CTS Group

Porto, Porto, Portugal

Senior Civil Engineer – Buildings & Infrastructure

Job ID JOB-006-0000287

About the Role

Reports To: Lead Coordinator / BU Lead

Type: Full-Time, On-Site

About CTS Group

CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specialising in data center development across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We combine engineering excellence, innovation, and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable, and future-ready data center solutions.

With over 40 nationalities represented across our teams, CTS fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture where innovation and technical precision drive every project. Beyond construction, CTS develops digital systems and standardised modular data center units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers, and enterprise clients.

Our proven track record and strong partnerships have established CTS as a trusted industry leader delivering large-scale, complex data center facilities with speed, efficiency, and excellence.

Role Overview

The Senior Civil Engineer – Buildings & Infrastructure defines the technical strategy for civil engineering designs across complex multidisciplinary building and infrastructure projects, holds sign-off authority, and mentors junior and intermediate engineers.

The role owns compliance and coordination quality across disciplines and leads BIM-based design and modelling standards using Revit across CTS's EMEA project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy for civil engineering designs across buildings and infrastructure projects, in line with applicable standards and engineering best practices.
• Hold sign-off authority for civil engineering designs, drawings, specifications, and project documentation.
• Lead the technical analysis and detailing of complex engineering designs, ensuring accurate, construction-ready technical drawings and deliverables.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination with architectural, structural, MEP, and other project disciplines, resolving interfaces, clashes, and technical inconsistencies.
• Lead the application of BIM methodologies and Revit-based modelling standards across the buildings and infrastructure scope.
• Lead engineering calculations, sizing, modelling, and detailing activities, ensuring technical coherence and coordination with project requirements.
• Ensure engineering solutions and design details consider construction requirements and support efficient project execution across the portfolio.
• Lead quality assurance reviews of engineering outputs, ensuring technical accuracy, consistency, and compliance across projects.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers, reviewing their design deliverables and promoting consistent engineering standards.
• Drive continuous improvement of BIM workflows, digital engineering practices, and design standards across the portfolio.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering; Master's preferred.
• 10+ years of professional experience in civil engineering design and/or multidisciplinary construction projects, including experience leading complex engineering environments.
• Extensive experience in buildings, critical infrastructure facilities such as data centres, and/or modular and prefabrication construction.
• Expert ability to interpret, analyse, develop, and detail civil engineering designs, with deep understanding of multidisciplinary coordination, construction, and project requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of BIM methodology and Revit/BIM authoring software.
• Strong track record driving digitalization and BIM methodology adoption to improve engineering and construction processes.
• Advanced proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Proven leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate across architects, engineers from other disciplines, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Availability to travel according to project and business requirements.

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