Flood Risk Consultant

£48,000–£58,000 DOE + Profit Share Bonus + Private Healthcare + Hybrid Working + Excellent Benefits

Leading flood risk, hydrology and water environment consultancy from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath
, with flexible hybrid / work-from-home (WFH) arrangements available.

You’ll join a highly regarded specialist environmental consultancy delivering sustainable solutions across development, infrastructure, utilities, renewables, government, defence and other major sectors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant / Hydrologist / Water Environment Consultant who wants more than simply delivering technical reports. You’ll have genuine ownership of clients and projects, influence the development of the water environment capability and lead a talented specialist team.

You’ll enjoy the agility and culture of an established specialist consultancy, backed by the resources, expertise and opportunities of a growing multidisciplinary environmental group.

The Flood Risk Consultant job itself, where you will act as a senior client-facing technical lead, taking ownership of water environment projects from initial scope through to successful delivery. More specifically:

• Leading Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), hydrological assessments and flood risk modelling
• Delivering drainage strategies,
  SuDS design
  , WFD assessments and ES chapters
• Supporting water quality, sediment quality, water resources and resilience projects
• Leading Flood Risk Activity Permit (FRAP) and wider environmental permitting work
• Providing technical input into flood preparedness strategies
• Managing project scope, fees, programmes, resources, risk, quality and profitability
• Leading client meetings, workshops, pre-application discussions and technical reviews
• Liaising confidently with planning authorities, regulators and statutory consultees
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and specialist sub-consultants
• Providing pragmatic advice around planning, consenting, environmental risk and mitigation
• Managing and developing the in-house environment team
• Supporting proposals, tenders, repeat business and key client accounts
• Helping shape and grow the consultancy’s wider water environment and flood risk capability

This is a hands-on senior consultancy position where you can combine technical expertise with project leadership, client management and team development
.

To be successful as Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant
, you will ideally have:

• Strong professional experience within flood risk, hydrology or water environment consultancy
• A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification
• Experience delivering hydrological and flood risk elements of multidisciplinary projects
• Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessments, drainage/SuDS and associated planning requirements
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience managing projects, budgets, programmes and technical deliverables
• The ability to lead, support and develop other consultants
• Excellent written reporting and communication skills
• Sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to environmental risk
• Chartered status such as CWEM or similar would be advantageous

You may currently be working as a Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Hydrologist, Hydrology Consultant, Water Environment Consultant, Flood Risk Specialist or Water Resources Consultant
.

As Flood Risk Consultant
, you will enjoy a competitive package including:

• £44,000–£58,000 salary
  , depending on experience
• Annual profit-share bonus
• Hybrid working / flexible WFH arrangements
• Bupa Private Healthcare
• Employee Health Cashback scheme
• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Up to 5 days external CPD allowance per year
• Internal training, mentoring and work-shadowing opportunities
• Professional membership fees paid
• Excellent office environment and wellbeing facilities

You will be based from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath
, with flexible hybrid working available. The location is well positioned for candidates across Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and the wider South West
.

This is a particularly strong opportunity if you are ready to step beyond pure technical delivery and want genuine influence over clients, projects, people and the future growth of a specialist water environment consultancy.