Highways Infrastructure Specialist

24 hours ago


Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom Zodiac Recruitment Full time
Highways Engineer Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Highways Engineer to join our team in Ipswich.

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Job Description

The successful candidate will assist with flood risk assessment, drainage, and highway design capabilities. Our team is working on various projects, including residential schemes, film production studios, and garden village new settlements.

You will be responsible for carrying out desktop flood risk assessments, producing surface and foul water drainage strategies and drawings, preparing flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports, and undertaking hydraulic drainage modelling using Infodrainage/Site 3D/Civils 3D.

You will also be required to prepare responses to comments from local planning authorities, liaise with the design team and stakeholders, make applications such as pre-application enquiries, S104/S106, EA consents, S278/S38, and undertake detailed design of below ground drainage.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Carrying out desktop flood risk assessments on sites varying in size across all flood zones
  • Producing surface and foul water drainage strategies and drawings, including SuDS strategies
  • Preparing flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports
  • Undertaking hydraulic drainage modelling using Infodrainage/Site 3D/Civils 3D
  • Preparing responses to comments from the local planning authority/LLFA/highway authorities/RSA Teams etc
  • Undertaking detailed design of below ground drainage, including production of drawings
  • Liaison with design team and stakeholders
  • Making applications such as pre-application enquiries, S104/S106, EA consents, S278/S38 Etc
  • S278/S38 highway design. Undertaking the feasibility, preliminary and detailed design of highways schemes to MfS, DMRB and local authority standards using AutoCAD software
  • Production of 2d CAD drawings and 3D models

This role would suit someone who is yet to have decided to focus on one aspect of engineering but keen to learn and develop their skills in all areas.

Knowledge/Experience

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Production of original written drainage strategy reports and flood risk assessments
  • Design of below ground drainage (surface and foul) for highways, commercial, retail, residential and industrial sectors including SuDS, to relevant standards
  • Proficient in the use of relevant design software: AutoCAD, Civils 3D and/or Site 3D, Microdrainage and/or Infodrainage
  • Experienced in 3D modelling using Civil3D and/or Site3D or similar software
Benefits

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Holiday entitlement of 25 days excluding Bank Holidays
  • Payment of one professional subscription
  • Discretionary performance related bonus
  • Hybrid working - currently minimum 2 days in the office
  • Private medical insurance
  • Salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket loan/cycle scheme
  • Company pension scheme (company matches contribution up to 6%)
  • Social and Sports Club with monthly outings/events

If you are interested in this role, please click on the link to apply.



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