Rail Drainage Engineer

Arcadis; Warrington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Warrington is seeking a Principal Rail Drainage Engineer to provide technical leadership across rail and infrastructure drainage design. You will lead complex drainage packages, coordinate multidisciplinary inputs and drive design assurance on major projects.

You will guide engineers, review technical deliverables, manage design risks and support client engagement to ensure high-quality drainage solutions.

Qualifications

• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng, or equivalent, in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in drainage design for rail, infrastructure or related civil engineering projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of drainage systems, including surface water, foul water, SuDS, earthworks drainage and rail or highway drainage.
• Experience leading complex design packages and coordinating multidisciplinary technical inputs.
• Experience reviewing, verifying and approving technical deliverables.
• Strong understanding of engineering standards, design risk management and assurance processes.
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead drainage design across rail and infrastructure projects.
• Deliver complex drainage design packages and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Review, verify and approve calculations, drawings, reports and technical deliverables.
• Lead design reviews and support technical assurance activities.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and project teams.
• Manage design risks, assumptions, technical decisions and engineering issues.
• Support project delivery through engagement with clients, stakeholders and approval authorities.
• Support programme, commercial and change-related project activities.
• Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Support colleagues working towards CRE responsibilities where applicable.

Skills

Drainage design

Technical leadership

Design assurance

Rail infrastructure

Education

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Civil Engineering

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description

We currently have an opportunity for a Principal Rail Drainage Engineer to join our Rail North West team in Warrington.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership for drainage design across rail and infrastructure projects, supporting the delivery of complex multidisciplinary engineering solutions. You will lead design assurance, technical decision-making and the development of high-quality drainage solutions on major projects.

Role Accountabilities

• Lead drainage design across rail and infrastructure projects.
• Deliver complex drainage design packages and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Review, verify and approve calculations, drawings, reports and technical deliverables.
• Lead design reviews and support technical assurance activities.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and project teams.
• Manage design risks, assumptions, technical decisions and engineering issues.
• Support project delivery through engagement with clients, stakeholders and approval authorities.
• Support programme, commercial and change-related project activities.
• Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Support colleagues working towards CRE responsibilities where applicable.

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng, or equivalent, in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in drainage design for rail, infrastructure or related civil engineering projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of drainage systems, including surface water, foul water, SuDS, earthworks drainage and rail or highway drainage.
• Experience leading complex design packages and coordinating multidisciplinary technical inputs.
• Experience reviewing, verifying and approving technical deliverables.
• Strong understanding of engineering standards, design risk management and assurance processes.
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams.

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or equivalent professional status.
• CRE experience, or experience working towards CRE responsibilities.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.