Principal Highways and Drainage Engineer

Principal Highways and Drainage Engineer
- Development Infrastructure

Location:

Christchurch
- Hybrid

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000+ DOE

• £50,000 - £65,000+ salary depending on experience
• Higher packages considered for exceptional Principal-level candidates
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Office options in Woking, London, Bristol, Leeds, Christchurch or Aldershot
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Professional institution subscriptions paid
• Structured CPD and professional development
• Support towards chartership and professional qualifications
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Paid volunteer time
• Varied development infrastructure workload
• Supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment
• Clear opportunities for progression

• Leading the design and delivery of highway and drainage infrastructure for development projects
• Developing highway designs supporting Section 38 and Section 278 technical approval submissions
• Preparing drainage designs supporting Section 104 agreements
• Producing and reviewing drainage strategies and flood risk assessments
• Developing surface water and foul drainage networks from feasibility through to detailed design
• Undertaking drainage design from first principles
• Producing highway layouts, access designs, junction improvements and associated infrastructure solutions
• Using Civil 3D and AutoCAD to develop and coordinate highway and drainage designs
• Using Micro Drainage, Causeway Flow or similar software for drainage modelling and network design
• Undertaking technical assessments to support planning applications and development proposals
• Managing projects and technical work streams from inception through to delivery
• Coordinating project programmes, budgets and technical outputs
• Liaising directly with developers, architects, planning consultants and wider design teams
• Liaising and negotiating with highway authorities, local authorities, water companies and approving bodies
• Responding to technical comments and progressing designs through approval
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, drawings and calculations
• Checking technical outputs produced by Engineers, Graduates and Technicians
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior members of the team
• Presenting technical information to clients, internal teams and external stakeholders
• Ensuring designs comply with relevant UK standards, regulations and authority requirements
• Supporting continuous improvement, technical development and best practice across the infrastructure team

• Degree or higher qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong experience within UK development infrastructure engineering
• Ideally 5+ years' experience within a UK consultancy, local authority or similar environment
• Strong experience delivering both highway and drainage designs for development projects
• Experience with Section 38, Section 278 and Section 104 processes
• Strong knowledge of UK highway and drainage design standards
• Knowledge of DMRB, Manual for Streets, Sewers for Adoption and local authority design standards
• Experience designing surface water and foul drainage systems
• Strong understanding of drainage design from first principles
• Experience using Micro Drainage, Causeway Flow or similar drainage software
• Experience preparing drainage strategies and/or Flood Risk Assessments
• Good AutoCAD skills
• Good working knowledge of Civil 3D
• Experience managing projects, technical work streams and project programmes
• Ability to independently develop and coordinate practical engineering solutions
• Experience liaising with clients, highway authorities, local authorities and water companies
• Experience reviewing and checking technical drawings, calculations and reports
• Ability to mentor and support Engineers, Graduates and Technicians
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Commercial awareness and experience managing project budgets would be advantageous
• Chartered or working towards Chartered Engineer status would be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence due to occasional site visits