Senior Flood Modeller

Role Description

Our Catchment Modelling and Strategy team is looking for a Senior Flood Risk Consultant to join the team. We’ll make sure you get the experience and personalised learning support you need to take your career as far as you want it to go.

• Coordinating and supervising modelling studies and flood risk projects
• Produce and lead flood risk assessments
• Supporting, developing and line managing junior team members
• Resolving technical modelling issues on projects and advancing our technical expertise
• Carrying out technical reviews of hydraulic models
• Supporting in the preparation of project proposals / bids / fee estimates
• Managing components of projects, taking responsibility for personal time and resource management, coordinating team members and quality assurance
• Providing input to project teams, leading by example to achieve sector goals and championing quality and innovation
• Assisting and participating in developing yourself and other team members to their full potential

• Degree in an appropriate analytical subject (Civil Engineering, Geology, Geography, Environmental Science, Water Resources, Engineering Hydrology)
• As an experienced professional working at the level of a chartered individual and it is assumed you will have, or be close to achieving, chartership with an appropriate body (CIWEM, ICE)
• Fluvial flood modelling experience using industry-standard software such as TUFLOW / ESTRY / Flood Modeller
• Ability to supervise and carry out Flood Risk Assessments and an in-depth knowledge of UK flood risk policy (NPPF and TAN
  15)
• Desired:
  Experience in water resource assessments, undertaking Environmental Impact Assessments and preparing Environmental Statements
• Desired:
  Experience in working on hydrological studies using UK hydrological methodologies (i.e. Flood Estimation Handbook)
• Desired:
  Experience of Integrated Catchment Modelling, Surface Water Management Plans and SuDS

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race.