Senior Drainage Design Engineer

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Drainage Design Engineer to join our Major Projects team based out of our offices at Canary Wharf
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• To lead the technical delivery, strategy, and team management for complex water and civil infrastructure projects.
• To help manage the technical function of the business, ensuring that we provide our customers with the best and safest solutions and by providing the best innovative technical support/advice available in the market.
• Plan, manage, prioritise and report to the Technical Director on the design workload in the office in which they work.
• To assist the Technical Director to achieve best technical governance of our activities.
• To assist the Technical Director to develop technical excellence in their field of expertise.

• Responsible for designing all aspects of drainage for highways, rail, and urban development projects.
• Preparation of DMRB design reports and technical specifications for stormwater drainage and related works.
• Day‑to‑day project management, including the delivery of concept studies, detailed designs, and construction drawings.
• Ensuring projects are delivered on budget, on schedule, and to technical standards, while meeting QA, CDM, sustainability, and HSE requirements.
• Direct line management responsibilities, including mentoring and managing early‑career professionals, ensuring technical excellence in all deliverables.
• Supporting the Technical Director and Pre‑Construction Managers to provide input to the overall design strategy and workload management.
• Supporting the delivery teams, verifying the work of others in a timely and efficient manner, and providing expert technical support.
• Ensuring design risks are considered and prepare design risk assessments. Communicate residual design risks to others.
• Providing strong technical support to tenders and support the work‑winning team in identifying innovative and robust solutions.
• Maintaining a positive working environment within the team.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with relevant technical consultants and suppliers.
• Providing technical support and attending work‑winning interviews with current or potential customers.
• Promoting the development of BIM within the design process.
• Supporting the Technical Director and Design Manager, in ensuring that learning and best practice is shared across the business stream and the business as a whole.
• Maintaining personal expertise and knowledge to ensure that technical expertise is at the forefront of the industry both technically and in using the latest technologies and standards.
• Exercise designer obligations of the Construction (Design and Management) regulations.

Personal qualities and experience:

• Preferable to have a recognised professional qualification (CEng - MICE/MIStructE).
• Strong academic background in Engineering (drainage) and experience working within a UK standard, completing flood risk assessments, surface water drainage strategies and detailed drainage designs using Info Drainage, Micro Drainage or Causeway Flow.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the relevant field.
• A strong understanding of hydraulic and hydrological principles.
• The ability to analyse technical design problems and propose innovative solutions to improve outcomes and processes.
• A good working knowledge and experience on using AutoCAD‑2D and Civil 3D.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to form effective relationships with partners and delivery team members under time pressure.
• Customer‑centric and flexible in approach, able to bring strategic and creative insight to bids and work‑winning opportunities.
• Hands‑on experience of leading technical aspects of work‑winning bids in a timely manner.
• Desire to pursue continuous innovation and development, focusing on the customer and the Major Projects business.

• An attractive/negotiated salary.
• Company car or car allowance.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Pension savings schemes.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family‑friendly policies.
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme.
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

Balfour Beatty is a Disability Confident Employer and encourages applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. We are committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities and long‑term health conditions, and to providing applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.