Are you a Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer looking to further your career within a new consultancy? This position involves delivering drainage strategies, with a familiarity of flood risk, for both private and public sector clients within one of the UK’s leading independent consultancies.
This is an excellent opportunity to help develop a strategically important sector of the business. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years’ experience of working in the drainage and Flood Risk sector in the UK, including the completion of Flood Risk Assessments, SuDS and Drainage strategies, as well as contributions to other civil engineering projects within the water and environment industry.
What’s on offer
- An attractive and modern working environment with good accessibility by all modes of transport
- The opportunity to progress quickly within the firm
- A wide range of challenging projects
- Ongoing support, training and mentoring from senior professionals
- Ability to purchase additional days annually
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Techscheme
- Payment of professional subscription
- Membership of our group pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Option to participate in the Company Share Ownership scheme
- Private healthcare
What you need to succeed
- Experience attending meetings and liaising with clients, architects, contractors, local authorities, and other statutory bodies.
- Takes a practical approach to problem solving.
- Chartered status or working towards Chartered status (ICE/CIWEM) would be advantageous.
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience in preparing and delivering Flood Risk Assessments and preliminary/conceptual Drainage Strategies to support Local Plan representations and outline planning applications, as well as detailed surface and foul water drainage strategies for full planning applications.
- A solid understanding of national planning policy and relevant legislation concerning flood risk and drainage (such as the NPPF & PPG, SuDS Manual, Flood and Water Management Act, and Water Framework Directive), along with best practices related to flood risk, drainage and the water environment.
- Familiarity with drainage modelling techniques, as well as detailed experience with Causeway Flow, AutoCAD, Civils3D (including the production of earthworks models), and GIS.
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