CTS Group

Porto, Porto, Portugal

Senior Civil Engineer - Prefabrication

Job ID JOB-006-0000291

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 – Prefabrication defines the technical strategy for civil engineering solutions supporting prefabricated construction, holds sign-off authority over fabrication-ready designs, and mentors junior and intermediate engineers.

The role owns the technical interface between engineering, production, and construction, and leads BIM-based coordination using Revit and Navisworks across CTS's EMEA project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy for civil engineering solutions supporting prefabricated construction across the project portfolio.
• Hold sign-off authority for fabrication and production drawings, specifications, and project documentation, ensuring suitability for manufacturing and construction.
• Lead the technical interface between engineering, production, and construction, ensuring design information is clearly transferred and coordinated across all stages.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination with structural, architectural, MEP, and manufacturing teams, resolving interfaces, clashes, and technical inconsistencies.
• Lead the application of BIM methodologies and modelling standards using Revit and Navisworks across the prefabrication scope.
• Define standards for the practical requirements of fabricated components, including dimensions, weight, handling, transport, installation, and site interface.
• Lead quality assurance reviews of engineering and production outputs, ensuring technical accuracy, consistency, constructability, and compliance across projects.
• Lead engagement with production teams, suppliers, and construction teams to resolve complex technical issues and support project delivery.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers, reviewing their design deliverables and promoting consistent engineering standards.
• Drive continuous improvement of BIM workflows, prefabrication processes, 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/Navisworks authoring and coordination 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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