Principal Drainage Engineer

at  Arup

JOINING ARUP

The successful design, development and maintenance of our water infrastructure requires the integration of many disciplines. Arup’s water team has wide-ranging skills spanning advisory and specialist technical services. We apply them on all types of projects, from flood risk management and water resource planning, to dam engineering, treatment works design and river engineering.
The main focus of Arup’s Water team in Sheffield is stormwater. We advise our clients on the risk of flooding at strategic (city or region-wide) or site scale. We model the movement of water and the risks associated with flooding, using integrated hydraulic models. We plan and design nature-based solutions to manage stormwater and provide wider benefits in the built and rural environment. This team has enjoyed strong organic growth, but demand for practical and rigorously proven solutions continues to rise.
Arup has a long track record in the UK water industry working with all the major water companies, local authorities and the Environment Agency. Arup has secured major AMP8 framework commissions with United Utilities, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Southern Water, Thames Water and Severn Trent Water.
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To take advantage of this growth and our future vision, we need an engaging professional to help deliver projects.
We are looking for: Experience of working on design or delivery of civil engineering projects within the water or similar sectors - but your background could be as an engineer, a scientist or in a related discipline. Someone who is, or would be keen to grow into a passionate advocate of nature-based solutions; quickly learning to speak knowledgeably about the benefits of blue-green infrastructure, identify opportunities and link stakeholders; Also digitally curious, interested to see if there are ways team members can use digital tools to solve complex problems or eliminate repetitive tasks;
We appreciate the value of diversity of education and experiences because it allows us to bring new perspectives and alternative solutions; Someone who wants to play a part in helping the UK to embrace blue green infrastructure and all its benefits.

We are keen to speak to people who are:

• Confident working across different stages of the design process.
• Experience in winning work, leading project teams
• Experience working within regulated industries such as the water/highways sector.
• Excited about what blue green infrastructure, SuDS and nature based solutions can offer to society, or willing to learn and then promote our work
• Familiar with the design of SuDS new-build context and/or a retrofit context or willing to learn
• Experienced in the hydraulic and hydrological processes relating to stormwater management, for example the use of models such as InfoDrainage/microDrainage and/or other such software.
• Curious to embrace digital technologies and innovations to find efficiencies in design processes.

Not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Kylie.OHanlon@arup.com
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