Principal Engineer

1 day ago


Hampshire, United Kingdom Fawkes and Reece Full time

A regional civil engineering contractor is looking to appoint a Principal Engineer to lead the development of junior engineers and support the business with the technical aspect on some of their more complex projects. The business turnover circa £70m anddeliver projects up to £25m as the principal contractor and a large workforce to make the most of self-delivering what they can for clients across the South Coast including Hampshire County Council, Southern Water and private sector clients.

In return they can offer you the opportunity to introduce new training programmes and lead recruitment for engineering staff who will work on projects such as port expansions, water treatment works, coastal defence, highways and public realm work.

Principal Engineer duties include:

- General overview of engineering resource across up to 10 projects
- Line management of all site engineers, up to 15 at different stages of their career
- Attend career fairs and universities to recruit/attract new prospects
- Move between sites to advise on technical queries
- Recruiting temporary and permanent staff
- Supporting the pre-construction team with technical tenders

The business offers a variety of projects, security and package that reflects your contribution to the company.

Please contact Sam Draycott at Fawkes & Reece (South) to discuss the role in more detail.



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