Drainage Engineer
About the Role
This is an opportunity to join a specialist advisory and technical consultancy operating across the built and natural environment, supporting both public and private sector clients across buildings, infrastructure, and regeneration.
The organisation has a long-standing heritage in delivering client-focused solutions, combining commercial awareness, sustainability, and innovation. The business forms part of a wider investment group with a long-term commitment to environmental and social impact, with work directly contributing to tackling global challenges such as pollution and climate change.
Appointment Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-Time (37.5 hours)
Specialism
Highways Engineering
Location
Mold / Manchester
Working Practice
Hybrid
Reference
10775
Main Purpose of the Role
Based in the Manchester office, you will join a growing and collaborative team of Transport & Infrastructure Engineers and Consultants.
As part of a national, multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with colleagues across multiple offices to deliver high-quality outputs and uphold core business values. This approach provides exposure to a diverse portfolio of projects, clients, and technical challenges.
Current project work includes:
- Long-term Local Authority framework commissions
- Active Travel schemes supporting sustainable transport
- Major infrastructure developments (S278, S38, and S104 schemes)
- Residential and mixed-use developments with varied design challenges
In this role, you will:
- Prepare detailed designs, feasibility studies, and scheme reports
- Take responsibility for project management, budgeting, and cost estimating
- Produce bills of quantities
- Plan and manage your own workload to meet deadlines
You will also:
- Support and mentor junior team members
- Contribute across all project stages
- Work collaboratively across disciplines to ensure successful project delivery
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement project requirements to fully meet the client brief in accordance with relevant standards
- Collate project information and liaise with clients and third parties
- Supervise site-based projects as required
- Assist / lead project delivery and delegate tasks to junior staff
- Review and approve your own work and that of others, including third-party design proposals
- Collaborate within the team and contribute to a positive team culture
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
Essential
Qualifications
- BEng in Civil Engineering (or equivalent)
Experience
- 3+ years as a Civil Engineer in civils design and drainage design (residential & commercial)
- Working knowledge of MicroDrainage, Causeway Flow, and AutoCAD
- Strong understanding of drainage design standards, construction practices, asset management, and legislation
- Experience preparing drainage strategies and FRA's, including S104/S106 Agreements
- Knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM responsibilities
- Ability to lead day-to-day project design, including managing consultant outputs and multidisciplinary inputs
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience in client liaison and stakeholder management
Preferred
- Experience managing project workloads and finances, ensuring compliance with briefs and budgets
- Utility coordination and clash detection
- Experience mentoring junior staff and building effective working relationships
Skills
- Ability to work under pressure with strong organisational skills
- Experience in a fast-paced design and project/programme environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to design highway engineering solutions and analyse complex data
- Knowledge of Highways Specifications
- Experience with Civils 3D
- Strong drainage design experience and use of analytical modelling tools
- Clear and confident communication skills, including explaining technical information to non-specialists
- Commitment to continuous professional development and organisational values