Principal Engineer Highways and Infrastructure Engineer

Eden Brown

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen with a client in Central Maidstone to appoint a Principal Engineer to enhance the established infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will join the development infrastructure team, working on a varied workload across a number of market sectors with an extremely wide client portfolio. The team serves both public & private sector clients with access to micro simulation modelling and GIS systems to ensure that work can be carried out in the most effective way.

As a Principal Engineer you will work as part of a team on a number of projects at any given time. Reporting to an Associate or Associate Director you will be responsible for planning and delegation of design work, day to day management of more junior staff as well as the concept design of projects themselves. Acting as the main point of contact to clients the ability to build and maintain good relationships with is important.

Training courses are available to enhance technical and managerial skills. As the Principal Engineer will, in turn, be expected to provide mentoring and technical support to more junior staff.

The successful recruit will be an experienced engineer, ideally from a consultancy or development background, working towards or approaching Chartered status with significant experience in a number of the following:

·Infrastructure Planning
·Highways drainage and flood related design
·Negotiations with Local Highway and Water Authorities
·Client liaison and fee negotiation

The successful applicant will have in excess of three to five years postgraduate experience in infrastructure design, principally covering flooding and drainage issues. A good working knowledge of the design of sewerage using [WinDes] together with some design of Sustainable Drainage Systems. You shall have experience of applying relevant design standards such as Sewers for Adoption and Local Authorities' Design Codes. Some experience in flood studies and flood risk assessment is required. Experience of open channel design using [ISIS] would be an advantage. AutoCAD is the basic design tool in the office and the recruit would be expected to be familiar with this application. Experience in highway design using KTF or MX/Moss with experience of applying local and national design guidance would be an advantage.

Opportunities exist for rapid career progression. As well as working in a challenging and busy environment, the client is a sociable company with staff events held throughout the year. There are various benefits available to the successful candidate. The core hours are between 8:30 – 5, Monday to Thursday and Friday 8:30 – 4, however they do offer flexi time.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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