Job Description
We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Drainage Engineer to join our team at a time of significant growth, helping to deliver sustainable drainage, flood alleviation and coal tip remediation projects that create safer, more resilient communities for the future.
You will thrive in a multi-disciplinary environment, working closely with ecologist, infrastructure, geotechnical and structural engineers. If you’re looking for a role that combines technical challenges, strategic oversight, and direct community impact this could be the job for you.
Your Team: Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in our Communities business, focused on the delivery of services to Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Councils. The successful start of a new contract in April 2025 and the increase in service requests for drainage work and flood alleviation means that the Infrastructure Drainage team needs to expand.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing complex drainage schemes from conception through to delivery.
- Quality assurance checks.
- Develop drainage solutions for highway, infrastructure and site development schemes for feasibility, planning, tender, detailed design and construction support stages of the project.
- Design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) with good knowledge of relevant current standards and guidelines and contemporary environmental solutions to manage land drainage.
- Responsible for the health, safety and welfare of you and team members.
- Take responsibility for your own personal development and the development of others.
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualifications or someone working towards a professional qualification.
- Strong experience of feasibility to detailed design delivery and oversight compliant with SuDS.
- Manual, Sewers for Adoptions, DMRB, Local Design Specifications, CDM 2015 and BIM.
- Preparation and approval of contract documents and specifications.
- Clear evidence of successful delivery of projects/programmes and teams to meet both quality and commercial targets.
- Skilled in the use of Civil 3D, Causeway Flow, or Micro-Drainage.
- Knowledge and understanding of the SAB process.
- Ability to discuss and review the proposed solution with contractor, clients and external bodies such as SAB, LLFA’s, Statutory Undertakers, EA, NRW, etc.
- Construction support and survey supervision.
- S19 Reports, responding to planning application with a knowledge of S38/278 highway schemes and S104/106 drainage schemes.
Benefits
- Work‑life balance: Hybrid working policy offering flexibility to work from home two days a week, with the opportunity to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.
- Inclusivity & Belonging: Culture of inclusion and belonging, employee resource groups, and a commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.
- Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex scheme up to 40% off annual gym memberships, and a comprehensive menopause support package.
- Flex your time: “WSP My Hour” allows taking an hour each day for personal activities, with flexibility to make up time earlier or later that day. Also part‑time and flexible working arrangements, options to purchase additional leave and use bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
- Your development: Supportive environment investing in growth through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
Equal Opportunity
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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