Principal Engineer - Paddington, Greater London

Principal Engineer - Paddington, Greater London

FM Conway is currently looking for an experienced Principal Engineer to join our dynamic Consultancy division. In this key role, you will liaise closely with clients, contractors, and third parties, while also coordinating with internal teams across the business, including Term Maintenance, Civils, Structures and Lighting. You will be responsible for resolving technical issues as they arise, monitoring project progress within your area, and ensuring high-quality delivery. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our Paddington office.

The duties of the Principal Engineer will include:

-Leading and managing the design and delivery of highway engineering solutions, ensuring they meet client requirements, project specifications, and relevant design standards, while delivering high-quality, cost-effective outcomes

-Establishing and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including local authorities, contractors, utility providers, and other agencies, to ensure smooth project delivery and stakeholder alignment

-Preparing and submit accurate monthly programme and financial reports, tracking project progress, resource allocation, and budgetary performance to ensure timely delivery and cost control

-Acting as a key liaison with the client team, providing regular updates on project milestones, resolving issues promptly, and maintaining a high level of client satisfaction and trust

-Producing comprehensive technical documentation, including reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates, and specifications, in accordance with internal procedures and industry standards

-Ensuring that technical reports and project correspondence reflect current industry policies, standards, and best practices, and are delivered to high quality and within agreed timelines

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Engineer with a strong background in urban design within a consultancy environment, and a solid understanding of both local and national standards. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with local government and private sector clients and have a good working knowledge of contract types and procurement methods, including NEC3. You’ll bring a mix of office and site experience, along with proficiency in relevant software such as AutoCAD and the MS Office suite. You should hold a relevant degree and be a member of an appropriate professional institution (IEng or equivalent). Strong communication skills , high professional integrity, and a recognised presence within the industry are essential.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Principal Engineer , we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity, and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

The Consultancy Services division offer specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.

So, if you would like to join the team as our Principal Engineer then please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date: 21/11/2025

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!