Location
Croydon

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Join an industry leader in blue-green infrastructure as a Water Design Manager within AECOM's dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team in England & Wales. You will play a pivotal role in delivering blue-green infrastructure, drainage, and flood risk projects both in the UK and internationally. Working collaboratively with engineers, hydraulic modellers, environmental scientists, and technical specialists, you will contribute to high-profile infrastructure projects spanning feasibility, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management.

Key responsibilities include providing technical expertise and leadership across all design stages, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations, managing programme and budgets, reviewing outputs, and resolving engineering and stakeholder issues. You will lead project teams, liaise with clients and external stakeholders, develop project scopes, prepare proposals, and mentor junior colleagues.

Recent achievements include leading the design for Severn Trent’s £76m Mansfield Strategic Flood Resilience Project, drafting Retrofit SuDS Design Manuals, and authoring the draft National Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems published by DEFRA. This role offers excellent opportunities to develop your project and client management skills, enhance technical expertise, and progress your career within a supportive and innovative environment.

Enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, including career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days, and a flexible hybrid working model to support work-life balance.

Experience
- Proven experience in the delivery and design of sustainable drainage or nature-based solutions in a management or technical leadership role.
- Experience in outline and/or detailed design of flood risk management, flood risk assessment, or drainage schemes.
- Experience leading project teams or sub-teams and mentoring junior staff.

About you
Motivated and collaborative professional with strong leadership skills, able to manage complex projects and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and stakeholders. Passionate about innovation and delivering high-quality outcomes that benefit communities.

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering.
- Chartered or Incorporated status, or working towards this with a relevant institution such as ICE or CIWEM.