Costain Group PLC
Costain Group PLC
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingDefenseLogistics
Costain Group PLC is a UK-based engineering, construction and consultancy company working on critical infrastructure across road, rail, integrated transport, water, energy, and defence and nuclear. Its work covers the full project lifecycle, including planning, digital consulting, construction, delivery, and long-term operation. The company partners with public utilities, government bodies, and institutional and corporate clients to support connectivity, sustainability, safety, and resilient infrastructure. Its multidisciplinary teams may be relevant to professionals exploring careers in engineering, construction, infrastructure consulting, digital delivery, logistics, and related technical fields.

Lead Civil Engineer – Peterborough Hybrid

Lead civil engineering role supporting Costain’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance in clean-water infrastructure. Oversee multidisciplinary design, technical assurance, construction queries, and sustainable delivery solutions.

Description

  • Deliver civil design and related activities for an assigned section of the Strategic Pipeline Alliance programme.
  • Prepare or review specifications, calculations, drawings, and 3D models.
  • Lead, support, or independently review design queries and change requests from construction sites and the supply chain.
  • Resolve design queries and change requests promptly, with sound technical judgment and appropriate change control.
  • Review and complete design CDM deliverables.
  • Work with delivery, procurement, commercial, ground investigation, utilities, environmental, and Anglian Water teams.
  • Provide technical expertise and evidence-based advice or challenge on project and asset requirements.
  • Develop or review civil design decisions against affordability, risk, programme, carbon, and whole-life value.
  • Attend CDM and commissioning strategy meetings.
  • Identify innovative technologies and processes.
  • Lead or support the adoption of safe, technically appropriate, sustainable offsite, modular, standardised, and repeatable solutions.

Requirements

  • Chartered engineering status or an equivalent professional background.
  • A degree in civil engineering or an equivalent qualification.
  • Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
  • A proven record of designing a section of works.
  • Experience designing elements of a non-infrastructure site, including drainage and highways.
  • Strong technical knowledge of non-infrastructure civil design, preferably within clean water.
  • Ability to prepare or review specifications, calculations, drawings, and 3D models.
  • Understanding of design CDM deliverables and Construction Design Management requirements.
  • Understanding of how design interfaces with delivery, procurement, and commercial teams.
  • Ability to assess capital cost, operating cost, risk, programme, carbon, and whole-life value.
  • Ability to provide evidence-based technical advice or challenge on standards and proposed departures.
  • Ability to work with offsite manufacture, modular construction, standard products, and repeatable solutions.
  • A driving licence is required; security clearance is not required.
  • benefits

Benefits

  • Hybrid working arrangement.
  • Work on the Strategic Pipeline Alliance project.
  • Contribute to engineering, design, and innovation initiatives.
  • Disability Confident employer interview commitment for applicants who disclose a disability and meet the minimum criteria.

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