Principal Rivers Civil Engineer

APEM Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in Manchester is hiring a Principal Rivers Civil Engineer. This senior role involves technical leadership and management of river engineering projects, ensuring quality and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Civil Engineering and has significant experience in flood risk and fluvial projects. Excellent communication and project leadership skills are essential. Flexible opportunities for development are offered.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status (ICE or equivalent), or demonstrable progression towards chartership.
• Significant experience in river engineering, flood risk, or fluvial projects.
• Strong project leadership skills and technical credibility.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical assurance on river engineering projects.
• Managing projects ensuring quality and commercial control.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders.
• Supporting business development and client engagement.
• Mentoring engineers within the freshwater team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Chartered Engineer status or progression

Job description

About The Role

As APEM continues to grow its award-winning freshwater and river engineering capability, we are looking for a Principal Rivers Civil Engineer to play a leading role in the delivery and development of our river engineering services through AMP8 and beyond.

This is a senior technical and project leadership role, offering the opportunity to shape complex river engineering, restoration and flood risk management projects while influencing the future direction of APEM’s freshwater offering.

The role

You will provide senior technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of river engineering and freshwater projects, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, environmentally led solutions. Acting as a technical authority, you will support project delivery from feasibility through to implementation, provide assurance and guidance to colleagues and clients, and contribute to work-winning and service growth.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading and providing technical assurance on river engineering, restoration, flood risk management and watercourse projects
• Managing projects through all stages of delivery, ensuring quality, programme and commercial control
• Acting as a trusted technical advisor to clients, regulators and stakeholders
• Supporting business development, bids and client engagement
• Mentoring and developing engineers within the freshwater team
• Working collaboratively across disciplines to deliver integrated and sustainable outcomes

What we’re looking for

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer status (ICE or equivalent), or demonstrable progression towards chartership
• Significant experience delivering river engineering, flood risk or fluvial projects
• Strong project leadership skills and technical credibility
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach

Next steps

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area – we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

If you think you have what it takes to join our fast-growing business, then please apply immediately on our website. All we need is some basic information and your CV; we will review all applications quickly and will respond to all applicants.

About Us

The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy. We work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally.

Our successful pioneering work has attracted investment and enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.