Overview

The AtkinsRéalis Networks & Drainage Solutions Practice in Scotland provides drainage design services to Water and Local Authority markets. Due to a growing workload we are strengthening the existing teams in our Glasgow or Edinburgh offices and require a Principal Drainage Engineer to join our team. We are looking for strong collaborators who can support their local team and deliver on remote projects as part of our Practice. You will play a key role in a broad range of drainage design schemes for Council and Water Company projects, with a strong emphasis on flooding and environmental improvement projects incorporating SuDS. In addition to delivering drainage design, you will support leadership and development of our drainage capability.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design of drainage schemes from concept to detailed design, as stand-alone projects or as part of larger multi-disciplinary schemes.
• Promoting development of digital solutions in drainage design.
• Overseeing and reviewing the production of drainage designs, models, calculations and drawings to relevant standards, including providing technical assurance of designs.
• Determining and assigning drainage design tasks and managing delivery to programme and budget.
• Leading and encouraging the technical development of apprentices, graduates and assistant engineers in the drainage discipline.
• Ensuring compliance with business management standards set in the company’s quality, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Managing and developing client and stakeholder relationships to support the development of the drainage design and consents process, and helping to secure repeat work.
• Supporting the drainage discipline locally to develop and enhance the drainage design capability within the local team.
• Leading drainage designs, managing the interface and providing technical assurance for drainage designs produced in our Global Design Centre.
• Championing the role of drainage within a multi-disciplinary project.
• Providing technical input to the preparation of bids, including Quality Submission responses on drainage strategy and design approach and input to price via preparation of proposals and associated programme for delivery, including assessment of risk.

Requirements

• Ideally Professionally Qualified with the ICE, CIWEM or similar.
• Ability to design all aspects of drainage from conceptual layout to detailed design.
• Familiarity with hydraulic design software, 3D design tools and BIM.
• Ability to prepare reports and specifications and to collect data and statistics necessary for progress and technical reports.
• Ability to identify and respond to our clients\' values in a competitive market sector.
• Candidates are self-motivated and able to work independently as well as within a larger multi-disciplinary team, leading and managing packages of work to completion.
• Ability to identify, manage and develop project scopes and manage budgets, programme and the quality of deliverables.
• A flexible individual, a team player with attention to detail, initiative, proactivity and the ability to deliver to deadlines.
• Supportive approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team.
• Good leadership qualities.
• Experience in working for both private and public sector clients and knowledge of the different drivers and approaches to management and procurement.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. We've also been named among Times Top 50 employers for women. Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. As the work becomes more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo. We are committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for under-represented groups, and we support communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces personnel and professionals returning after career breaks.

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not reference or include in your application details of any current or previously held security clearance.

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