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Drainage Engineer (Roads)

WSP London senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and talented Senior Engineer with extensive postgraduate experience in drainage design for Roads, Active Travel, and Major Civil Engineering schemes. You will work as part of an integrated team to deliver high-quality engineering services for our clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of an integrated team to deliver high-quality engineering services for our clients and coordinate engineering and technician resources to deliver work packages.
  • Provide technical input to our cross-sector multidisciplinary internal project teams supporting the delivery of transportation, commercial/residential development, and environmental infrastructure projects.
  • Prepare technical reports and effectively communicate outputs to our clients.
  • Further develop and broaden the technical capacity of the Roads and drainage team.
  • Provide technical input and design on roads, public transport, and active travel projects, including:

+ Undertaking road drainage systems and flood risk management measures designs using relevant industry-standard software for feasibility, concept, and detailed design stages of a project. + Application of the DMRB, CIRIA, and other relevant standards.

  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and work both independently and collaboratively.
  • Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in-house quality assurance standards/processes.

Requirements:

  • A degree in Civil Engineering or another relevant discipline.
  • Hold CEng or IEng status with a professional institute or be close to achieving a qualification.
  • Significant postgraduate experience in undertaking outline and detailed design & delivery of surface water drainage systems and flood risk management measures for major national road development projects and other major civil engineering infrastructures.
  • Excellent working knowledge and understanding of drainage principles, DMRB standards and guidelines, SuDs, and hydraulic modelling.
  • Significant experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and ArcGIS software.
  • Significant experience with drainage design and flood modelling software like Microdrainge & Causeway Flow.
  • Experience in other related software such as InfoWorks ICM, FloodModeller, TuFlow, HEC-RAS (1d/2d), and HEC-HMS would be beneficial.

Benefits:

  • Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact.
  • Opportunity to work on landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • InfoWorks ICM
  • FloodModeller
  • TuFlow
  • HEC-RAS
  • HEC-HMS

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97935

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