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Lead innovative design projects and deliver sustainable solutions for coastal infrastructure as a Principal Coastal Engineer.
 
The well-established engineering consultancy values its employees and aims to give everyone a voice to together to face their clients' problems head-on. This organisation understands the importance of work-life balance and offers flexible working with tailored benefits packages.
 
You will play a vital role in every aspect of coastal engineering for critical UK infrastructure.
 
About the Role:

Support a team in undertaking technical design work following relevant design standards and codes, and to high-quality levels.
Prepare briefs, scopes of work, and input into bid proposals.
Successfully manage time and budgets to key project milestones and programmes.
Work closely with teams in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated design solutions. 
About You:

We are looking for a Chartered Civil Engineer with experience in leading design delivery.
Sound theoretical knowledge in ocean waves, tidal theory, extreme value statistics, nearshore wave processes and sediment transport.
Design experience of coastal structures such as flood defences, sea walls, breakwaters, revetments and beaches to appropriate codes and standards such as BS6349, EurOtop manual and rock manual.
The ability to plan and direct others in the use of numerical modelling to simulate wave propagation, tidal flows hydrodynamics etc. 
Key Information:

Role: Principal Coastal Engineer
Salary: £50,000-£68,000 Plus Bonus & Benefits
Location: Glasgow, Scotland – Hybrid Working Offered
Eligibility: Right to Work in the UK (Cannot Offer Sponsorship) 
Key Skills:
Civil engineering, coastal engineering, design of coastal structures, numerical modelling
 
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
 
This is a permanent position