Associate Flood Risk Consultant

AECOM; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multidisciplinary consulting firm in the UK is looking for an Associate Flood Risk Consultant to lead flood risk assessments and activity permits. You'll build relationships with clients and mentor team members while working in a flexible hybrid environment. A Bachelor's in Civil Engineering or related is required, along with chartered membership. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering high-quality results on impactful projects.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working model

Training and development opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

• Significant experience in flood risk assessments and permits.
• Strong track record in project management following NEC contracts.
• Experience with hydraulic modelling for flood risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead production of flood risk assessments and activity permits.
• Build strong relationships with clients and technical teams.
• Mentor team members to support their professional development.

Skills

Technical leadership

Client relationship management

Project management

Hydraulic modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Professional chartered membership (CIWEM or ICE)

Job description

Overview

Job description: Associate Flood Risk Consultant in the Regulations and Development sector. Lead the production of flood risk consenting documents for major clients. Join one of our UK offices with a flexible hybrid working model. We are a multidisciplinary team of consultants, engineers, technicians, hydrologists, hydraulic modellers and project managers, offering development opportunities including secondments, site assignments, and training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver: Lead and verify the production of documents such as flood risk assessments, strategic flood risk assessments, flood risk activity permits, Section 19 reports, and water resource chapters of EIAs.
• Expertise: Lead input into tenders for complex and high-profile projects like nationally significant infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate: Build strong relationships with clients and across technical discipline teams to deliver a wide range of fluvial, coastal, surface water or drainage flood risk management projects.
• Quality: Stay up-to-date with developments in legislation and guidelines; use AECOM's project management systems to deliver high-quality outputs to clients in line with the programme and budget.
• Lead: Mentor staff within the team to support their professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences or a related discipline.
• Professional chartered member of CIWEM or ICE.
• Significant experience in technically leading teams in the production of flood risk assessments and/or flood risk activity permits.
• Strong track record of project management, following the NEC suite of contracts.
• Experience and understanding of hydraulic modelling as an evidence base to flood risk assessments / activity permits.
• FCERM appraisal, water cycle study and water framework directive assessment experience would be beneficial, but not essential.

About AECOM

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier engineers and consultants to deliver a variety of projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, from concept to completion. Follow our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn to stay updated on our projects and impact, or visit aecom.com.

Benefits and Equality

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid options. We celebrate diversity and are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer disability accommodations in the application process upon request. All information will be kept confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines.