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Rail Drainage Engineer

Arcadis


Job Location:

Warrington - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 September 2026 (4 days ago)
Application Deadline: 9 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description
We currently have an opportunity for a Principal Rail Drainage Engineer to join our Rail North West team in Warrington.
In this role you will provide technical leadership for drainage design across rail and infrastructure projects supporting the delivery of complex multidisciplinary engineering solutions. You will lead design assurance technical decision-making and the development of high-quality drainage solutions on major projects.
Role Accountabilities
  • Lead drainage design across rail and infrastructure projects.
  • Deliver complex drainage design packages and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
  • Review verify and approve calculations drawings reports and technical deliverables.
  • Lead design reviews and support technical assurance activities.
  • Provide technical guidance to engineers and project teams.
  • Manage design risks assumptions technical decisions and engineering issues.
  • Support project delivery through engagement with clients stakeholders and approval authorities.
  • Support programme commercial and change-related project activities.
  • Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Support colleagues working towards CRE responsibilities where applicable.
Qualifications & Experience
  • BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Significant experience in drainage design for rail infrastructure or related civil engineering projects.
  • Strong technical knowledge of drainage systems including surface water foul water SuDS earthworks drainage and rail or highway drainage.
  • Experience leading complex design packages and coordinating multidisciplinary technical inputs.
  • Experience reviewing verifying and approving technical deliverables.
  • Strong understanding of engineering standards design risk management and assurance processes.
  • Experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams.
Desirable:
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or equivalent professional status.
  • CRE experience or experience working towards CRE responsibilities.
Ready to Apply
If youre an experienced drainage engineer looking to lead technically challenging rail and infrastructure projects wed like to hear from you.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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About Company

Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more

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