Drainage Engineer

First Recruitment Group; Matlock; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

First Recruitment Group is seeking a Drainage Engineer for a 6‑month contract in Matlock, Derbyshire. The role is hybrid, requiring presence in the client office two days per week.

The ideal candidate will deputise for the Flood & Drainage Delivery Manager and lead delivery of drainage and flood risk interventions, managing site investigations and coordinating with water companies and the Environment Agency.

Qualifications

• Essential experience in highway drainage engineering.
• Experience delivering drainage and flood risk interventions is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Flood & Drainage Delivery Manager in public forums and coordination groups.
• Supervise emergency works to support network resilience outside normal hours.
• Lead delivery of commissioned drainage and flood risk interventions.
• Manage site investigations and technical solutions for complex drainage issues.
• Provide expert engineering advice on highway drainage infrastructure.
• Collaborate with water companies and the Environment Agency.
• Implement policies and standards for drainage asset information and technical responses.
• Ensure robust delivery schedules and governance for projects.

Skills

Highway drainage engineering

Job description

Our Client has a requirement for a Drainage Engineer, who will be required to work on a 6 month contractbasis in Matlock, Derbyshire

Hybrid role - must be in client office 2 days per week

6 month contract with the potential to extend depending on workload and budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Flood & Drainage Delivery Manager in public forums, tactical coordinating groups, political engagement, and partnership collaboration where appropriate to support strategic oversight and responsibility of key operational, tactical, and partnership duties.


• Supervise, arrange, and participate in emergency works supporting network resilience outside normal working hours standby.


• Contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, using feedback from customers and stakeholders to enhance the technical enquiry process and service standards.


• Lead the delivery of commissioned drainage and flood risk interventions.


• Manage site investigations and technical solutions for complex drainage issues.


• Provide expert engineering advice on highway drainage infrastructure.


• Liaise with water companies and the Environment Agency.


• Work with the Delivery Manager to implement policies and standards for the management of drainage asset information and technical responses.


• Implement best practice from across the construction industry to challenge delivery methods and encourage innovation across the supply chain.


• Act as the accountable officer for the day-to-day delivery of a wide variety of commissioned programmes, projects, and tasks related to highway structures.


• Assist in selecting appropriate procurement routes and manage a procurement pipeline to ensure a compliant strategy is in place for each planned item.


• Ensure all internal and external services are procured to allow performance and value for money to be assessed; monitor supplier performance and initiate corrective actions where required.


• Manage and administer contracts with external suppliers, including acting as Supervisor or similar roles under NEC Contracts.


• Work with internal suppliers to develop sustainable workload schedules that meet their business needs and objectives.


• Collaborate with the PDO Manager to ensure projects and tasks are managed programmatically, with appropriate governance and processes.


• Oversee the development of robust delivery schedules, ensuring key risk factors are accounted for.


• Ensure effective and timely reporting is in place for every project, developing accurate forecasts, tracking spend, and managing risk/contingency budgets.


• Guarantee that internal and external communications are appropriate for every project, ensuring stakeholders receive timely information.


• Ensure that financial expenditure and management meet regulatory and council policy requirements, administering budgets correctly.


• Uphold and implement processes and procedures that align with best practice project management principles.


• Champion safety in the delivery of all commissioned services, ensuring the Principal Designer role is effectively delivered in compliance with CDM legislation.


• Maintain and review risk registers for programmes and projects, leading collaborative risk reviews with commissioners and the supply chain.


• Use delivery expertise to act as a point of escalation for operational project issues, escalating unmanageable risks to the Delivery Manager.


• Provide leadership to ensure effective carbon management in the delivery phase of projects.


• Contribute to the annual function delivery plan and Value for Money improvement plan.

Essential experience required

• Highway drainage engineering