Principal Civil Engineer

AECOM Basingstoke, England May 13, 2026

Type Full Time
Pay Not listed
Work Hybrid
Level Senior

Principal Civil Engineer focuses on whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

What the role involves

  • Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
  • We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world.
  • Provide commercial and technical leadership to teams of engineers and technicians, programming workloads and delivering projects to time, budget, and quality.
  • Undertake project management responsibilities across a portfolio of schemes.
  • Supporting business development activities within the unit, helping to develop client relationships and secure new work within the property and development sectors.
  • And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM.

Skills and requirements

  • Relevant technical, electrical, mechanical, maintenance, gas, plumbing, or engineering experience may be required.

Confirmed role details

  • A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
  • Chartered Civil Engineer status or approaching Chartership (MICE).
  • Strong technical capability in the design of highways, access roads and project infrastructure including road geometry, drainage, earthworks, pavements and underground services.
  • Have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.

Candidate fit

  • technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving
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