Principal Civil Design Engineer

Principal Engineer
Working within our Rail Civils team allows you to work on a range of projects including ancillary civil structures, bridges, footbridges and railway assets at railway stations and depots in the UK to complex bridges on multi-billion pound infrastructure projects in Israel and Australia.
Who we are & what we stand for
BWB is a multi-award-winning engineering and environmental design consultancy with a proven reputation for technical excellence and exceptional client satisfaction.
Proud to be awarded ACE Best Large Consultancy of the year 2022 and rated Platinum Investors In People (IIP), a prestigious accolade that demonstrates our commitment to our people and establishes us as an employer of choice.
We invest in our people and ensure they have everything they need to develop a fantastic career. We extensively research, benchmark and review all salaries and benefits against others within the industry.
Join BWB and your career will not conform to the traditional models of yesterday but will be a fulfilling and challenging journey into tomorrow’s digital age; a journey that you will play an active role in defining!
At BWB you matter, and you will make a difference. A difference to the world you live in; the communities you engage with; even the development of your career and the profession.
What you’ll be doing
Providing a comprehensive design and advisory service focused on meeting the engineering challenges involved in servicing the infrastructure requirements of renewal, enhancement and turnkey projects
Working with the Rail team to provide a comprehensive design and advisory service focused on meeting the engineering challenges involved in servicing the infrastructure requirements of renewal, enhancement and turnkey projects.
Technical design of railway civil Engineering structures including but not limited to: station platforms, station furnitire, overhead line structures, signalling structures, telecoms structures and general lineside structures.
Design of Bridge Structures
Managing and leading teams
Developing the team including engineers and technicians
Applying understanding of BIM
Interfacing and considering other design disciplines such as track, electrical, mechanical, architecture etc
Communicating with clients who include local developers through to international contractors working for public sector bodies.
Working on projects applying previous project experience from project inception to construction
What you’ll bring
Previous project experience from project inception to construction
Experience of railway design projects and general bridge design would be advantageous
Experience of using ProjectWise and Eb would be beneficial
Knowledge of Network Rail standards beneficial
Strong IT skills and be fully conversant with our industry standard design software packages such as Tedds and STAAD
Ability to work independently, and manage others, to produce designs for approval and construction
Knowledge and experience of current health and safety legislation including CDM Regulations.
Ability to use design standards and technical guidance to produce designs with respect to rail projects
Knowledge and experience working with Eurocodes and Network Rail standards.
Appreciation of the other rail disciplines and the wider aspects of design and construction
Experience in the use of Microsoft software packages including Excel, Word and Outlook
Experience managing projects using engineering judgement
Knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and how it is applied.
Degree in Civil Engineering
Incorporated or chartered status with a relevant engineering institution (eg. ICE)
Experience as Contractors responsible (CRE) under Network rail projects would be advantageous.
What we offer:
Values Driven Culture: We’re really proud of our culture. Check out our guide to Working for BWB
Empowering you to be your most authentic self
25 days holiday with the option to purchase more pension
Life Assurance 4 x salary
Wellbeing support – qualified confidential support through Westfield Health
Pension – BWB matches 5% of your salary into your pension to help save for the future.
Healthcare cash plan
Paid Sick Leave
Driving your own experience
Hybrid working
Access to personalised fully funded Learning & Development opportunities
Charterships
Paid professional subscriptions.
Perkbox - Access to exclusive savings, discounts, free advice and benefits
Cycle to Work
Paid volunteering days
Regular social events
Long service reward scheme
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.
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