Overview
We are seeking experienced applicants to join our team as a Principal or Senior Consultant / Engineer: Local Government Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Drainage. The role location is flexible within the UK with a true hybrid work arrangement. The appointment would be at Senior or Principal grade, depending on experience.
The Sustainable Water Management business operates as a national team; work is shared to balance project allocation with personal interests and development aspirations where practicable. The role focuses on delivering flood risk management projects for Local Authorities, including flood investigations, developing flood strategies, flood alleviation solutions, natural flood management, sustainable drainage master-planning, and supporting planning to achieve sustainable water environments.
Responsibilities
- Significantly contribute to delivery of good quality technical deliverables to clients, often as a technical reviewer.
- Support and mentor junior colleagues, overseeing small project teams.
- Manage workload and project delivery with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrate positive health and safety behaviours and champion this among the team.
- Contribute to planning of tasks/projects with input to programme, budget, and quality requirements.
- Engage positively with clients and develop trusted-advisor relationships, supported by more senior colleagues.
- Contribute to securing small projects and extensions to existing projects.
- Develop solutions addressing client issues and needs in collaboration with project or team leaders.
Skills / Experience
- Experience working in flood risk management with local authorities or a combination of public and private sector flood risk management experience.
- Demonstrable experience of understanding budgets and leading delivery of projects or technical outputs related to flood risk management or sustainable drainage.
- Understanding of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, the Land Drainage Act, and the Planning Practice Guidance: Flood Risk and Coastal Change; desirable wider knowledge of the regulatory context for planning in the UK.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; experience in supporting and/or mentoring more junior colleagues while liaising with more senior colleagues when needed.
- Knowledge and understanding of surface water drainage modelling and Sustainable Drainage Systems.
- Experience in preparing Local Flood Risk Management Strategies and Strategic Flood Risk Assessments.
- Demonstrable experience in technical report writing and checking.
- Confidence in presenting and leading meetings with team members and clients.
Qualifications
- A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline is essential.
- Chartered status with C.WEM, CEnv, CSci or CEng is desirable for Principal, or evidence of working towards chartership for Senior.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
About us: we are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms with a global team delivering positive, long-lasting impacts through a culture of innovation, integrity and inclusion. We offer a hybrid working policy and a range of health, wellbeing and development benefits; details are provided during the application process.
Equal Employment Opportunity: We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, and we can provide workplace adjustments if needed.
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