Senior Drainage Engineer

Senior Drainage Engineer (Design)

Doha, Qatar

• Civil and Transport infrastructure drainage design.
• Detailed analysis and review of hydrological and hydraulic models.
• Provide technical design expertise for drainage and stormwater quality systems, including piped networks and major transverse drainage structures. Embrace and promote a leading digital work environment and delivery culture.
• Hydraulic and System design of the complex environment to meet site‑specific requirements.
• Applying knowledge and experience of the biological and physical process of stormwater management.
• Applying innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
• Supervision/Mentoring and support to intermediate and junior engineers.
• Undertake hydrologic modeling, calculations, drawings, report writing, design review, and supervision.
• Leading the projects, taking a high level of responsibility, building a strong relationship with clients, and obtaining design approvals.
• Coordinating with the CAD / BIM / 3‑D modeling teams on projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Hydraulic and/or Environmental Engineering discipline.
• Master’s Degree in Water Engineering/Hydrology would be an advantage.
• Minimum 10 years experience in water engineering, including stormwater drainage design in civil and transport projects, stormwater management, and planning.
• Minimum 6 years of Qatar/GCC experience is preferred.
• Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
• Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling/design software packages used in the design of surface drainage, piped networks, cross drainage, and flood analysis, i.e., CAD skills, SWMM, HEC RAS, and HEC‑HMS knowledge.
• Experience with Infoworks ICM, 1D/2D is compulsory.
• Excellent command with GIS and CAD tools such as Arc Map, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.
• The capability of mathematics to create calculation sheets and perform further calculations where required to ensure the design is appropriate.
• Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well‑progressed towards qualification.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and encourage collaboration.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and deliver results within the project timeline.

• Experience in client facing roles, taking leadership and ownership of design tasks.
• Hands‑on experience in the automation of design workflows including tools such as large language model (AI chatbots), python, ruby script, VBA, dynamo, grasshopper.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• A collegiate, team‑player attitude.

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