SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Engineer)
3 weeks ago
We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.
We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.
With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.
To ensure suitable designs, resources and engineering outputs are achieved for Water Infrastructure we are seeking an experienced SuDS Engineer to join our Team
What will you be doing as our new SUDS Engineer?
You will play a vital role in the delivery of solutions from initial optioneering to the provision of support during the construction phase on a variety of our AMP8 projects within Water Infrastructure across the Anglian Water region in a variety of settings, rural, urban, and public realm.
Key Responsibilities:
Design Excellence
Develop SuDS retrofit designs, coordinating multidisciplinary teams within @one Alliance.
Proficient in hydraulic modelling software like Micro Drainage, Causeway Flow, or InfoDrainage.
Apply Asset Standards, CIRIA guidelines, and British Standards in SuDS design.
Use design principles for pipelines, open channels, and SuDS features.
Read drawings, review modelling data, and produce design sketches.
Provide technical input on scope, budgets, and schedules.
Lead design development from feasibility to detailed design.
Collaborate with hydraulic modellers to review solutions.Health & Safety
Prepare Pre-Construction Information (PCI) following @one Alliance and CDM2015 guidelines.
Implement design risk management and create risk assessments.
Support Tier 2 Contractors and Principal Contractors in preparing Health & Safety Files.
Respond to technical queries during construction, considering cost, safety, and structural integrity. Project management/Site Surveys:
Manage surface water projects from feasibility to construction.
Maintain strong relationships with clients, Anglian Water, and stakeholders.
Conduct and document site surveys, review SuDS solutions and identify risks.
Prepare site investigation requirements and manage survey briefs using tools like laser scanning and drones.
Ensure technical work meets agreed timelines, budgets, and standards.
Monitor project progress, addressing any deviations in cost or schedule.
Ensure designs meet Anglian Water and @one Alliance standards for quality and risk.Customer Collaboration:
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet project goals and ensure efficient delivery.
Present solutions confidently to both internal and external stakeholders.
Understand and apply AW’s customer experience charter and ODIs to SuDS projects.
Review designs before construction and handover to AWS.
Support regular team updates and foster collaboration. Transformation:
Research, propose, and implement innovative SuDS solutions to improve project outcomes. Person Specification:
To be successful in this position you will ideally hold a degree containing Environmental design/Engineering subjects and have a good understanding of hydraulic design principles including peak flow and volume control by the CIRIA SuDS Manual and non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems. You will have experience in developing innovative SuDS solutions to provide multiple benefits including the reduction of spills from combined sewer overflows and flood mitigation.
Using your excellent communication skills, you will consult with various stakeholders, including highway authorities, private landowners, local authorities, and internal teams such as solutions, modelling, survey coordination, CAD, enabling to bring about positive outcomes. With a working knowledge of CDM regulations, you will be confident in producing technical sketches to communicate and progress designs diligently. In this role, your interest in environmental design, landscape architecture and ecology, will enable you to harness your enthusiasm for sustainably improving the environment.
Benefits:
As well as offering a competitive salary, remuneration for this role includes flexible benefits, which provide a range of guaranteed benefits including but not limited to:
5% Company pension contribution
Life Assurance at 2 x notional salary
Private medical cover
Permanent Health Cover
Company Profit Share Scheme
Company car / or car allowance (Dependent on position)
Career Development and ongoing training
Staff Referral Scheme
25 days annual leave with additional loyalty days (Full-Time equivalent)
Volunteering Scheme
Environmental and Social Value initiativesAbout Barhale:
Barhale is one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists with 40 years of experience working UK-wide across the water, transport, built environment and energy sectors. Founded by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980, the group was originally set up as a specialist tunnelling contractor. Whilst we retain our tunnelling roots, repeated success in several sectors of the construction industry has enabled us to expand our skillset and become one of the largest privately owned infrastructure specialists in the UK.
What we do
We provide design, construction, and maintenance services to the following sectors.
Water
Transport
Energy
Built EnvironmentWe also possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including
Tunnelling
MEICA capabilities
In-house design
A steel-fabrication and supply subsidiary (BCS Group)Who we are
Barhale operates as a tier 1 partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients. We work as part of large frameworks, joint ventures, and alliances, as well as on individual projects developing long-standing relationships based on Trust, Integrity and Pride.
Our People
We employ a direct workforce of over 800 employees nationwide. We recognise that our business is only as good as the people we employ, which is why we value them so highly and invest in regular training and development, utilising our dedicated training facility in Walsall
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