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Senior Engineer (Drainage)
July 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer (Drainage)
Location: Speke, Liverpool - flexible working arrangements available
Contract: Permanent - 37 ½ hours per week
Responsibilities
As Senior Drainage Engineer, you'll be working within the Civil and Structural Engineering Team.
Your day-to-day activities will include:
- Producing and checking drainage design calculations, flood risk assessment reports, drawings, design models, design strategy reports and specifications.
- Coordinating drainage and civil engineering design information within the civil and structural engineering team and with other technical design disciplines such as Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Building Services Engineering
- Setting appropriate sustainable drainage strategies for projects and obtaining appropriate consents for drainage proposals via the Local Authority Planning Approval process, including making pre-development enquiries and consultations with statutory authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities
- Occasionally visiting development sites and building sites, to conduct surveys and inspections and visiting other designers' and clients' offices to represent the civil engineering team at meetings
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Drainage Engineer is great for you if:
- Have experience of designing drainage systems to CIRIA C753 SuDS Manual guidance.
- Have experience making applications for sewer adoptions.
- Have experience of preparing and interpreting Level 1 and 2 flood risk assessment and site drainage strategy reports.
- Have experience of consulting with local sewer operators and Lead Local Flood Authorities
- You hold professional qualifications such as BSc, MSc, BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or Environmental Sciences, and CEng, Member, or Associate Member of Institution of Civil Engineers or Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management or similar.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted, and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our .
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Closing Date: 28th July 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.