Senior Civil & Structural Engineer

Costain Group PLC

Senior Civil & Structural Engineer responsible for design work at Costain, with hybrid role based in Manchester. Overseeing projects, resource management, and output quality.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeGreater Manchester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Delivering key elements of design work on projects including carrying out feasibility studies, reference designs, detailed designs, and preparing reports and technical specifications and proposals
Design delivery and management of resources
Prioritizing / sequencing work
Supporting others and driving design delivery progress
Responsibility for output quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

Be on track or have achieved professional qualifications such as Chartership or Incorporated Status
Educational experience relevant to their engineering discipline, ideally degree qualified to a 2:1 or better
Secondary level education, such as A levels, BTEC, T levels etc
Safety passport or similar
UK experience in the full cycle of project design delivery from inception to detailed design
Experience of working within UK multidisciplinary teams and able to provide technical monitoring to less experienced engineers and designers
Excellent communication skills
Eligibility for Security Clearance
Mobility to work on various projects throughout the UK
Line management / mentoring experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid role with remote working option
Visits to construction sites, partners, clients, and suppliers

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Hard Skills & Tools

feasibility studiesreference designsdetailed designstechnical specificationsproject design deliverytechnical monitoring

Soft Skills

communication skillsline managementmentoringresource managementwork prioritization

Certifications

ChartershipIncorporated StatusSafety passportSecurity Clearance