Principal Drainage Engineer (Rail)
Derby / York
Permanent
Office/Home Hybrid Working
Do you want to be a part of a growing Infrastructure Design team? Can you collaborate on projects? Are you a Chartered Engineer? Then, read on. This could be the next adventure in your career.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To further strengthen our Rail team, we are looking for a Principal Drainage Engineer to join us. You'll be working across a portfolio of rail projects across the UK, as well as the opportunity to support across different sectors and our projects across the globe.
Your key responsibilities will be:
1. Acting as CRE (Design) to manage discipline delivery through the Network Rail assurance process, including application of the Network Rail acceptance, review, derogation and non-compliance processes
2. Managing and coordinating delivery of your projects to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems across the entire project lifecycle from feasibility to detailed design, including site supervision where required.
3. Production of drainage designs, assessments or checking work, including preparation or checking of calculations, written reports, specifications and other contract deliverables
4. Ensuring that design, assessments and checking of designs are in accordance with the current Standards, Codes of Practice and Best Practice
5. Supervising a team of engineers and technicians, mentoring, and developing less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams, working with line managers to maximise training and development opportunities.
6. Developing and maintaining Client relationships through your project work, including identifying and realising any potential business opportunities
7. Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Directors in pursuing business development opportunities
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you’ll have:
8. Achieved Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) status with experience working on multi-disciplinary projects in a railway design and build environment, including understanding engineering interdependencies across the project life cycle
9. Evidence of undertaking previous CRE(Drainage) roles under the Engineering Management for Project standard (NR/L2/RSE/)
10. Evidence of leading teams and working in multi-disciplinary projects in rail, highways, or water sectors.
11. Skilled analytical ability and a solid understanding of engineering fundamentals, current design standards and the latest drainage design tools and software
12. Experience of undertaking or specifying drainage surveys
13. Experience of catchment analysis, hydraulic design, pumping station design and legislative requirements
14. The ability to communicate effectively and professionally with the design team, clients and contractors
15. Good team leadership skills with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers
16. A sound understanding and experience in the application of the CDM Regulations and risk assessment process including knowledge of current standards and legislation, including application of the Common Safety Method
17. Full UK Driving Licence