Associate; Drainage

Associate (Drainage) | Derby / Glasgow / Bristol | Permanent | Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to be a part of a growing Infrastructure Design team? Can you collaborate on projects? Are you a Chartered Engineer experienced in drainage design? Then this could be the next adventure in your career. Create solutions that enable a better tomorrow by strengthening our Highways and Drainage discipline. You will work across a portfolio of projects throughout the UK, typically in rail, highways and water, and support projects across different sectors and globally.

• Managing and coordinating delivery of your work to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems across the entire project lifecycle from feasibility to detailed design, including site supervision where required.
• Production of drainage designs, assessments and checking others’ work, including preparation or checking of models, calculations, written reports, specifications and other contract deliverables.
• Ensuring that design, assessments and checking of designs are in accordance with the current Standards, Codes of Practice and Best Practice.
• Developing and mentoring less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams.
• Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Directors in pursuing business development opportunities.

• Achieved Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) status with experience working on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong analytical ability and a solid understanding of current design standards and the latest drainage design tools and software.
• Experience of undertaking or specifying drainage surveys.
• Experience of catchment analysis, hydraulic design, pumping station design and legislative requirements.
• Demonstrable experience in railway, highway or water sectors. Ideally both working for the Client or in a Design & Build environment.
• Good team leadership skills with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers.
• A sound understanding and experience in the application of the CDM Regulations and risk assessment process, including knowledge of current standards and legislation, including application of the Common Safety Method.

• 28 days’ holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays.
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities.
• Private health care – for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents.
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions.
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions.
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange.
• Life assurance.
• Maternity Leave: 1‑20 weeks full pay, 21‑26 weeks half pay, 27‑39 statutory (SMP), 40‑52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria apply).
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria apply).

• Electric vehicle lease.
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s).

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability while embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices.

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