Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Drainage & Highways Lead

Penguin Recruitment Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Penguin Recruitment Ltd seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham to lead drainage and highway designs on residential and masterplanning schemes. You will manage workload, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with clients and authorities to ensure planning through construction is delivered on time.

The role features ownership of technical submissions, S38/S278/S104 approvals, and project delivery within an expanding team in a growing consultancy.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or similar.
• Minimum five years’ UK consultancy experience.
• Strong knowledge of drainage, flood risk and highways standards.
• Proven experience preparing technical submissions.
• Confident managing projects and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver drainage and highway designs for residential schemes.
• Secure S38, S278 and S104 technical approvals.
• Produce planning submission packs and groundworks packages.
• Use Flow or MicroDrainage with Causeway PDS or Civil 3D.
• Manage project deadlines, resources and quality assurance.

Skills

Drainage design

Highway design

Project management

Mentoring juniors

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Tools

Flow

MicroDrainage

Causeway PDS

Civil 3D

Job description

Penguin Recruitment Ltd seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham to lead drainage and highway designs on residential and masterplanning schemes. You will manage workload, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with clients and authorities to ensure planning through construction is delivered on time.

The role features ownership of technical submissions, S38/S278/S104 approvals, and project delivery within an expanding team in a growing consultancy.