Senior Drainage Engineer

Job Title: Senior Drainage Engineer Ref. No.: CJD2401P26 Location: Cambridge Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

This is the ideal opportunity to join my client, a trusted, innovative multidisciplinary consultancy, renowned for lending their extensive skillset across the engineering and environmental sectors. They are currently on the lookout for a driven, capable Senior Drainage Engineer who is willing to take on a number of challenging projects across the region, proactively overseeing a team of design experts in the field. You will be based near the beautiful, academic city of Cambridge.

Benefits for the role of Senior Drainage Engineer include (but are not limited to):

• Competitive salary package (with long service awards available)
• Generous annual leave allowance (with the option to buy additional leave)
• Private Healthcare and Life Insurance schemes
• Payment of subscription fees for Professional Body memberships
• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible/hybrid working opportunities
• Electric Vehicle (EV) scheme
• A focus on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with career progression opportunities
• A close-knit team, with a focus on team building and social activities

Responsibilities for the role of Senior Drainage Engineer include:

• Supervise design process for highways and surface water/foul drainage strategies
• Produce technical documents and reports, as well as fee proposals
• Check technical documents produced by colleagues
• Liaise with clients and other stakeholders, including Local Authorities, regulatory bodies, etc.
• Develop risk assessments, undertaking site walkovers and other surveying works
• Contribute to a range of different projects at all stages, from initial inception through to successful delivery and implementation, including budgets and time constraints

Required skills and experience for the role of Senior Drainage Engineer include:

• A UK Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, or a similar, relevant discipline
• Possess Chartered Status with a relevant Professional Body (e.g., CEng, CIWEM, etc.), or actively working to attain this
• Considerable experience within a design-based role, within a UK consultancy (or Local Authority) setting
• Demonstrable experience of report-writing and producing technical documents, particularly Flood Risk Assessments (FRA)
• Substantial experience of using the relevant software packages, including Civils 3D, MicroDrianage/InfoDrainage, Causeway PDS/Causeway Flow, AutoCAD, etc.
• Excellent working knowledge of the relevant Section Agreements and their applications (e.g., S104, S38, S185, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of the relevant UK legislation, regulations, and policy (including DCG, Building Regulations, etc.)
• Good communication (written and verbal) and organisational skills
• Hold a full, valid UK Driving Licence, able to travel to sites as and when required>

Desirable skills and experience for the role of Senior Drainage Engineer include:

• A Higher UK Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field
• Experience of managing a high-performing team of professionals, as well as projects

If you are interested in the role of Senior Drainage Engineer, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Davis at Penguin Recruitment. Please also see our website for a range of other roles currently available. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a recruitment agency in respect to this vacancy.