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Principal Dams Engineer

UK (Oxford)💼 Full-time💰 $51,000–$51,000🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead the Dams Sector team to shape leadership and deliver innovative solutions for complex dam and reservoir engineering challenges, including hydrology, geotechnics, flood control, and asset management.

Role type

Principal Dams Engineer (Leadership & Technical Expert)

Builds

Dam safety studies, design, construction projects, and R&D initiatives for the UK reservoir industry.

Domain

Civil Engineering / Water Resources / Dam Safety

Required skills

UK reservoir industry expertise, dam safety leadership, project management, bid writing, team management, knowledge of UK Reservoirs Act 1975, research and development leadership

Preferred skills

Supervising Engineers Panel appointment, Chartered Status (CEng), multi-disciplinary collaboration, business development

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Shape leadership of the Dams Sector team, lead ground-breaking research and development projects, manage teams, collaborate on complex dam and reservoir engineering studies and designs, engage in successful bid writing and business development

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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