Director/Associate Engineer, you will lead large Civil project teams or oversee multiple smaller teams to achieve overall business objectives. This role requires strong leadership and technical expertise to ensure the successful delivery of projects to cost, schedule, and quality criteria.

We are looking for a well-rounded civil engineer with broad experience across multiple aspects of civil engineering, including earthworks, drainage, highways, and external works. The ideal candidate will be capable of managing diverse projects and adapting to various engineering challenges.

Key objectives:

Ensure project teams deliver civil designs to cost, schedule, and quality criteria.

Ensure project teams have in place appropriate skills and resources.

Ensure compliance with business quality and management systems.

Implement change as directed by the Director and Associate Engineer.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

Degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent).

Chartered Civil/ Structural Engineer CEng MICE/ MIStructE

Conversant with current C&S design codes & standards

Experienced in discharging responsibilities under CDM and health and safety regulations

Comprehensive and current detailed knowledge base of all aspects of civil and structural design, including some of the following:

Building Structures

Drainage and external works

Foundations & Sub-Structures

Earthworks and site investigations

Minor road and bridge design

Specialist knowledge or sector expertise (eg nuclear, seismic, public sector, contaminated land, ground improvement, highways, Rail, defence & Life Sciences)

Demonstrable track record of successful project delivery and client satisfaction

Experience of significant project delivery within some of the sectors we operate within

Fully familiar with relevant technical standards and assurance processes

Proven ability to work within a fully integrated, multi-discipline design team

Why Join Us?

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Principal Civil Engineer at Baker Hicks Limited in Manchester. Baker Hicks Limited is listed on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (23 October 2026). Read the full job advert and apply on the employer's or job board's site. A sponsor licence means the employer is on the Home Office register. It does not mean this role is sponsored. Check with the employer. This is not immigration advice.

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Principal Civil Engineer at Baker Hicks Limited

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