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As a FTSE 250 organisation, we turnover £1.9 billion and employ over 3500 people across three very successful Divisions; Building, Infrastructure and Specialist Services. As one of the UK’s top principal contractors you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.\nOur Environment Business\nFollowing various acquisitions, we are now the largest Tier 1 Contractor operating in the UK Water / Environment sector with a long-term portfolio trading £500 million a year. As part of our 2030 Strategy we have bought together all aspects of Engineering Design under one Business Unit which is expanding to provide in-house design support to our various Regional Business Units across the UK.\nPurpose Of The Role\nAs Principal Engineer you will be an important member of the Engineering Design Team and will be required to work with the Discipline Manager(s), Design Team, Design Manager(s) and Design Leads to ensure your discipline design is delivered to highest quality to GT process and in compliance with the BMS and H&S Regulations. This is a technical role, engaged directly on projects, which requires expertise in technical design delivery in the water and wastewater industry. You will be called upon to provide technical expertise and direction on more complex designs. The Principal Engineer can have line management responsibility for senior engineers and others as required.\nAs well as providing direction and promoting innovation, you will be expected to undertake engineering governance of your discipline design activities, ensuring that design integrates with the other discipline design production activities, providing technical support to the supply chain procurement activities and supporting site activities as required. You will also be expected to support the Discipline Manager for knowledge sharing, training, and development of the discipline engineers, including mentoring and support of early careers.\nKey Accountabilities\nEnsure technical compliance and excellence on projects. Default approver for design outputs to ensure technical assurance and quality control.\nSeek optimal solutions and drive our teams to produce efficient designs that balance capital and operational cost benefits.\nAssist, or operate as, the Principal Designer Lead in ensuring CDM regulations compliance.\nEnsure design for buildability, safe construction, and operation, working alongside project delivery peers.\nEnsure procedural governance is adhered to.\nWorking as part of the Design team to ensure scheme designs adhere to client specifications and standards.\nWorking as part of the Design team to ensure full compliance with relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation.\nTechnical problem solving throughout the project life cycle (e.g. from concept design through to final construction support), moreover, to ensure that potential issues are identified, mitigated and or safely managed through technical governance and risk and opportunity management.\nChampion of lessons learnt on projects, covering good and bad to feedback to be promoted or avoided on future schemes.\nLine Management of multi-disciplinary Senior Design Engineers.\nDeveloping and supporting staff to encourage them towards accreditation with professional bodies (e.g. IChemE).\nPerson Specifics\nExpert at liaising with client and supply chain to establish and develop best process solutions.\nExpert in carrying out Process Calculations, Mass Balances, Heat Balances and Hydraulic Calculations.\nExpert at preparing Process Block Diagrams, PFDs and P&IDs.\nExpert at developing Process Control Philosophies and Process Commissioning Plans.\nHAZOP leadership experience preferable.\nDSEAR experience preferable.\nEducated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification.\nStrong preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body.\nExpert in a contracting / consulting environment, with commercial awareness.\nExcellent knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design in water engineering.\nExpert with strong experience in checking & approving discipline design packages.\nKnowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards and experience in applying them across designs.\nWhat We Can Offer in Return:\nWith an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.\nWe are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.\nWe invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.\nOur industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.\nOur Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.\nOur benefits:\nWe put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.\nGenerous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays \nEnrolled into our car benefit scheme - which depending on the role includes company car or car allowance\nAgile working policy (flexible home working arrangements)\nAnnual pay review and discretionary bonus\nA wide range of corporate discounts \nCycle to Work schemes \nComprehensive pension plan \nRegular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme \nPrivate medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it \nPaid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role \nFor more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Adam Wright .\nAdditional Information:\nGalliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.\nWe encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.\nDon’t meet every requirement of the role? 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