Senior Drainage Engineer-Rail

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent

Requisition

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Drainage Engineer to join our Consulting Highways Team. With drainage teams based in offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester and Sheffield our we invite applications from across these regions.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, but we offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

National Highways, formerly Highways England, have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme that National Highways have ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 6 years.

These frameworks allow Amey to deliver high-quality, innovative, and sustainable engineering solutions across the Midlands. They also provide a diverse range of opportunities for personal and professional development, whether you are working on long-term, high-value projects or smaller, community-focused initiatives. With these frameworks in place, you will have the opportunity to influence infrastructure projects that shape the region’s future.

We strongly encourage the development towards a professional qualification with a recognised Institution and pride ourselves on mentoring our staff. To show our commitment to development of our staff we offer a comprehensive Chartership bonus.

Our Drainage Engineers play an important part within the Highways and Designated Funds Design team and alongside our client, National Highways. As an Engineer you will provide effective support and assistance to your Design Team Leader on a variety of highways drainage schemes.

Responsibilities include:

• To work in a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions
• Preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries
• Managing a small, locally based single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of their workload
• Contributing to the preparation of bids and general working winning function
• Drive effective health and safety practices within the team

• Developed experience and expertise within Highways/Civil engineering field, probably gained in an Assistant Engineer role or equivalent
• Comprehensive knowledge of drainage design processes and procedures relevant to the civil engineering discipline
• An ability to produce or oversee the production of technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements
• Experience in undertaking project related tasks associated with health, safety and welfare, e.g. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Successful completion of the initial professional development leading to either Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional license and to the level defined by their education
• A demonstrable commitment to their plan of actions and key dates…