Flood Risk and Drainage Engineer

AZTRUM; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Substantial benefits

Friendly team

Office in Bristol

Job summary

AZTRUM is seeking a Flood Risk and Drainage Engineer to join our Bristol team. You will contribute to flood risk assessments, SuDS strategies, and drainage design across diverse sectors within a supportive, low-carbon focused environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on design using Infodrainage/Causeway Flow, collaboration with clients, and delivering robust drainage solutions for residential, commercial, and public projects in the UK.

Qualifications

• Essential: strong BSc and/or MSc in Civil Engineering, Environmental Management, Hydrology or Environmental Engineering.
• Experience in UK-based consultancy delivering flood risk assessments, drainage strategies and design with infodrainage or Causeway Flow.
• Drainage design experience for S104/S106 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Flood Risk Assessments for zones 1, 2 and 3.
• Develop SuDS strategies for projects.
• Design drainage, attenuation and SuDS solutions.
• Create drainage designs for residential, commercial, healthcare, retail and education sectors.
• Incorporate natural flood management concepts where appropriate.
• Attend client meetings to discuss project progress.

Skills

Flood risk assessments

SuDS design

Drainage design

Hydrology

Client meetings

Education

BSc/MSc in Civil/Environmental Engineering

Tools

Infodrainage

Causeway Flow

Job description

My Client, a market leading Engineering and Environmental Consultancy with offices based across the UK, who specialise in low carbon builds and natural flood management, is searching for a Flood Risk and Drainage Engineer to join their team in Bristol.

This exciting role will offer candidates the opportunity to join an innovative team who specialise in low carbon builds, flood risk, hydrology and transport planning. With a wide portfolio of projects, you will have the chance to design flood risk and drainage solutions for Residential, Commercial, Retail, Healthcare, Renewables and Education Sectors for both public and private sector clients, with sustainability and carbon-reduction at the core of innovation.

Responsibilities

• Flood Risk Assessments for flood zone 1,2 and 3.
• SuDS Strategies.
• Drainage, attenuation and SuDS design using infodrainage and causeway flow.
• Design of sustainable drainage solutions for residential, commercial, healthcare, retail and educational projects.
• Natural flood management.
• Client meetings to discuss project progress, on occasion.

Salary and Benefits

This role offers a competitive salary, friendly team,

• substantial benefits package, company benefits.

Requirements

It is essential that applicants have a strong BSc and/or MSc in Civil Engineering, Environmental Management, Hydrology or Environmental Engineering and experience working for a UK based Consultancy completing flood risk assessments, drainage strategies and design using infodrainage or causeway flow.

It would be beneficial for applicants to have experience completing drainage design for S104 and S106.

Candidates are required to live locally to work from the office a few days a week.