Technical Project Lead / Project Engineer - Civil Design & Infrastructure

The Technical Project Lead / Project Engineer leads the technical delivery and oversight of multidisciplinary civil design projects across the energy and infrastructure sectors.

The role sits within a collaborative delivery environment, working closely with Project Managers, internal technical teams, and external stakeholders including clients, contractors, and consultants. This role is the technical focal point across projects, providing oversight, coordination, and assurance of engineering outputs.

This role is suited to an individual with a strong background in civil infrastructure, building surveying or, structural engineering, who is comfortable managing technical interfaces across multiple disciplines. The primary purpose is to ensure technically compliant, coordinated, and high-quality project delivery from feasibility through to construction support.

Key Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day technical oversight across multiple civil and infrastructure design projects

Coordinate and review multidisciplinary inputs including civil, structural, surveying, and related disciplines

Ensure all design outputs are compliant, integrated, and deliverable

Support development of project scopes, programmes, deliverables, and resource planning

Assist department heads in preparing bids, quantifying design costs, and contributing to the creation of Terms of Engagement

Act as a key technical interface between internal teams, clients, consultants, and contractors

Demonstrate strong client-facing capability, representing the organisation professionally in meetings and technical discussions

Provide contractor oversight, including site inspections, quality checks, and acting in a client representative or Clerk of Works capacity where required

Resolve technical issues and coordinate design changes across project lifecycles

Support technical assurance processes including design reviews, checking, and QA procedures

Work alongside Project Managers to support delivery against programme and budget requirements

Monitor technical progress, identifying risks, constraints, and coordination issues

Support management of change, technical queries, and design revisions

Assist with NEC contract-related technical coordination where applicable

Contribute to improving project delivery processes, communication standards, and documentation practices

Review technical documentation including drawings, reports, calculations, surveys, and specifications

Coordinate engineering interfaces across civils, structural, utilities, and building surveying disciplines

Support feasibility studies, site investigations, and condition assessments

Contribute to constructability reviews, ensuring practical and buildable design solutions

Ensure compliance with legislation, standards, and client requirements

Support development and standardisation of technical processes, templates, and best practices

Mentor and support junior engineers and technical team members

Participate in lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives

Contribute to the growth and capability development of the civil design function

Key Deliverables

Coordinated, compliant, and high-quality multidisciplinary design outputs across all assigned projects

Effective technical integration between civil, structural, and surveying disciplines

Timely identification and mitigation of technical risks and design coordination issues

Delivery of accurate technical reviews, reports, and engineering documentation

Support for successful project delivery in line with programme, cost, and quality expectations

Contribution to improved technical standards, workflows, and departmental efficiency

Clear and consistent technical communication with stakeholders across project lifecycles

Requirements

Essential:

Proven experience in team working and team leadership

Proven client-facing experience and stakeholder management

Experience in contractor oversight, site inspection, or client representative / Clerk of Works roles

Strong ability to interpret technical standards (BS EN, building regulations, technical guidance)

Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, technical)

High attention to detail and quality-focused mindset

Ability to work under pressure and deliver consistently high-quality outputs

Capability to mentor, lead and support technical teams

Strong numeracy and literacy skills

Ability to regularly attend the Oxford office

Desirable:

Relevant Educational Qualifications

Experience assisting with bid preparation, design cost estimation, and Terms of Engagement

Experience working across multidisciplinary infrastructure or energy projects

Experience in NEC contracts or similar frameworks

Experience contributing to technical governance, QA, and process improvement

Experience working in a diverse, multi-cultural environment

Ability to teach, present, and simplify complex technical topics

Benefits

Holidays: 25 days increasing in line with length of service to a maximum of 30 days

Enhanced auto enrolment pension scheme - to help you save for the future

Life assurance - to protect your loved ones should the worst happen

Interest free season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme - discounted bicycles

Flu and eye care vouchers - to keep you healthy

Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 health & wellbeing support

Help@Hand Remote GP app - to give you and your family access to medical experts quickly

Platform hosting 1000s of discounts at your favourite retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, leisure & days out venues, gyms and more

Family & wellbeing policy - including enhanced maternity pay, menopause support, neurodiversity support, carer support, company sick pay and much more

Plus a Flexible benefits policy that allows you to pick and choose additional benefits as below:

Purchasing up to 5 days additional holiday

Discounted gym membership

Discounted dental insurance

Discounted private medical insurance for family cover

Discounted critical health insurance and more

We recognise that diversity in all its forms including but not limited to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and background - enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to serve our clients and community effectively. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work, knowing their unique perspectives are welcomed and appreciated. We actively seek applicants from all backgrounds and want you to get in touch even if you don’t have all the skills we have asked for - we will support you with the development you need.

Recruitment agencies

Cluttons will only pay agency fees where a signed agreement is in place and the agency has been instructed by a member of our HR team. We do not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from any third party, including recruitment agencies. Any CVs submitted to Cluttons or any of our employees outside of our formal recruitment process, including those sent directly to hiring managers or other employees, will be deemed unsolicited and will not be eligible for any agency fees.