Drainage Engineer

Drainage Engineer - 6 Month Contract

Our Client has a requirement for a Drainage Engineer, who will be required to work on a 6 month contract basis in Matlock, Derbyshire.

Role Details

• Hybrid role - must be in client office 2 days per week
• 6 month contract with the potential to extend depending on workload and budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Flood & Drainage Delivery Manager in public forums, tactical coordinating groups, political engagement, and partnership collaboration where appropriate to support strategic oversight and responsibility of key operational, tactical, and partnership duties.
• Supervise, arrange, and participate in emergency works supporting network resilience outside normal working hours standby.
• Contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, using feedback from customers and stakeholders to enhance the technical enquiry process and service standards.
• Lead the delivery of commissioned drainage and flood risk interventions.
• Manage site investigations and technical solutions for complex drainage issues.
• Provide expert engineering advice on highway drainage infrastructure.
• Liaise with water companies and the Environment Agency.
• Work with the Delivery Manager to implement policies and standards for the management of drainage asset information and technical responses.
• Implement best practice from across the construction industry to challenge delivery methods and encourage innovation across the supply chain.
• Act as the accountable officer for the day-to-day delivery of a wide variety of commissioned programmes, projects, and tasks related to highway structures.
• Manage and administer contracts with external suppliers, including acting as Supervisor or similar roles under NEC Contracts.
• Work with internal suppliers to develop sustainable workload schedules that meet their business needs and objectives.
• Collaborate with the PDO Manager to ensure projects and tasks are managed programmatically, with appropriate governance and processes.
• Ensure effective and timely reporting is in place for every project, developing accurate forecasts, tracking spend, and managing risk/contingency budgets.
• Champion safety in the delivery of all commissioned services, ensuring the Principal Designer role is effectively delivered in compliance with CDM legislation.
• Maintain and review risk registers for programmes and projects, leading collaborative risk reviews with commissioners and the supply chain.
• Use delivery expertise to act as a point of escalation for operational project issues, escalating unmanageable risks to the Delivery Manager.
• Provide leadership to ensure effective carbon management in the delivery phase of projects.
• Contribute to the annual function delivery plan and Value for Money improvement plan.