Associate Hydrologist / Principal Hydrologist

🕒 August 26

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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📋 Description

• Lead the delivery, review and quality assurance of hydrological assessments for flood risk and water environment projects • Mentor and support the development of junior colleagues • Develop and improve technical approaches, tools and methodologies • Prepare fee proposals and contribute to project planning and resource management • Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, regulators and key stakeholders • Contribute to business development activities and support growth of flood risk and water environment services • Undertake desk-based technical work alongside occasional site visits, catchment walkovers and stakeholder meetings across the UK • Collaborate with Environmental and Earth Sciences, Planning, ESIA, Engineering and Global Advisory colleagues • Deliver projects for public and private sector clients, including developers, Local Flood Authorities, water companies and environmental regulators • Help shape and grow the company’s hydrology capability

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive consultancy experience leading, reviewing and signing off hydrological assessments for flood risk and water environment projects • A degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science or a related discipline • Chartered status, or working towards chartership, with CIWEM, ICE or a similar professional body • Strong experience delivering hydrological assessments to support flood risk and hydraulic modelling projects • Advanced knowledge of UK hydrological methods and industry guidance, including FEH, ReFH2, WINFAP and LowFlows • Experience deriving design flows and hydrological inputs for fluvial modelling and flood risk studies • Experience preparing and reviewing Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) and Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFRAs) • Good understanding of UK flood risk policy, planning guidance and climate change allowances • Experience liaising with the Environment Agency, SEPA, Natural Resources Wales, LLFAs and other key stakeholders • Experience using GIS software such as ArcGIS Pro or QGIS • Excellent technical reporting, reviewing and quality assurance skills • Experience undertaking Culvert Assessment Studies using CIRIA guidance • Experience mentoring and developing junior staff • Strong project management, stakeholder engagement and client relationship skills • Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and client relationships simultaneously • Willingness to undertake occasional site visits, catchment walkovers and stakeholder meetings across the UK • Desirable: experience developing hydrological inputs for 1D and 2D hydraulic models using Flood Modeller, TUFLOW or InfoWorks ICM • Desirable: experience preparing surface water drainage strategies and SuDS assessments • Desirable: experience in natural flood management, river restoration or environmental assessment projects • Desirable: previous line management, pastoral care or people management responsibilities

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with discretionary bonus • Company pension • Private medical insurance • Life, income and travel insurance • Salary sacrifice car lease and cycle-to-work schemes • Flexible, hybrid and agile working • 25 days' annual leave plus flexible public holidays • Buy or sell leave options • Core working hours • Cross-border remote working and sabbatical opportunities • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay • Workplace Nursery benefit • Volunteering and Community Giving • Employee Assistance Programme • Specialist support for mental health, stress and menopause • Structured career framework and regular performance reviews • Support towards chartership, professional qualifications and licences

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