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Principal Engineer

London. UK
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Principal Engineer

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our team, based in our Central London office. We understand the importance of flexibility and are open to discussing working arrangements that accommodate personal commitments, caregiving responsibilities, or other needs; we will consider candidates looking to work on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Who we are

Momentum is a London-based transport consultancy known for its ambition, dynamism, and commitment to excellence. Our success is built on a team of outstanding transport engineers, planners, and modellers.

Our culture is fun-loving, inclusive, and collaborative. We support each other through challenges, celebrate success, and constantly seek better ways of working. Guided by our strong ethical code and Environmental, Social, and Governance principles, we are proud of our achievements, including being ‘Great Places to Work’ accredited, being listed in the ‘Top 100 Great Places to Work for Women’ (2024), shortlisted for the NCE’s ‘SME Best Place to Work Award (2023), and winner of the ‘Employer of the Year’ (2022) and ‘Team of the Year’ (2021) by the CIHT.

As an Equal Opportunities employer, we promote an environment free from discrimination based on race, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. As a Disability Confident employer (level 1), we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum requirements and encourage applicants requiring reasonable adjustments to inform us during the application process.

To hear about some of our latest news, and from our staff on what life is like at Momentum, visit our blog page: Momentum News & Views.

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What we do

We are working on some of the most exciting and challenging development and transport infrastructure projects in London, Europe and across the world, from large commercial skyscrapers to sport stadiums; London’s cycle networks to HS2; from removing traffic gyratories to leading the debate on smart servicing, autonomous vehicles, and e-mobility. We are redesigning roads and streets that look to the future of transport.

Our ability to design and create public spaces, roads and streets, parks and plazas for people and communities sets us apart as one of the UK’s most highly regarded transport engineering consultancies.

Our engineers are integral to every stage of the project lifecycle, providing expertise from concept and planning through to detailed design and on-site construction management.

Our opportunity

Our established civil and highway engineering offer is continually evolving, and we are looking for a forward-thinking and talented individual with excellent technical engineering and management skills seeking a new role in our dynamic and fast paced engineering team.

You will lead engineering design, technical analysis, modelling, and reporting to support the delivery of highways, streets, and transport infrastructure schemes. You will reinforce the excellent technical reputation our team currently enjoys, whilst drawing on your own experience, ideas and perspectives to drive innovation and efficiency in compliance with relevant design standards.

You will independently manage a wide range of projects, and be the primary point of contact with clients.

As a personal supervisor, you will mentor and develop junior team members, fostering their growth through training, responsibility, and opportunities.

You will take a pro-active role in developing our business in line with our business strategy. This will include building existing client relationships, and developing new ones. You will represent Momentum at relevant conferences, seminars and networking events.

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Perks and Benefits

We offer a competitive package, including:

  • Annual personal and company performance bonus.
  • Private medical insurance through Vitality, including incentives to stay active, and free and anonymous wellbeing resources.
  • Paying 8% into your private Scottish Widows pension regardless of your personal contributions.
  • Paid subscriptions to two professional institutions.
  • Access to both internal and external professional training and development.
  • Access to professional networks including Women in Transport, Westminster and City Property Associations, and New London Architecture.
  • Internal mentoring programmes.
  • In-house massages.
  • Friendly competition through our netball and football teams.
  • Fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions (free lunch included!).
  • Bi-monthly social events.
  • 25 days annual leave, with flexibility to purchase additional days, plus birthday leave and early finishes before bank holidays.


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Who you are

You will be a self-starter, have a passion for the urban built environment, transport and highway infrastructure engineering and its challenges, and love working in a proactive and hard-working team. You will be able to demonstrate (or show a keen desire to develop) the following:

  • You have a Civil Engineering degree or equivalent in a similar technical discipline.
  • Will be a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, or close to achieving that status.
  • Ability to work with autonomy, make decisions, and act on your own initiative.
  • Excellent numeracy and analytical skills.
  • Good written and verbal skills, allowing effective communication.
  • Ability to review designs in Civils3D, AutoCAD, and the AutoDesk ecosystem.
  • Expertise in transport and highway infrastructure design, including S278, urban streets, and public realm schemes.
  • Ability to successfully manage your own and others’ workloads.
  • Experience in overseeing and checking the work of others.
  • Experience successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to work in a collaborative and dedicated team.
  • Ability to successfully support the work and career progression of others.
  • Ability to successfully manage and build effective client relationships.
  • Champion the culture and values of the company.

 

Desirable skills and experience:

  • Experience in construction logistics and traffic management design support.
  • Ability to review designs in OpenRoads, MicroStation and the Bentley ecosystem.
  • Experience working in BIM environments.
  • Experience in surface and sub-surface drainage design.
  • On site experience, knowledge of scheme implementation, inspections, and resident engineer duties.
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Next steps

If this opportunity excites you, please email your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are an excellent fit for Momentum Transport Consultancy to info@momentum-transport.com

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