We have an opening with a Highway & Drainage Engineer to join a well established and global team. This role would be based out of our clients Southampton team, in the heart of the city. You can expect to work on a variety of UK and international projects further your career within an award-winning design consultancy.
The role itself will be based on supporting the implementation and management of sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction. Prior experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements typically relating to development projects is vital.
What’s on offer
- Hybrid working
- Annual appraisals
- Regular reviews
- Inhouse training
- Chartership support with ICE mentors
- Salary sacrifice schemes
The role
- Contributing to concept studies/strategies/drawing packages, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction issue.
- Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients.
- Being active on several varied projects at any given time.
- You will be supported by the Cambridge team to develop your technical capabilities and support your career progression.
- Involvement in client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external).
- Being responsible for ensuring your tasks are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
What you need to succeed
- Knowledge of highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as knowledge of the Development Industry.
- An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures is desirable as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures.
- The ability to produce with supervision infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.
- Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals.
- Written and spoken communication skills and are aware of current technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
- The ability to use relevant software including Info Drainage, Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or PDS.
- Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects and how if, applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.
- Knowledge of financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.
- Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and working towards Chartership or have equivalent experience and responsibility.