Drainage Engineer

Job Purpose
Working as part of the drainage team within the main civil design team, to provide support on a variety of projects during pre-planning, detailed design and construction phases.
 
Dimensions
The drainage team is made up of a director, an associate and an engineer with further staff in Basingstoke.
 
Key accountabilities
- Undertake design work for clients and communicate with them as needed.
- Undertake preliminary outline drainage designs
- Take concept designs to detail design through project design phases.
- Undertake Flood risk assessment/drainage reports suitable for submission to clients.
- Provide response to clients and external bodies on planning conditions.
- Assist senior members of staff on larger projects to ensure a timely and cost-efficient solution is provided.
- Work on a variety of projects to increase their knowledge across all areas of drainage engineering. - Ensure confidence and competence on using relevant drainage modelling software.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of relevant standards.
- Support technicians and students as needed.
- Advise on work completed to feed into invoice production.
- Manage small projects without supervision.
- Work towards a professional qualification with the relevant professional body (Eng. Tech. I.Eng. or C.Eng.)
 
Organisation
Support for this role is provided by the incumbents line manager and the Director of Civil engineering. This role requires liaison within their own team and across other departments within the business to ensure continuity of service to clients. Engineers will have some contact with clients via email and on the phone
 
Job context
Engineers will have developed their civil engineering and drainage knowledge through study and practical application. The job holder will offer advice to clients, but only once it has been discussed and agreed with a more senior engineer.
 
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
A B.Eng or ideally M.Eng qualification is the preferred qualification for this role, although some incumbents may have developed their skills through many years on the job. Engineers are required to have a broad understanding of civil engineering principles.