Principal Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer

Our client is a Global Multi-disciplinary design consultancy who are looking to add to their Flood Risk & Drainage Team based in their Central London head office. They work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.

The Role

• Develop and nurture excellent relationships with key clients internally and externally ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Display strong interpersonal and communication skills, thriving both independently and as a collaborator.
• Lead the day-to-day engineering design aspects of projects within agreed upon timeframes and budgets.
• Oversee junior members of the team producing Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategy Reports.
• Highly proficient in using industry best practice software packages MicroDrainage, InfoDrainage and Civils 3D.
• Experience in undertaking spatial coordination, technical design on projects through to construction and handover on large scale complex projects.
• Lead and support junior members of the team in the preparation, checking and submission of various section agreements under the Water Industry Act 1991.
• Utilise your comprehensive understanding of industry guidelines including NPPF, SuDS Manual, The Design and Construction Guidance, and related technical standards.
• Review technical reports, effectively conveying complex technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Lead discussions with the Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFA), Environment Agency (EA) and Water Authorities (WA).
• Champion health and safety practices within the workplace and during the design process.
• Mentor and develop the skills of junior team members, fostering their professional growth.
• Work in partnership with other colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing of market intelligence, best practice and innovation.
• Engage with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice and technological advancements for infrastructure development for major projects.

What you need to succeed

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng), or close to sitting Professional Review with ICE or CIWEM.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent technical reporting writing and review skills.
• Track record in securing new workstreams and generating new business opportunities in the Development sector/market.
• Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
• Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills.
• Demonstrate the desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture.
• Act as a catalyst for change.
• Forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term.
• A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required.
• Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning.
• Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback.
• Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem-solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.

What's on offer

• Work-life balance
• Health & Wellbeing packages
• Flex your time
• Extensive Career Professional Development
• Chartership Programme