Senior Highway Drainage Engineer – Lead Lifecycle Projects

Principal Highway Drainage Engineer – Highways Team, Transportation

We are looking for an experienced drainage engineer to join our Highways team, responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of transportation projects across the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver full lifecycle projects to improve our transport network, including feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services.
• Oversee the appointment of competent drainage engineers, develop engineering tasks, define scope, select problems for investigation and develop novel approaches.
• Provide technical drainage knowledge and expertise to the design team across all project phases.
• Ensure quality, deliver feasibility, preliminary and detailed drainage designs, and provide specialist technical contributions as required.
• Lead a multi‑disciplinary engineering team to deliver integrated designs, build effective relationships with clients and technical teams, and meet quality standards, budgets and timelines.
• Fulfil all health and safety responsibilities in design, including safety in design, CDM, and university of occupational safety standards.
• Design highway drainage systems in accordance with UK standards, including DMRB and MCHW.
• Use drainage modelling software and manual techniques where appropriate.
• Create 3D BIM models of projects.
• Check drainage designs completed by others.
• Collaborate with colleagues and clients using Business Collaborator and ProjectWise for information sharing.
• Identify data and information required for projects and advise team leaders.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members.
• Prepare technical reports.
• Manage financial and programme constraints, monitoring hours against the project budget.
• Encourage knowledge sharing, innovation and creativity.
• Complete required health and safety training, including CSCS qualification where required.
• Build strong working relationships with internal teams across business lines such as Planning, Streets, Structures, Infrastructure, Water, Power, Landscape.
• Support marketing and business development objectives locally and nationally.

Key Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Chartered or incorporated engineer (required to sign off drainage designs for NH CG502).
• Minimum 5 years of post‑graduation experience in highway drainage design in the UK.
• Competent in the use of highway drainage design software.
• Demonstrable understanding of Health and Safety, including CDM.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges drainage standards.

Benefits

Enjoy core and personalised benefits, a flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, access to AECOM University, volunteering days, and opportunities for career development.

Projects

• A229 Blue Bell Hill
• M54‑M6 Link Road
• M62 Link Roads
• A19 North of Newcastle
• AlUla – Middle East
• National Grid – The Great Grid Upgrade, Wanless Beck
• Work for Heathrow, Gatwick Airports, East West Rail and Northern Powerhouse
• Site opportunities – Lune Gorge, M60 J18

How to Apply

Contact recruiter Siobhan Osborne via LinkedIn. All newly hired employees must attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.

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