Lead / Principal Civil and Pipeline Engineer

Overview

Lead the design and delivery of large-diameter water and wastewater pipeline and utility infrastructure projects, from feasibility and concept through detailed design and construction support, within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

What you'll do

• Lead the design and delivery of strategic water transmission pipelines, trunk mains, rising mains, gravity sewers, and utility infrastructure projects.
• Develop pipeline alignments, route selection studies, utility coordination strategies, and constructability assessments.
• Design and review large-diameter buried pipelines, valve chambers, flow control structures, utility crossings, and associated civil infrastructure.
• Lead design activities for utility surveys, clash assessments, diversion designs, and easement requirements.
• Support or lead hydraulic modelling of water, wastewater, and stormwater networks using tools such as WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, or similar software.
• Support network planning, capacity assessments, flood risk studies, resilience improvements, and infrastructure investment decisions.
• Utilize GIS platforms such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS, or MapInfo for route selection, spatial analysis, utility mapping, catchment studies, and infrastructure planning.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams comprising Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, ICA, Geotechnical, and BIM professionals.
• Provide technical governance through design reviews, risk assessments, quality assurance, and value engineering initiatives.
• Support project delivery during procurement and construction by resolving technical issues and providing engineering guidance.
• Contribute to bid preparation, technical proposals, and client relationship management.
• Mentor engineers and support the development of pipeline and utility design capability across the business.

What you'll need

• Mandatory bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
• Work experience of 15 years or more.
• Significant experience in water and wastewater pipeline engineering and utility infrastructure design.
• Strong expertise in large-diameter water transmission mains.
• Strong expertise in trunk sewers and rising mains.
• Strong expertise in utility diversion and coordination projects.
• Strong expertise in buried infrastructure and pipeline corridor design.
• Strong expertise in utility protection and asset management requirements.
• Strong expertise in pumping stations and associated network infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in pipeline hydraulics and route optimization studies.
• Strong expertise in design management and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Strong expertise in construction support and buildability reviews.
• Experience delivering projects through feasibility, concept, detailed design, and construction support stages.
• Experience in hydraulic modelling for water, wastewater, or stormwater networks.
• Proficiency in GIS software and geospatial data analysis.
• Understanding of UK water industry standards and project delivery practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage complex technical interfaces.
• Experience working on major water utility frameworks and infrastructure programmes.

Nice to have

• Experience with trenchless technologies such as HDD, pipe jacking, or micro-tunnelling.
• Chartered Engineer status, or a commitment to achieving chartership.

Details

• Location: Noida, India.
• Worker type: Employee; job type: Regular.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions; remote work opportunities outside of country.