Senior Rail Drainage Engineer

Arcadis
Warrington, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for experienced drainage engineers who lead technical design and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, with a focus on rail infrastructure and sustainable solutions in the UK.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with rail project experience and leadership capabilities in drainage design
    — “Proven drainage design experience within infrastructure projects; rail experience is desirable.”
  • Individuals who can guide junior staff and manage project risks effectively
    — “Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and technicians. Identify and manage design risks, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and Arcadis requirements.”

Things to consider

  • Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status may be required for consideration
    — “Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status with a relevant professional institution is desirable.”
  • The role may involve frequent coordination with external regulatory bodies
    — “Support approvals and consents submissions to relevant authorities, including LLFAs and Water Authorities.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in rail and infrastructure drainage design with specific project examples
    — “Lead the delivery of drainage design packages for rail and infrastructure projects.”
  • Showcase proficiency in InfoDrainage and CivilStorm with measurable outcomes
    — “Undertake drainage design and modelling using software such as InfoDrainage and CivilStorm.”
  • Demonstrate ability to manage design risks and ensure compliance with standards
    — “Identify and manage design risks, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and Arcadis requirements.”
  • Emphasize technical guidance and mentorship of junior engineers in your background
    — “Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and technicians.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Delivered drainage design packages
  • Ensured compliance with standards
Typical background
Civil EngineeringDrainage Design

Skills & requirements

Required

Railway EngineeringDrainage DesignHydraulic ModellingTechnical DocumentationProject Coordination

Preferred

Railway Experience

Stack & domain

Drainage DesignInfrastructure ProjectsSurface WaterFoul WaterSudsEarthworks DrainageRail/highways DrainageDrainage Design And Hydraulic Modelling SoftwareLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkTechnical GuidanceCivil EngineeringInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Arcadis

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Rail Drainage Engineer to join our Rail North West & Central Business teams in Yorkshire, Cheshire and Manchester.

In this role, you will lead the delivery of drainage design packages for rail and infrastructure projects, developing drainage solutions and ensuring high-quality technical outputs are delivered in line with project requirements.

Role Accountabilities:

Lead the delivery of drainage design packages for rail and infrastructure projects.

Prepare, review and verify drainage calculations, drawings, reports and technical documentation.

Develop drainage solutions covering surface water, foul water, SuDS, earthworks drainage and rail/highways drainage.

Undertake drainage design and modelling using software such as InfoDrainage and CivilStorm.

Coordinate drainage design with multidisciplinary project teams.

Support approvals and consents submissions to relevant authorities, including LLFAs and Water Authorities.

Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and technicians.

Identify and manage design risks, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and Arcadis requirements.

Qualifications & Experience:

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng, or equivalent, in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.

Proven drainage design experience within infrastructure projects; rail experience is desirable.

Knowledge of surface water, foul water, SuDS, earthworks drainage and rail/highways drainage systems.

Proficiency in drainage design and hydraulic modelling software.

Ability to prepare and review technical calculations, drawings and reports.

Understanding of approvals and consents processes involving relevant authorities.

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status with a relevant professional institution is desirable.

Ready to Apply?

If you're looking to deliver technically challenging rail and infrastructure projects as part of a growing rail team, we'd like to hear from you.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

#LI-DP1

Source: Arcadis careers

Similar roles