Senior​/Principal hydrogeologist

Job Title

Senior/Principal Hydrogeologist / Catchment Specialist

Durrington or Falmer (1-2 days a month in the office or on‑site)

Permanent, 37 hours per week

Working within the Environment & Innovation department, this new position supports the Hydrogeology Lead in delivering water resource and water quality regulatory programmes.

• Lead and support implementation, delivery and reporting of regulatory investigations to understand groundwater abstraction pathways, assess impacts, perform groundwater modelling, ecological schemes and compliance requirements.
• Deliver catchment‑scale, sustainable nature‑based solution measures to mitigate predicted environmental challenges from our operations.
• Work collaboratively with regulators, catchment stakeholders, community groups and other stakeholders, driving the principles of the Catchment First approach.
• Engage in hydrogeology, hydro ecology, groundwater‑surface water interaction, biodiversity enhancement, river restoration, soil and water conservation, hydrogeological water quality risk assessment and surface water/groundwater assessments.

• Demonstrable expertise in water resource hydrogeology, regulatory WINEP investigations, hydro ecology, groundwater modelling, sustainable abstraction, river/wetland restoration, low flow investigation, WFD and other environmental legislation, groundwater resource development.
• Experience designing and managing implementation of complex hydrogeological, water quality, hydro ecology and hydrometric monitoring investigations.
• Skills in technical interpretative report writing, review of groundwater investigations, catchment water quality risk assessments, GIS and data analysis.
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Hydrogeology is desirable; chartership or working towards is highly desirable.

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Fully funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job‑related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

• Location:
  
  Brighton, East Sussex
• Closes:
  Jan 19th 2026
• Sector:
  Other
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Hours:
  
  Full Time