Senior Drainage Engineer

Senior Drainage Engineer

Markides Associates are seeking a Senior Drainage Engineer with a consultancy background to join their established infrastructure team to help address their ever-expanding workload. Ideally, we are ideally looking for an all-rounder, comfortable with drainage design from feasibility, producing Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategies for planning through to detailed drainage design both for highway drainage and on-plot drainage.  To apply for the role or raise any queries, please email
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About Markides Associates

Markides Associates are an independent consultancy specialising in transport planning, infrastructure design and, drainage and flood risk for the development sector. We work on a diverse portfolio of projects across the UK, such as:

• New residential urban extensions and garden villages
• Major film production studios
• City centre commercial developments
• Designing walking, cycling, bus priority facilities, and street layouts to create better spaces

At Markides Associates, we're involved in all these projects and more, each presenting unique engineering and problem-solving challenges. We are dedicated to delivering the best results, and our industry recognition speaks to that commitment. Most recently, our work on the St. Anns Hospital redevelopment in London earned the Planning Awards 2024 'Best Use of Publicly Owned Land and/or Property in Placemaking' Award and we are key advisors helping to design and deliver the multi-award-winning redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

About the Role

We would expect the candidate to be well-versed in the use and application of relevant guidance and standards, actively involved in preparation of fee proposals and ongoing project management, able to deliver projects to budget, have the ability to delegate work to and guide and support more junior staff, and be confident in a client facing role, noting that we work for both private developers, public bodies and contractors.

Requirements

• At least 5 years' experience working in a UK consultancy on a range of drainage design schemes across all stages of a project
• Proficiency using industry-standard design packages including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Site 3D and InfoDrainage (or reasonable alternatives)
• A practical knowledge of relevant drainage design standards, guidelines and processes
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite of software, including Excel
• Can multitask and manage a portfolio of projects across various scales
• Can communicate effectively and professionally with the design team, clients, and contractors
• Good written skills with proficiency in preparing reports such as Flood Risk Assessments and drainage Technical Notes
• Understand the multi-disciplinary nature of projects from the planning stage, through to completion
• Chartered or working towards being chartered is welcomed, but not essential

Specific Experience

• Technical experience in the field of drainage design for Civil Engineering, covering several aspects of preliminary and detailed design, including the use of SuDS
• Experience liaising with both internal and external bodies, including planning authorities, Lead Local Flood Authority, statutory undertakers, and national bodies such as the Environment Agency
• Attending client meetings and liaising with clients and other stakeholders
• Section 104 / 106 / 185 drainage designs and applications
• Drainage designs in accordance with DMRB, Sewerage Sector Guidance, Building Regulations, CIRIA Guidance and Local Authority guidelines
• Detailed design of on-plot drainage design (surface water and foul water) across multiple sectors including residential, commercial and industrial
• Detailed design of highway drainage
• Modelling of SuDS features such as ponds/basins, tanks, rain gardens, swales
• Experience of the tender process and construction phase, including responding to queries and RFIs from contractors

Ideal candidates would also have some knowledge of, or experience in highway design including preparation of Section 278 / 38 highway designs to highway designs to DMRB and Local Authority guidelines, vehicle tracking, design of residential estate roads, commercial/industrial accesses and car parks, ground modelling/earthworks design and pavement designs, however, this is not essential to the role.

An Employee-led Approach

We believe that our success is wholly due to the effort of our team and for that reason we became an Employee-Owned Trust
in 2020, meaning that the company is owned by the people who work here, represented by an elected board of trustees. We are providing our employees with a generous benefits package including:

• Competitive performance-based salary growth
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Compressed working hours
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Discretionary performance-related bonus
• Company pension scheme with company matched contributions up to 6%
• Extensive training programme
• Private medical insurance
• Season travel ticket loan
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Maternity and Paternity benefits
• Individual personal development and training

• Sports and social club with monthly outings/events

• To apply for the role or raise any queries, please email
  
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