Principal Civil Engineer

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Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

• Deliver technically robust, standards‑compliant designs and clear technical deliverables, leveraging BIM and structural analysis tools.
• Plan and execute projects to meet time, cost and quality targets, managing budgets and commercial/contractual risks.
• Manage tasks, people and resources day‑to‑day to ensure successful project delivery.
• Lead and develop teams, identifying skill gaps and exercising sound holistic judgement.
• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with clients, contractors and the supply chain; ensure H&S and environmental compliance.

• Customer focused.
• An effective team player.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to varied workload/type.
• Good communication skills both written and oral.
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Performance focused.
• Challenge tried and tested methods to deliver innovative, fit‑for‑purpose and cost‑effective solutions.

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high‑performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using  or call  – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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