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Principal Engineer (Drainage)


Company : COWI


Location : Derby, England


Created : 2025-06-21


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Social network you want to login/join with: Principal Engineer (Drainage) Derby / York / Glasgow / Bristol Permanent Office/Home Hybrid WorkingDo you want to be a part of a growing Infrastructure Design team? Can you collaborate on projects? Are you a Chartered Engineer? Then, read on. This could be the next adventure in your career.Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow To further strengthen our Highways and Drainage discipline, we are looking for Principal Engineer (Drainage) to join us. You'll be working across a portfolio of projects across the UK, focusing on rail, highways and water as well as the opportunity to support across different sectors and our projects across the globe. Your key responsibilities will be: Managing and coordinating delivery of your work to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems across the entire project lifecycle from feasibility to detailed design, including site supervision where required. Production of drainage designs, assessments and checking others work, including preparation or checking of models, calculations, written reports, specifications and other contract deliverables Ensuring that design, assessments and checking of designs are in accordance with the current Standards, Codes of Practice and Best Practice Developing and mentoring less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Directors in pursuing business development opportunities Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future. The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve. On top of that, you’ll have: Achieved Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) status with experience working on multi-disciplinary projects. Experience in a railway design and build environment or on highways drainage design, including understanding engineering interdependencies across the project life cycle Evidence of undertaking previous CRE(Drainage) roles under the Engineering Management for Project standard (NR/L2/RSE/) would be advantageous for our Rail projects Skilled analytical ability and a solid understanding of engineering fundamentals, current design standards and the latest drainage design tools and software Experience of undertaking or specifying drainage surveys Experience of catchment analysis, hydraulic design, pumping station design and legislative requirements The ability to communicate effectively and professionally with the design team, clients and contractors Good team leadership skills with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers A sound understanding and experience in the application of the CDM Regulations and risk assessment process including knowledge of current standards and legislation, including application of the Common Safety Method#J-18808-Ljbffr