Associate Director - Drainage

Hardgate Consulting; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare scheme

Pension scheme

Life Insurance

Employee referrals

Drive electric car scheme

Annual leave

Job summary

Hardgate Consulting in Manchester is seeking an Associate Director for Drainage (civil) to lead our civils sub-team within the Hydrology Team. The role offers hybrid working in Central Manchester with a supportive structure and clear recognition of performance.

You will oversee outline and detailed drainage design for diverse projects, with a focus on mentoring staff and coordinating budgets. A degree in Engineering and chartership progress are highly preferred, with around ten years of relevant

Qualifications

• A relevant degree in Engineering or equivalent with experience working with house builders.
• Ideally membership or chartership (e.g. ICE or CIWEM).
• Ideally circa 10+ years' experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the civils budget, workload, and staff.
• Grow the civils team's capacity and capabilities.

Skills

Drainage design

Team leadership

Budget management

Multidisciplinary liaison

Written and verbal comms

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Causeway Flow

PDS

AutoCAD

Job description

Associate Director - Drainage (civil)

Central Manchester but hybrid

Overview

We are a multidisciplinary environmental consultancy seeking an experienced drainage professional to work within/lead our civils sub-team, which sits within our overarching Hydrology Team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well regarded and growing, independent environmental consultancy. With a very supportive structure, this role offers the opportunity to do your very best and be rewarded and respected for it. Non-corporate, you are a name, not a number

Project work is broad, including outline drainage design for strategic land developments, detailed design works for residential, commercial, leisure, energy, renewables and defence projects.

You will have a relevant degree (i.e. in Engineering) or other technical qualifications combined with relevant experience (i.e. working for house builders) and ideally will have membership or working towards chartership (i.e. ICE or CIWEM etc.) Ideally circa 10+ years\' experience

As Associate Director, you will

• Manage and coordinate the civils budget, workload, and staff.
• Grow the civils teams capacity and capabilities.

Skills and Experience

• Familiar with Drainage policy/guidance including CDM requirement as principal designer.
• Experience preparing outline/detailed drainage designs, and preparation of drainage reports.
• Familiar with standard industry software (Causeway Flow, PDS, AutoCAD, etc.).
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, liaising with clients, statutory authorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to learn and navigate consultancy financial systems (e.g. Deltek PIM or similar).
• Full driving license to drive to site or client/regulator meetings.
• Experience working with Local Authorities, Lead Local Flood Authorities and Internal Drainage Boards.
• Experience mentoring junior staff and providing technical review of reports and models.

Benefits

• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Option to purchase an extra 5 days\' annual leave. Annual leave increases by one day for every three years of service.
• Healthcare scheme
• Life Insurance x 4
• Access to Wider Wallet Benefits scheme.
• Paid professional subscriptions
• Employee referral scheme.
• Pension scheme (5% employer contribution).
• Drive electric car scheme
• Long service award