Principal Drainage Engineer

Principal Drainage Engineer focuses on leading the design of drainage designs from concept to detailed design, as stand-alone projects or as part of larger multi-disciplinary schemes.

What the role involves

• Leading the design of drainage designs from concept to detailed design, as stand-alone projects or as part of larger multi-disciplinary schemes.
• Promoting development of digital solutions in drainage design.
• Determining and assigning drainage design tasks and managing delivery to programme and budget.
• Managing and developing client and stakeholder relationships to support the development of the drainage design and consents process as well as helping to secure repeat work.
• Supporting the drainage discipline locally to develop and enhance the drainage design capability within the local team.
• Leading drainage designs, managing the interface and providing technical assurance for drainage designs produced in our Global Design Centre.

Skills and requirements

• Ideally Professionally Qualified with the ICE, CIWEM or similar.
• Ability to design all aspects of drainage from conceptual layout to detailed design.
• Familiarity with hydraulic design software, 3D design tools and BIM.
• Ability to prepare reports and specifications and to collect other data and statistics necessary for the preparation of progress and technical reports.

Confirmed role details

• Strong collaborators, people capable of supporting their local team, but also delivering on remote projects as part of our national Practice.
• We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy some or sell of that l.
• Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving