Senior​/Principal Hydrologist

About the Environment Resilience Renewables Group:

At Haskoning our Environment Resilience Renewables Group has been providing environmental solutions for our clients for over 30 years in the UK. We combine market-leading technical excellence, across a wide range of environmental disciplines, with a clear understanding of clients’ ambitions, needs and pressures.

Our water environment team is currently working on a variety of high-profile infrastructure projects, including a new water recycling facility and transfer pipeline for Southern Water, a new reservoir at Havant Thicket for Portsmouth Water, and multiple onshore transmission cables for offshore wind farms across the UK. Our team is also leading the development of strategies to unlock development in river catchments affected by nutrient and water neutrality restrictions, identifying nature-based solutions for flooding, water and nutrient management, numerous fish passage projects and the delivery of river restoration, floodplain habitat enhancement and flood risk management projects.

We specialise in delivering high quality services relating to flood risk, geomorphology and catchment management, river and freshwater habitat restoration, hydrology, hydrogeology, surface and groundwater quality across a range of developments, from National Significant Infrastructure Projects through to smaller planning applications. We have successfully supported our clients in delivering sustainable projects in sectors including water, renewables, energy, industry, ports, residential development, charities and the public sector.

Due to continued growth in a variety of markets, we are looking to grow our thriving water environment team.

We require a Senior / Principal Hydrologist to join our flood risk and hydraulic modelling team, in the delivery of hydrological analysis to primarily support hydraulic modelling projects, for varying clients such as the Environment Agency, IDBs, LLFAs, Rivers Trusts, infrastructure and renewable energy companies.

As a key member of our flood risk and hydraulic modelling team you will have the opportunity to work on a range of projects including both urban and rural flood risk, nature-based solutions, natural flood management and hydromorphology. You will ideally have skills in hydrological modelling, data analysis, data interpretation and presentation of hydrological results.

You will share our passion for Enhancing Society Together by collaborating with our clients to achieve their outcomes whilst also maximising the opportunities for sustainable solutions.

PLEASE NOTE:
The role is unlikely to comprise a full-time role in the delivery of hydrological analysis. Therefore, it may suit either a part time candidate or someone with the wider skillset able to support the team in the delivery of flood risk and / or hydraulic modelling projects.

• Hydrology Expertise:
• Demonstrate significant technical experience in some or all of the following areas:
• Proven track record in delivering suitable approaches to hydrological analysis and confident in defending these approaches with clients, regulators and key stakeholders;
• Comprehensive experience in the delivery of flood frequency analysis including, but not limited to, the use of Flood Estimation Handbook methodologies including the Statistical Method, Rainfall-runoff methods, use of hydrological modelling packages including ReFH2 and WINFAP and other hydrological methods, such as Lowland / Pumped Catchments, which are applicable to flood modelling projects;
• Experience in the production and delivery of hydrological analysis related to the derivation of low flows hydrology, applicable to weir removal schemes, fish passage solutions and river restoration schemes including channel design and wetland features;
• Linked to the above, experienced in the application of LowFlows2 modelling software;
• Sound knowledge and experience of hydrometry and fluvial hydraulics and how they inform hydrology (e.g. measurement of flows and levels, flow structures). Ability to analyse, interpret and report on hydrometric data including flow gauge rating curve development and…