Associate Hydrogeologist

Position:
Associate Hydrogeologist – Ground & Water Team (UK).

We are looking for an Associate Hydrogeologist to join our Ground and Water Team in the UK. This role offers direct mentoring and career development within a leading Hydrogeology team.

• Leadership of projects and line management of staff, providing environmental consultancy services at a high level to external and internal clients.
• Successful and proactive project management of more complex projects / tasks – strong commercial awareness and accountability with timely completion of finance systems and invoicing.
• Leading by example on process, procedure and protocols.
• Has achieved Chartership or equivalent with a relevant professional body.
• Provides technical direction including robust reviews of technical work prepared by others with constructive and developmental feedback.
• Provides managerial and technical oversight and guidance of people, teams, proposals and projects. May lead a small team with associated responsibilities.
• Building strong relationships with existing clients and identifying opportunities for both G&W and the wider WSP and proactively developing new client relationships.
• Maintains frequent client communication, making regular client visits and ensuring client satisfaction through feedback reviews.
• Managing hydrogeological data and developing conceptual models and interpretation of data.
• Developing hydrogeological conceptual models.
• Use and learn software such as Con Sim, Land Sim, P20, FeFlow, Modflow, Seep/W.
• Involved in hydrogeological risk assessment, dewatering, groundwater resource, pumping tests, yield tests, modelling, borehole prognosis, abstraction and geothermal.
• Develops proposals for complex opportunities e.g. technically challenging projects or those with values of >£100k net revenue – developing awareness of different forms of contract and increased working knowledge of project governance and contract management.
• Manages a number of projects/proposals at any one time.
• Promotes the importance of our health, safety and wellbeing culture and demonstrates that they live the values.
• Accurate and efficient preparation of more complex reports – able to convey complex information to others in an understandable manner.
• Effective delegation of project tasks with review and feedback.
• Preparation and self‑checking of interpretative (non‑specialist) reports.
• Developing specialist skills in line with career aspirations and PDR with input to specialist reports with limited oversight.

• Hydrogeological skills of managing data and preparing evidence‑backed conceptual models (in consultancy or in other relevant industrial or regulatory professions).
• Demonstrable experience of the preparation of factual and interpretive reports as contributing author. Where possible evidence of reporting competency should be provided.
• Risk Assessment modelling using Con Sim, RTM and Land Sim.
• A motivated and engaging team player able to contribute collaboratively to the technical and social strength of our team of Hydrogeologists.
• A postgraduate qualification (MTech, MSc and/or PhD) in Hydrogeology or a Hydrogeological discipline.

• Takes pride in their work and encourages others to do the same.
• Promotes and influences best practice at all times.
• Delivers work efficiently and drives commercial excellence within projects.
• Maintains the trust of peers and junior staff so that they feel confident in asking questions and not hiding problems.
• Engages curiosity and encourages others to find solutions minimising upward delegation and delivers improvement in processes.
• Takes ownership of own training path including achieving further professional qualifications and completing self‑learning and proactively seeks self‑development and exposure to areas of operations beyond existing experience.
• Knows technical limits and seeks help as necessary.

• Work‑life balance – hybrid working with flexibility to work from home two days a week, and opportunities to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging – culture of inclusion…