Senior Drainage Engineer

Senior Drainage Engineer focuses on collaborate with colleagues across offices and disciplines to ensure integrated and efficient project delivery.

What the role involves

• Collaborate with colleagues across offices and disciplines to ensure integrated and efficient project delivery.
• Supporting client engagement and represent Jacobs in meetings and site inspections.
• With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential.

Skills and requirements

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in drainage design for highways and urban environments.
• Experience with hydraulic modelling and drainage design software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with client-facing experience.

Confirmed role details

• Deliver drainage designs across all project stages, from feasibility studies to detailed design and contract documentation.
• We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best.

Candidate fit

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

Additional role context

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Work flexibly from London or Manchester, with regular presence in the office or on client sites.
• Be part of a team known for excellence in design, sustainability, safety, and collaboration—contributing to award-winning work on projects like HS2.