Senior Civil Drainage Engineer

ATTB - The Big Jobsite; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic consultancy as a Senior Civil Drainage Engineer, where you'll lead innovative drainage design projects. This role offers the chance to tackle complex engineering problems while collaborating with a passionate team. Enjoy a flexible working environment and a competitive salary, along with generous benefits including life insurance, health care plans, and professional development opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the drainage infrastructure sector while advancing your career in a supportive and thriving consultancy.

Benefits

Life Insurance

Health Care Cash Plan

7% Employer Pension Contribution

Professional Membership Fees Paid

Fully Funded External Training Courses

Continuing Professional Development Training

Social Benefits (Football, Yoga, Charity Support)

Agile/Flexible Working

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in drainage engineering with relevant degree.
• Chartership or nearing Chartership with SuDS Approval Body approval.

Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery for drainage projects focusing on sustainability.
• Produce high-quality deliverables and solve engineering challenges.

Skills

Drainage Design

Problem Solving

Project Management

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Education

Civil Engineering Degree

Masters in Civil Engineering

Tools

MicroDrainage

InfoDrainage

AutoCAD

Civils 3D

Autodesk ICM

Job description

£40,000 to £50,000 pa BoE - Hybrid/Flexible

The Role

As Senior Civil Drainage Engineer, reporting to the Associate Director, you will lead the design delivery for a variety of projects within the drainage infrastructure sector, focusing on sustainable urban and conventional surface water drainage. You’ll take pride in your work, solve complex engineering problems, and thrive in a busy consultancy environment.

Responsibilities

1. Producing high-quality deliverables
2. Sustainable urban drainage design
3. Conventional surface drainage design
4. Solve challenging engineering dilemmas
5. Support in the management of the team
6. Technical support and resource planning

Requirements

1. Relevant Civil Engineering degree (Masters desirable but not essential)
2. 7+ years of experience within the drainage sector
3. Knowledge of surface and foul water design and/or construction
4. Sewers for adoption and Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
5. Have or be nearing Chartership
6. Have SuDS Approval Body approval
7. Competent in 3D design and modelling
8. Highly competent using MicroDrainage, InfoDrainage, AutoCAD, Civils 3D, and/or Autodesk ICM
9. Knowledge of Water Authority approval processes (i.e. S104, S106)
10. Awareness of Planning Policy and design requirements relating to flood risk management
11. Able to manage workloads effectively and efficiently to meet deadlines
12. Competent in relationship building (i.e. with external bodies and authorities)
13. Able to work independently and within a team
14. Methodical, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

What’s in it for me?

1. Competitive salary
2. Agile/flexible working
3. Life insurance and life assurance policies
4. Health care cash plan
5. 7% Employer pension contribution
6. Professional institution membership fees paid
7. Support to acquire professional membership
8. Formal, external training courses fully funded
9. Continuing professional development training (CPD)
10. Social benefits (football, yoga, charity support)

The Company

This is a busy, multi-disciplinary consultancy based in Cardiff, covering everything from Structural and Drainage to Major Civils and Water Engineering. As Senior Civil Drainage Engineer, you’ll be joining a close-knit team of highly motivated and driven professionals who thrive in a busy environment, work hard, and take pride in delivering exceptional standards of work. In return for all their hard work, staff are supported with extensive external training opportunities, generous salary and packages, and plenty of extra-curricular activities. There is also parking on site and the office is within easy access of public transport lines.