Senior Drainage Engineer - Hybrid Highway Design Leader

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Bonus

Electric car scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior/Principal Engineer to join our drainage team, delivering highway and development projects from feasibility through to detailed design. You will assess drainage design, Flood Risk Assessments and approvals, while leading technical outputs and coordinating with other disciplines.

You will help drive project delivery, manage budgets and resources, and mentor junior engineers as part of a growing team in a hybrid working environment across the UK.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated Civil Engineering experience within a consultancy environment.
• Good knowledge and experience of delivering surface/waste water drainage design and appropriate approval processes
• Experience of drainage technical design on major and minor projects including a good understanding of design principles and the ability to practically apply them
• Good knowledge and use of Sewers for Adoption, Sewers for Scotland and ideally DMRB, MCHW, MfS, Local Authority guides, etc and their applications
• Good knowledge of standard engineering practices and a demonstrable understanding of Health and Safety including CDM
• Must be IT literate with excellent knowledge of Auto-CAD/Micro-drainage/Info-drainage, and knowledge of Civil3D and other civil engineering packages to design and detail highway and drainage infrastructure would be beneficial
• Experience of project management with a good understanding and responsibility of financial and commercial aspects of projects.
• Experience of highway design would be beneficial
• Ability to determine appropriate solution with innovation and value
• Excellent communications skills to be capable of communicating effectively with colleagues and Clients along with managing Client expectations, and communications/relationships with external design teams
• Experience in line managing and providing technical oversight for delivery teams
• Ability to mentor and supervise more junior colleagues;
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of design teams and project stakeholders
• Excellent written skills along with the preparation of technical reports and fee proposals

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the financial, technical and project management control of the civil engineering aspects of small to large projects.
• Delegate to, manage and direct Engineers and Technicians involved on projects.
• Develop and supervise junior Engineers in the team
• Responsible for all stages of drainage designs (adoptable or non-adoptable) ensuring compliance with appropriate standards (Sewers for Adoption/Scotland, Local Design Guides, and DMRB)
• Production and delivery of Technical packages and applications.
• Directing team members in the production of Micro-drainage/Info Drainage, and Auto-CAD models and drawings
• Liaising with project team to ensure designs are fully co-ordinated.
• Liaising with other construction professionals in the development of designs
• Assist and prepare with the delivery of technical outputs within the team (Drawings, Specifications, Cost Estimates, Contract Documents and Technical Reports);
• Preparation and pricing of scope/briefs, proposals, and deliverables for new projects
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and be self-motivated.
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with main client contacts
• Take commercial responsibility for projects
• Ensure successful project delivery to time, cost, quality and other contractual requirements
• Work with clients to understand ultimate objectives and desired outcomes for each project
• Make presentations to clients, third parties and colleagues as appropriate
• Be client facing, with the ability to represent the Company externally at a senior level, alongside managing their own workload and the ability to manage a number of projects at any one time.
• Undertake site visits to monitor the progress of works against specifications, and highlight issues to the contractor, client and/or (internal or external) project manager as necessary

Skills

Civil Engineering

Drainage Design

AutoCAD

Micro-Drainage

InfoDrainage

Civil3D

Project Management

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil3D

Job description

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior/Principal Engineer to join our drainage team, delivering highway and development projects from feasibility through to detailed design. You will assess drainage design, Flood Risk Assessments and approvals, while leading technical outputs and coordinating with other disciplines.

You will help drive project delivery, manage budgets and resources, and mentor junior engineers as part of a growing team in a hybrid working environment across the UK.