Principal Civil Designer

Brunel has partnered with Hatch to support the hiring of a Principal Civil Designer join their team. Hatch is a globally recognized engineering, project delivery, and professional services firm, committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With over 70 years of expertise across mining, energy, and infrastructure, Hatch delivers innovative and sustainable solutions worldwide.

Principal Civil Designer

Through this partnership, we are seeking a Principal Civil Designer to join Hatch’s Project Delivery Group (PDG)—a dynamic and globally integrated team delivering world‑class projects. The PDG combines deep expertise in sustainable studies, asset development, and operations, leveraging industry‑leading methodologies, governance, and systems.

Overview

The Lead Civil Designer will be part of an engineering team providing engineering services to large and small projects. The Lead Civil Designer is responsible for the production of civil 3D models and 2D drawings in accordance with project requirements under the supervision of the Lead Civil Engineer. The Lead Civil Designer is required to apply specialized and/or advanced engineering principles at conceptual and detailed level. The Lead Civil Designer participates in a wide range of projects that may cover earthworks, road and rail design and associated bridges, airstrips, villages, marine terminals, utilities including pump stations, dams, drainage and permanent way layouts. Activities include site investigation, civil modelling and drafting for both front end planning studies and the detailed engineering phase for multi‑disciplinary projects. The Lead Civil Designer provides support to the Lead Civil Engineer and is responsible for supervising a team of civil designers and draftspersons.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Lead Civil Engineer with the delivery of project requirements as they relate to scope, quantities, cost and schedule.
• Develop, with the assistance of others, the man‑hour budgets required to perform all civil design drawings and modelling work based on required deliverables and time‑based functions.
• Co‑ordinate the work of civil designers and draftspersons in the preparation of 3D models, contract drawings, record keeping and other statistical work.
• Produce and maintain technical and engineering drawings using 2D and 3D CAD software as required.
• Provide and/or coordinate training for resources assigned to the project.
• Facilitate the sharing of technical expertise both across projects and other Hatch offices.
• Perform conceptual layout work.
• Develop design details.
• Check drawings prior to release.
• Ensure coordination with designers and engineers within the discipline and with other disciplines.
• Co‑ordinate and review clash detection of models with other discipline models.
• Participation in formal engineering review processes.
• Support of site engineering team to provide technical solutions and timely response to technical queries.
• Verify on‑site condition and dimensions relating to existing facilities.
• Construction supervision dependent upon project demands.
• Incorporate safety in design.

Qualifications/Experience

Essential

• A recognized diploma in civil engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 12 years project engineering experience in civil design.
• Experience within a large‑project, multi‑disciplinary EPCM environment.
• Proficient in the use of 2D and 3D civil designer software packages.
• Experience in the use of Hatch procedures, adopted standard software and workflows in the execution of projects.
• Ability to delegate tasks and effectively supervise others.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to function with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of industry or regulatory standards, regulations and codes pertinent to the design and systems related to the project.
• Understanding of other discipline requirements.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good safety awareness.

Preferred

• Professional engineering technician.

Why join Hatch?

• Work with high‑performing, collaborative teams making a real impact.
• Be part of innovative, global projects across industries.
• Engaging and collaborative office environment.
• Long‑term career development opportunities.
• “Think globally, work locally” culture.