Senior Water Engineer

Your new company

Based in Richmond, a few minutes' walk from the station, their 50 strong team have developed a well-earned reputation for their work in Flood Risk Management. Currently undergoing a phase of growth, they work with a wide range of clients across the UK in both the public and private sectors, delivering civil and environmental projects with a heavy focus on sustainable development.

Your new role

Owing to a healthy pipeline of exciting highway drainage, flood alleviation and SuDS design projects, they are now looking for a civil engineer in the water sector to assist with project delivery and management ensuring new commissions are delivered to the highest possible standard.

You will:

• Help to ensure projects are delivered on time and to budget


• Work on the design and modelling of water designs, SuDS designs and hydraulic models


• Conduct site assessments to evaluate existing drainage conditions and identify opportunities for SuDS implementation.


• Produce of drawings (AutoCAD) and (Civil3D)


• Prepare technical reports, drawings, and specifications for SuDS components, detailing design calculations and construction requirements.

About you

As a Water and SuDS Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and implementing sustainable drainage strategies for a variety of projects, including residential, commercial, and municipal developments.

This role would suit someone who has:

• Experience in highways drainage or in design of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)


• Strong CAD skills (and Civils 3D experience preferred)


• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical information to diverse stakeholders.


• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Why apply?

• They have proudly announced they are a gender balanced team


• Fully funded professional institution membership and professional development


• A growing international and welcoming team


• Flat management structure, with an open and honest working environment

New starters can expect to be supported but challenged. You will be quickly integrated into the team and given support to find your feet. You will be involved in projects from the get-go and provided with senior guidance and mentoring to ensure that your professional objectives are understood and catered for.

Get in touch with the Pave team to find out more!