Senior Drainage Engineer

About the role

Egis, a global civil engineering and consulting firm with over 600 staff in Ireland, is hiring a Senior Drainage Engineer. The engineer acts as the drainage lead on projects, works independently, keeps clients updated and supports and guides junior staff. The role is based in Dublin, Cork, Castlebar or Limerick.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the drainage lead on projects, working under your own initiative and providing updates to clients.
• Provide support and guidance to junior staff where necessary.
• Design drainage networks, including pipework, surface water channels, gullies and attenuation systems.
• Carry out flow estimation and catchment analysis.
• Design culverts to CIRIA guidance and complete OPW Section 50 applications.

Required profile

• Sufficient experience in all aspects of drainage network design.
• Experience in flow estimation and catchment analysis.
• Experience in culvert design to CIRIA guidance and completed OPW Section 50 applications.
• Knowledge of TII drainage publications, the Greater Dublin Regional Code of Practice for Drainage Works, DMURS and the SuDS manual.

Required skills

• Drainage design to TII publications and DMURS projects.
• Proficiency in InfoDrainage, MicroDrainage or similar.
• Proficiency in HEC-RAS modelling or similar.
• Proficiency in CulvertMaster or similar.
• Beneficial: Civils 3D, QGIS, Projectwise.