Technician

We’re looking for a Technician with drainage experience to join our growing Consulting Engineers team in Wiveliscombe. You’ll help develop drainage solutions across a wide range of civil engineering projects, covering sewage, surface water and trade effluent for domestic, commercial and municipal schemes. The work runs from early feasibility through detailed design to construction support. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary design team, helping deliver projects on programme and within budget, with a clear career path towards Engineer and beyond.

A well‑rounded benefits package is offered after probation, including health and wellbeing support, life cover, a competitive pension contribution, flexible holiday options, and eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Interested? Send your CV and covering letter to our recruitment team.

• Develop drainage strategies and technical designs for domestic, commercial and municipal schemes
• Prepare outline and detailed designs for foul drainage, including gravity and pumped networks, treatment plants, drainage fields and mains connections
• Prepare outline and detailed designs for surface water and sustainable drainage (SuDS), covering water quantity and quality, amenity and biodiversity
• Use Civils 3D to produce 3D models, scale drawings, long sections, cross sections, cut and fill assessments and clash detection
• Use Causeway and AutoCAD for network design, sizing and specification of water quantity and quality features
• Prepare drawings, schematics, reports, technical notes and calculation sets to support drainage, highways and infrastructure designs
• Coordinate regulatory submissions and approvals, such as planning applications, Environmental Permits, Flood Risk Activity Permits, land drainage consents, and S102, S104 and S106 agreements
• Complete CDM requirements, including designer’s risk assessments and pre-construction information
• Support our construction teams with setting out drawings, construction details, clash analysis and on-site guidance
• Work with architects, structural and geotechnical engineers and the wider design team, both as part of the team and independently
• Help define project briefs from client information and site walk-overs, and support fee proposals and project management

You’ll receive mentored training towards professional qualifications with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Our career pathway shows how you can progress from Technician to Engineer and on to team leadership. At every stage, we invest in your development through hands-on project experience, structured CPD and recognised industry qualifications.

This role suits someone with a technical background in civil engineering who enjoys turning a site and a brief into a drainage design that works.

You’ll be confident in AutoCAD and Civils 3D, understand drainage design and SuDS, and have a good awareness of how designs are built on site. Accuracy matters in this work, so you’ll have a careful eye for detail, along with the organisation to juggle several projects and deadlines at once.

You’ll take a proactive, solutions-focused approach and communicate clearly with clients and colleagues alike.

• HND in a relevant subject, such as Civil Engineering
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of AutoCAD
• Knowledge and experience of Civils 3D
• Knowledge of drainage design, ideally using Causeway
• Knowledge and awareness of construction site works

• Knowledge of pumping station and rising main design
• Knowledge of sewage treatment

• Able to work from our Wiveliscombe office at least three days a week
• Depending on experience, able to support the project manager with client and technical responsibilities, including defining client briefs, fee estimates and progress reports

This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of up to £35,000, depending on experience. Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. The role is hybrid, with at least three days a week in our Wiveliscombe office. Holiday is 22 days plus 8 bank holidays. The company closes over the Christmas period, and those days come out of the 22-day allowance.

WCI also offers a well-rounded benefits package after probation, including:

• Health and wellbeing support through a paid health cash plan
• Life cover, providing financial security for your family
• Employer pension contributions
• Flexible holiday trading options
• Eligibility for an annual performance bonus
• Ongoing training, development and upskilling opportunities

If you’re a practical problem-solver who takes pride in quality work and wants to be part of a growing, values-led business, we’d love to hear from you.