We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, accepting of all and free from discrimination and bias.
We are seeking a positive, experienced, enthusiastic, talented, and driven professional who cares about the development of our great city to join our busy, high-performing, forward-thinking team. This is a 37 hour full time post.
Our ValuesIn line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
What is the job role?This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Flood Risk and Drainage Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team. In this exciting role you will help in shaping and delivering Coventry’s Flood Risk and Drainage Development Management Service to support our ambition to be a top ten city where everybody can share in the benefits of sustainable growth.
The successful candidate will support the Flood Risk Manager in the following key areas; deal with day to day review and regulation of planning applications to be compliant with national and local standards together with policy. Aligned to our vision, the successful applicant will promote and deliver sustainable development across Coventry.
This post provides a sustainable career opportunity to work within a forward thinking Flood Risk Management and Drainage team, for which Coventry is recognised.
Who are we looking for?Key to this role will be a knowledge of design standards to conduct technical reviews of new residential and commercial development projects at all stage of planning, regulation, construction and adoption.
A working knowledge of relevant planning and technical guidance such as the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), CIRIA SuDS Design Manual, Sewer Sector Guidance is essential.
You will provide clear guidance to developers to deliver compliant and sustainable development, with guidance on design for flood resilience, the review flood risk assessments, surface water drainage systems, SUDS integrating nature based solutions and where necessary review outcomes of hydraulic modelling of watercourse.
Key is also an ability to work successfully with key partners, together with internal and external stakeholders to deliver sustainable development.
Within our team females and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented across our middle-management team, as a result we would like to encourage both women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. This does not prevent any other applicants with a protected characteristic or a non-protected characteristic from applying.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s): 11 March 2025
About CoventryCoventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
