Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer

Position: Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer (Permanent)
Location: Greater London

Our client is a specialist in providing sustainable development infrastructure solutions from planning, through to full implementation. The have an opening for a strong Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer to join their London team.

The Water Team specialises in providing advice to both public and private sectors clients on planning and design issues relating to Flood Risk, as well as the detailed design of Flood Protection, SuDS and Sewerage systems on Residential, Retail, Industrial, Commercial Developments and Public schemes throughout the UK.

A key element to the role will be undertaking foul and surface water drainage strategies in conjunction with the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments. A good understanding of SuDS is also critical for this role. An understanding of the design process from inception to construction of drainage and flood alleviation schemes will be critical in the discharging your duties in this role.

What’s on offer

Hybrid working

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity

Employee Perks Platform

Interest free season ticket loan

Employee owned - Benefit of Tax-Free Bonus

Bonus scheme

Paid time off to do charity work (half day a year)

Opportunities for involvement in local education initiatives and STEM

4 annual paid company wide events

One paid professional subscription per annum

Carbon Neutral Company

Investors in People accreditation

Cycle to work scheme

Private Healthcare

Group Critical Illness Cover

Group Death in Service Cover

The role

The role will require you to prepare Flood Risk Assessments, conceptual design of flood protection measures and drainage strategies, leading to planning applications and or construction drawings.

You will be expected to undertake site visits from time to time to inform projects.

This is a client-facing role, and you can expect to be active on a number of projects/client accounts at any given time.

You will be expected to support senior members of staff as well as checking and verifying technical work.

You will assist with and separately produce fee proposals.

A key element of your experience will be the production of FRA and the design of foul and surface water/SuDS systems together with implementing SuDS using the Microdrainage software package

What you need to succeed

You will have a minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience and your role will include the day to day running of your projects.

Experience in the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments in Flood Zone 1, 2 and 3; & complex foul and surface water drainage strategies (which incorporate SuDS techniques – (suitable for outline/detailed planning and s104 submission)

Experience in the use of Info Works/ICM/TUFLOW/Flood Modeller/QGIS would be an advantage.

Expert knowledge of Microdrainage software package

Conceptual and detail design of flood mitigation works

Preparation of water chapters for Environmental Statements

You will need to have good written and spoken communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.

A knowledge of river modelling software together with MAP-Info and or QGIS would be advantageous.

Ideally you will be well versed in the preparation of drawings for Flood Risk Assessments and aware of Current Policy (NPPF, PPG, FWMA 2010, WIA 1991 etc,), Sewerage Strategies, and S104 Agreements.

Experience in the design of sewers using Microdrainage together with experience in applying Sewers for Adoption/Sewerage Sector Guidance and other drainage guidance would be expected