Principal Engineer

About the Trust

We're one of the UK’s biggest charities and we care for 2,000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs because we believe life is better by water. We're looking for people who support our cause and want to make a difference for future generations. Could this be you?

Along with our waterways we also manage museums, archives and the country's third largest collection of historic buildings, as well as the nature and wildlife that calls our canals home. All of this enables us to provide wellbeing opportunities for millions of people each year.

Location:

An administrative base at home/local hub, with regular travel across our network required, in particular, the West Midlands, Northwest and Yorkshire Northeast regions.

As a Civil Engineer, who wouldn’t want the chance to work on structures that Telford, Jessop and other engineering greats had a hand in creating?

We are currently looking for a
Principal Engineer across the North of England with a Civil Engineering background. We are a team of engineers that design and/or manage the design of repairs on a diverse range of our historical assets across the Trust waterways network. We are responsible for identifying and undertaking designs of technical solutions, preparing specifications and briefing documents for our external Contractors and Consultants.

Our works are focussed on conserving and enhancing our precious waterways to enable visitors to safely enjoy our canals and rivers, and safeguarding them for future generations.

Our aim is to develop efficient and innovative engineering solutions to address the multitude of challenges we face maintaining our waterways and infrastructure day to day. Specifically, we identify, recommend, design and specify engineering solutions and where required, act as Principal Designer and/or Designer for works in accordance with CDM 2015.

This Principal Engineer vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Significant travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits and to conduct improvements.

Relevant Hubs:
Ellesmere Port, Burnley, Leeds, Newark, Birmingham.

The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage, however regular accessibility to the network is essential.

Our Engineers are important to the success of the Canal & River Trust. The Priority Projects Design Engineers’ role involve working closely with Trust’s Asset Sponsor Teams to understand project requirements and constraints, determine repair options and cost estimates, undertake cost benefit analyses, and working collaboratively to agree which option is to be taken forward through to project delivery. The ideal candidate will enjoy solving challenging problems using both their experience of tried and tested solutions as well as new technologies, in a way that offers the most efficient solutions for the Trust.

You will also be responsible for undertaking design and specifications and engaging with our delivery partners to undertake designs, whilst optimising resources to ensure successful delivery of the programme. The role is accountable for determining the most cost-effective design and construction solutions which are driven by a risk management approach.

• Review of background and supporting information for multiple projects across the Trust’s network.
• Information gap analysis and collation of additional information through research of freely available information and speaking with internal (Trust) and external specialists and stakeholders.
• Undertaking site visits, including engaging with local teams, specialist contractors and early contractor involvement site visits
• Considering conceptual options that are appropriate and proportional to each individual project.
• Preparing cost estimates for each concept option using the Trust’s cost estimating tools with support from our Cost Intelligence team.
• Assessment of concept options, risks and opportunities and preparing summary reports for review by the Project Sponsor.
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