Environmental Scientist (Water Quality)

Snc-Lavalin; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading consultancy as a Water Quality Specialist, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping water management solutions. Collaborate with a team of experts to enhance water quality and safeguard the environment, while enjoying flexible working arrangements and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus paid bank holidays

Paid professional memberships

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in water quality (river, coastal and/or drinking water quality) is essential.
• Good knowledge of environmental water quality regulation.
• Ability to develop innovative approaches in new technical areas.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver water quality investigations.
• Work with environmental scientists, engineers, and planners.
• Support bid preparation and develop new business areas.

Skills

Numerical skills

Data analysis

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in environmental or science subject

Job description

Job Description

Take our vision into the future.

Join our organization, where we have a huge variety of projects on-the-go at any one time. So when you start this role with us, it could take your career wherever your interests lie. You'll find everyone here is willing to pitch in and help because we all want you to succeed, and we're ready to help you grow.

When it comes to living your life, we want you to get the most out of it. So talk to us about all our flexible and remote working policies that can support your personal priorities. Also, ask us about some of our recent pledges for Women's Equality, as well as being a 'Disability Confident' and 'Inclusive Employer.'
This position is available as either full-time and part-time and can be based in any of our office locations. Our largest team presences are in: Oxford, Bristol, Birmingham, Derby, Edinburgh, Epsom, Glasgow, Peterborough, Swansea and Warrington. However, we have offices in many other locations across the UK where you could be based. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate looking to progress their career at an exciting time for the industry. Our Water Management Consultancy operates at the interface between people and the water environment, with specialisms including water quality, water resources planning, flood risk, sustainable river management, and aquatic ecology.

We pride ourselves on the quality of our work and the depth of our technical expertise. We currently have a number of new exciting and technically challenging projects in the wider quality area. We welcome applications from enthusiastic scientists in this field. As a Water Quality Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our water management solutions. Collaborating with a friendly and accomplished team, you’ll contribute to projects that safeguard our environment, enhancing water quality.

Recent projects delivered by our water quality team include simulating the whole of the freshwater River Thames to support strategic water resource options, updating catchment models used as the standard for regulatory planning across the England and Wales, developing and implementing a new approach to drainage and wastewater management, working with regulators and the water industry to improve bathing water quality and exploring the presence of emerging contaminants in drinking water.

You will join a team of nearly 200 water management specialists, supporting our clients in making the right strategic investment decisions for critical infrastructure, in changing futures and climates. We work for clients across the UK, including central government, regulators, the water industry, NGOs, and local authorities. Beyond the UK, we play an important role in supporting major international development banks and private clients in driving forwards sustainable water management solutions for irrigation, potable water supply and wider infrastructure schemes.

Your purpose:

• You will be joining an established and successful team, working with our water quality Technical Authority on the coordination and delivery of water quality investigations.
• You will work effectively as part of a team and with other professionals (environmental scientists, engineers, planners) throughout AtkinsRéalis to provide a consistent and integrated service to our clients.

You also will champion high standards of performance, influence project development and deliver sustainable outcomes.

• You will undertake your own work to an excellent standard, working on projects and frameworks as appropriate. You will additionally work closely with our clients to develop trusted relationships, supporting them in a confident, professional manner.
• You will support on bid preparation and help develop new areas of business for the team.
• We will support and train you with all of this and make sure that you can undertake Continual Professional Development in accordance with requirements of a professional institute.

What you can bring:

• We are looking for someone flexible, prepared to take on new challenges and learn new skills.
  Experience in water quality (river, coastal and/or drinking water quality) is essential.
• You will have a degree or higher in an environmental or science subject; you will ideally be chartered or working towards chartership.
• You will have good numerical and data analysis skills and good writing skills.
• You will have a good knowledge of environmental water quality regulation; for example the Water Framework Directive, Bathing Water Directive, Drinking Water Directive, Storm Overflow Assessment Framework (SOAF).
• You will be prepared to undertake site work, for example sampling in rivers and other aquatic environments (appropriate Health and Safety training will be provided). Experience of dealing with laboratories or experience in undertaking laboratory analysis would be beneficial.
• You will have an ability to develop innovative approaches in new technical areas and in data-poor environments to support clients in decision-making.
• You will be highly self-motivated, possessing strong enthusiasm, commitment to delivering sustainable outcomes and focused on delivering technical excellence.
• A skilled collaborative worker, you will have great interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with different teams, clients, and stakeholders. You will be well-organized, able to plan ahead and deal with multiple projects running in parallel.

We can offer-

• Part-time and/or flexible hours contracts. Paid overtime and/or TOIL system. Competitive salaries and a huge range of other benefits.
• 25 days annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, plus the ability to buy up to 15 extra days.

Paid professional memberships and individual training budgets. Tailored training and mentoring schemes to advance your career.

AtkinsRéalis are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. We have a commitment to identify and recruit from the most diverse talent pool and develop new and improved ways to sponsor talent from underrepresented groups. We have a range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion network groups encouraging an inclusive workplace where all employees can flourish, including Embrace (supporting minority ethnicities), Enable (supporting visible and invisible disabilities) Equilibrium (for LGBT+ colleagues), Menopause at Work, Neurodiversity (for variations in learning, attention and other mental functions), ParentNet, and Empower (providing professional support by and for women).

Here at AtkinsRéalis, wellbeing is at the forefront of everything we do. We recognise that there is more to life than work and that making time for the other things is crucial for health and happiness. Therefore, if working from home, working part-time, or having flexible start and finish times will help with this, we are more than happy to discuss individual requirements (and to keep these requirements flexible going forward). We utilise a paid overtime and TOIL system, which also helps individuals to make time for the things that are important to them and prevents staff burn out during the busy season. Our IT systems support home-working, so where you have parental or carer duties; or you simply need to be elsewhere for a parcel, servicing your car, or waiting in for a tradesperson; AtkinsRéalis will work for you. Similarly, Atkins’ corporate social responsibility provides the opportunity to give something back to the community, and we run professional networks supporting groups such as local schools, charities, parents, those coming out of the armed-forces and women in engineering.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.

Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo.

We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces and professionals returning after career breaks.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.