Drainage jobs: Birmingham

Drainage jobs in Birmingham

If you're looking to take the next step in your long-term career in the drainage industry, or the chance to build new skills with the UK’s largest specialist drainage company, Lanes Group are ready to hear from you.

Our Minworth depot, just outside Birmingham city centre, has grown rapidly, expanding three times to meet rising demand across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. It’s part of a national operation that employs over 4,000 people and delivers more than £220 million in turnover each year, making Lanes Group one of the UK’s largest and most established drainage specialists.

Our Birmingham depot plays a vital role in delivering drainage, sewer maintenance and highway services across the West Midlands, supporting homes, businesses and public infrastructure. Join us and we promise to help you reach your full potential, with industry-leading training, structured progression and a chance to work alongside and learn from our valued team of engineers, drivers, planners and support staff.

Roles available at our Birmingham depot

HGV driver/operators

If you’re looking for a transport job in Birmingham that offers variety and real career development, our HGV driver/operator roles are a strong fit for you. These aren’t just driving jobs - you’ll operate powerful jet vac vehicles, support drainage and repair teams on site, and work directly with customers.

You’ll get full training, with no prior drainage industry background required. This is a great way to apply your existing professional driving skills in a new and rewarding career.

Roles include:

• Tanker drivers
• HGV drivers
• Mechanics
• Jet vac operators

Drainage Engineers

We’re one of the largest employers of drainage engineers in the UK. Our Birmingham-based engineers are responsible for inspecting, unblocking and repairing sewer and drainage networks across the region.

You’ll use cutting-edge imaging tools, jetting equipment and work with industry-leading specialists. If you’re confident working in the field and want to develop your technical knowledge, this is a great place to learn and progress.

Roles include:

• CCTV drainage engineers and assistants
• Drainage engineers and assistants
• Jetting engineers and assistants

Groundworkers

Our Birmingham groundworks team supports large-scale drainage renovation projects, from small excavations to multi-week contracts involving heavy machinery and large material volumes.

We’re currently seeking applicants with a strong work ethic and a preference for outdoor work. The role requires attention to detail and a commitment to working efficiently and safely.

Roles include:

• Excavation operatives and assistants

Office-based staff

Our office-based roles are central to our planning, logistics and customer support operations. At our Birmingham site, you’ll be a vital link between field teams, clients and management - helping us coordinate schedules, handle queries and keep things running smoothly.

If you’re organised, enjoy solving problems and can communicate clearly, you’ll thrive in this part of the business.

Roles include:

• Administrators
• Site supervisors
• Works coordinators
• Works planners

Supporting women in engineering and utilities

The drainage industry is changing - and so are we. At Lanes Group, we believe everyone should have the same chance to join and grow within our teams, no matter their background or identity.

That’s why we’re taking real steps to make the drainage, transport and utilities sectors more accessible to women. We’re improving representation at leadership level, offering flexible options where we can and adjusting working practices to better support parents. There’s no reason drainage engineering can’t work for everyone - and we want to be part of building that future.

Read more about how we recruit and support women in engineering and utilities.

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Our Birmingham depot provides an engaging, varied working environment, where no two days are ever the same. Every member of the team is valued for the unique qualities they bring, and we pride ourselves on helping our staff to grow and develop over the course of their Lanes career.

Check out our staff stories page to hear directly from our staff about what it’s like to work at Lanes Group is really like - in some cases, the impact has been genuinely life-changing