Senior Drainage Engineer – Manchester/Birmingham

Company: Jacobs
Apply for the Senior Drainage Engineer – Manchester/Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will shape and improve drainage solutions for Derbyshire, reducing flood risk and strengthening highway resilience. You’ll work within a specialist drainage team, influencing projects from feasibility to delivery and collaborating with councils, contractors, and stakeholders. Your technical judgement will drive practical, cost-effective designs with lasting community impact. This is an opportunity to apply engineering expertise to meaningful, real-world drainage challenges at a local level.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible working
  • well-being benefits
  • volunteering program
  • global giving program

Responsibilities

  • Deliver highway drainage and drainage infrastructure projects from feasibility through to detailed design and construction support.
  • Develop and review drainage designs across multiple project stages.
  • Identify problems using site inspections, surveys, and drainage modelling; propose effective, long-term solutions.
  • Prepare technical reports and project recommendations to improve network resilience.
  • Collaborate with council teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure successful scheme delivery.

Key requirements

  • Experience delivering highway drainage or drainage infrastructure projects.
  • Experience developing and reviewing drainage designs across multiple project stages.
  • Working knowledge of DMRB and SuDS principles.
  • Experience using drainage modelling software such as MicroDrainage, InfoDrainage, Causeway Flow or similar.
  • Strong communication skills to explain technical solutions clearly.
  • Clear communication
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Drainage design
  • Drainage modeling software (MicroDrainage, InfoDrainage, Causeway Flow)
  • DMRB and SuDS principles

Posted: September 14th, 2026