Senior or Principal Civil Infrastructure Egnineer

Senior or Principal Infrastructure Drainage Engineer

My client is an international multi-disciplinary consulting company whose expertise and capabilities cover Buildings, Highways & Transportation, Land Development, Civil Structures, Asset Management, and Water and Environment.

They are now looking for either a Senior or Principal Infrastructure Drainage Engineer to join their team in Manchester.

You will be part of a hardworking and growing team of Transport & Infrastructure Engineers and Consultants. You will be expected to work with our other offices across the country as part of a wider, National team to help drive successful delivery of projects and enforce their core business values.

The company works on projects across the country with the wider Transport & Infrastructure team and currently have a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from:

• Various Local Authority framework commissions
• Active Travel commissions
• Infrastructure development work including S278, S38 and S104
• A variety of mixed-use residential development projects
• Flood risk assessments
• Technical and construction assurance

As part of your role, you may assume responsibility of lead consultant for your discipline contribution to multidisciplinary projects, including liaison with client and establishing/agreeing the brief, delivering the specified work, undertaking contract administration, final account assessment and post contract completion assessment/as‑built analysis if required. You may perform complex technical or professional work activities and assure delivery to meet client requirements.

The ability to make plans, schedules and monitor work to meet deadlines and other requirements is also an essential part of the role.

Additionally, you will be expected to provide directions to junior members of the team to support their development and achieve competent delivery.

• Implement project requirements to fully meet the client specification in accordance with relevant standards
• Collate project information, liaise and engage with clients and third parties as required
• Supervise site‑based projects as required
• Lead project delivery & supervise and delegate to more junior members of staff and others as required
• Check / approve own and other staff work, including third‑party design proposals
• Integrate successfully into an established team and drive the team culture

• Significant experience in drainage design and management of projects to time, cost and quality
• Excellent working knowledge of software such as Microdrainage, Causeway Flow, AutoCAD
• Proven experience in drainage design, construction, and supervision
• Detailed knowledge of highway design standards, construction practices, asset management, and relevant legislation
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Health and Safety including CDM responsibilities.
• Undertake day‑to‑day management and leadership of project design including overseeing designs produced by consultants and managing input from other disciplines
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of developing design solutions to traffic/local road problems such as Alignment, Drainage, Pavement, Road Restraint System, Road Signs & Markings.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Client liaison and management
• Use of Common Data Environments & BIM levels & strategy
• Horizontal & Vertical alignment design in AutoCAD & Civils 3D
• Singing & Lining designs to TSRGD
• Pavement & Footway designs
• Drainage design