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Date Added: Sat 22/11/2025

Principal Civil Engineer

Dunfermline, KY12, UK
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Company: PENGUIN RECRUITMENT

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £50000 - £60000/annum

Job Title: Principal Civil Engineer

Ref. No.: CJD(phone number removed)C

Location: Based near Dunfermline

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

This is a wonderful opportunity to join my client, an industry-leading, green-minded Multidisciplinary Consultancy looking to broaden their geographical reach by establishing a new office location in Scotland. Renowned for lending their expertise to a diverse range of projects across the landscape architecture, planning, and civil engineering fields, they are currently on the lookout for a capable, passionate Principal Civil Engineer with extensive knowledge of infrastructure design who is willing to win, manage, and successfully deliver a number of challenging projects. You will have a hand in building and leading a newly-established team of design engineers, based near the picturesque, historical city of Dunfermline.

Benefits for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include (but are not limited to):

- Highly-competitive salary

- Employee Pension Scheme

- Generous annual leave entitlement

- Dedication to your Continuing Professional Development (CPD), focusing on career progression

- Opportunities to win and deliver a diverse selection of infrastructure engineering projects across the region

- Proactively influencing the direction of the company

Responsibilities for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:

- Delivering a number of exciting engineering projects

- Leading the day-to-day running of engineering projects, including budgeting, resourcing, scheduling, and successful delivery/implementation

- Providing mentorship and support to colleagues throughout their careers, overseeing their Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

- Managing important professional relations with clients and other stakeholders, across the public and private sectors

- Preparing, checking, and submitting technical documents, including reports, specifications, drawings, calculations, risk assessments, and method statements

- Enforcing company policies, procedures, and best practice at all times

- Upholding the appropriate health and safety standards at all times

- Contributing to the company's business development strategies, acting as a company representative at client meetings, site visits, etc.

Required skills and experience for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:

- A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Civil Engineering

- Possess Chartered Status with a relevant, recognised Professional Body

- Extensive experience of working in a design capacity, within a UK-based consultancy setting

- Demonstrable experience of working with infrastructure (particularly drainage and highways), housing developments, and energy-based projects

- Experience of earthworks design and drainage network modelling

- Proficient in the use of various software packages (including Civils 3D, MicroDrainage, AutoCAD, etc.)

- Considerable experience of writing, checking, and amending a variety of reports for submission

- Prior experience of leading both projects and people within the sector

- Experience of managing client and stakeholder relations

- Outstanding organisation, time management, team leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

- Hold a full, valid UK driving licence

Desirable skills and experience for the role of Principal Civil Engineer include:

- A UK Master's Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Civil Engineering (or similar, relevant discipline)

- Experience of authoring Flood Risk Assessments

- Experience of preparing Transport Assessments

- Experience of working in a public-facing role

If you are interested in the role of Principal Civil Engineer, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Davis at Penguin Recruitment. Please also see our website for a range of other roles currently available. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a recruitment agency in respect to this vacancy
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