Senior Drainage & SUDS Engineer

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors. They are seeking a Senior Drainage & SUDS Engineer located in any of their UK locations including Epsom, Bristol, Cardiff, Warrington, Scotland, Belfast, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham.  

They are looking for an engineer who has experience in drainage and SuDS, and has a keen interest in planning, ecology, landscape architecture, environmental economics and management, digital tool, making nicer places to live and generally looking after their planet. They do not expect you to be an expert in all these things but an interest in all or some is a pre requisite. If you are an engineer who wants to develop your all-round skills and help find solutions for the management of water in the 21st century then a career in Drainage and Stormwater Management with our client could be the place for you.  

Responsibilities:  

- Producing drainage infrastructure design packages.  

- Assisting drainage engineers in developing drainage design solutions on multi-disciplinary projects.  

- Compliance with the CDM Regulations and safety and environmental requirements.  

- Project and design management of schemes, delivering projects to time and to budget.  

- Prepare and deliver technical presentations to market SUDS expertise to wide variety of clients.  

- Prepare financial and technical proposals for project opportunities.  

- Supervision, management and technical development of junior members of the team.  

- Co-ordination with other disciplines working on the projects and site team.

Essential Criteria:  

- Attained a chartered status (ICE or CIWEM).  

- Experience in drainage design including Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS).  

- Competence in the use of AutoCAD and Hydraulic modelling – preferably Microdrainage and/or Civils 3D.  

- Working knowledge of the CDM Regulations.  

- Proven track record in coordinating and delivering technically excellent projects on time and to budget.  

- First class written and oral communication skills.  

- A natural curiosity for developing innovative, sustainable and cost effective solutions for their clients.  

Desirable Criteria:  

- Experience working on a Design & Build environment.  

- Experience of team working on multi-disciplinary projects.  

- Sound commercial understanding.  

- Able to develop and motivate others.  

- Proven record of developing client relationships.  

- Awareness of BIM and digital design processes.