Senior Hydrologist

• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line:
  Water
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Operating Group:
  International
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  UK - Basingstoke

Lead hydrology projects that protect communities and shape the future of water!

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be h accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We have secured places on major frameworks with the Environment Agency, National Grid, Wessex Water, Anglian Water, National Highways, Southern Water and South West Water. As well as our existing major infrastructure clients we have a large pipeline of work which we would love you to be part of.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Start here. Grow here.

“Are you ready to join a team of hydrologists and shape the future of the Water Industry?

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Senior Hydrologist. You can be based in one of our UK offices whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

You will be a key player in delivering impactful water projects across the UK and internationally. You will lead hydrological assessments that inform flood risk management, major infrastructure planning, water resources strategy, and environmental permitting.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Produce flood hydrological assessments which are assisting the design of flood alleviation schemes, flood risk assessments or the preparation of Environment Agency flood maps.
• Apply industry standard guidance (FEH) to derive flood flows estimations for a range of catchment types throughout England.
• Produce high quality technical reports.
• Use GIS tools (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS) to support your work.
• Technically review hydrological assessments produced within AECOM.
• Build relationships with clients and across other technical disciplines.
• Keep up-to‑date with developments in methodologies and guidelines that may affect our services and share them with the team.
• Be an active member of our national community of hydrologists and hydraulic modellers.

Being part of the team;

We are a growing team who service a wide variety of clients, which will be at your fingertips to explore.

Our current clients in the UK vary from local government, water companies and private developers. We also have large contracts for Middle Eastern clients where you could be working on some of the most ambitious projects in the world. Example projects / frameworks are:

• Nationally Significant Infrastructure schemes where detailed flood modelling is needed to robustly inform the flood risk assessments.
• Great Grid Partnership which is enabling the UK’s energy transition and comprises of 17 major onshore and offshore projects.
• Environment Agency Mapping and Modelling Framework delivering national, catchment and local scale flood risk mapping and modelling to support the EA’s obligations to its customers.
• Thames Water Professional Services Framework covering the multidisciplinary services, engineering services and environmental…