Associate Hydrogeologist

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Health & Wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking an Associate Hydrogeologist to join their Ground and Water Team in Leeds. This role involves leading projects, managing staff, and delivering high-level environmental consulting services.

The ideal candidate will have strong hydrogeological skills, project management experience, and a postgraduate qualification. Benefits include hybrid working, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work culture focused on inclusivity and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in project management for environmental consultancy.
• Strong commercial awareness and accountability.
• Demonstrable preparation of factual and interpretive reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and manage staff in environmental consultancy.
• Build strong client relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Manage hydrogeological data and develop conceptual models.

Skills

Hydrogeological skills

Experience in report preparation

Risk Assessment modelling

Data management

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Hydrogeology

Tools

ConSim

LandSim

FeFlow

Modflow

Job description

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.

A Little More About Your Role

• 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 ConSim, LandSim, 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.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate

• 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 ConSim, RTM and LandSim.
• 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.

Additional Behaviours Expected of an Associate Hydrogeologist

• 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.

Benefits

• 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 and belonging, employee resource groups and support for diverse backgrounds.
• Health & Wellbeing – Thrive programme, virtual GP, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex scheme, comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time – “WSP My Hour” provides one hour each day for personal activities with flexibility to make up the time earlier or later.
• Flexible working arrangements – part‑time, additional leave purchases and ability to use bank holiday entitlement.
• Development and training – supportive environment investing in growth, training, mentoring and chartership.

Equal Opportunity

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.