Flood Risk Consultant

Macstaff; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-share bonus

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Employee Health Cashback scheme

36 days annual leave

CPD allowance

Training and mentoring

Professional membership fees paid

Wellbeing facilities

Job summary

Macstaff is seeking an experienced Flood Risk Consultant for Bath/Bradford-on-Avon. The role combines technical delivery with client ownership across flood risk, hydrology and water environment projects.

Based in Bath area with flexible hybrid working, you will lead FRA, drainage strategies, and environmental permitting, while developing the in-house team and contributing to growth of the water environment capability.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience within flood risk, hydrology or water environment consultancy.
• Degree or postgraduate qualification relevant to flood risk/hydrology.
• Experience delivering hydrological and flood risk elements of multidisciplinary projects.
• Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessments, drainage/SuDS and related planning requirements.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience managing projects, budgets, programmes and deliverables.
• Ability to lead, support and develop other consultants.
• Excellent reporting and communication skills.
• Commercial judgement and pragmatic approach to environmental risk.
• Chartered status such as CWEM or similar is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Leading Flood Risk Assessments, hydrological assessments and flood risk modelling.
• Delivering drainage strategies, SuDS design, WFD assessments and ES chapters.
• Supporting water quality, sediment quality, water resources and resilience projects.
• Leading FRAP and wider environmental permitting work.
• Providing input into flood preparedness strategies.
• Managing project scope, fees, programmes, resources, risk, quality and profitability.
• Leading client meetings, workshops and technical reviews.
• Coordinating with planning authorities and regulators.
• Advising on planning, permitting, environmental risk and mitigation.
• Managing and developing the in-house environment team.
• Supporting proposals, tenders and key client accounts.
• Shaping growth of the water environment and flood risk capability.

Skills

Flood risk consultancy

Degree holder

Hydrology

Client-facing

Project management

Reporting

Commercial judgement

CWEM (advantageous)

Education

Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in flood risk / hydrology / environmental engineering

Job description

Flood Risk Consultant – Bath/BOA

£48,000–£58,000 DOE + Profit Share Bonus + Private Healthcare + Hybrid Working + Excellent Benefits

Leading flood risk, hydrology and water environment consultancy from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath, with flexible hybrid / work-from-home (WFH) arrangements available.

You’ll join a highly regarded specialist environmental consultancy delivering sustainable solutions across development, infrastructure, utilities, renewables, government, defence and other major sectors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant / Hydrologist / Water Environment Consultant who wants more than simply delivering technical reports. You’ll have genuine ownership of clients and projects, influence the development of the water environment capability and lead a talented specialist team.

You’ll enjoy the agility and culture of an established specialist consultancy, backed by the resources, expertise and opportunities of a growing multidisciplinary environmental group.

Job responsibilities

• Leading Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), hydrological assessments and flood risk modelling
• Delivering drainage strategies, SuDS design, WFD assessments and ES chapters
• Supporting water quality, sediment quality, water resources and resilience projects
• Leading Flood Risk Activity Permit (FRAP) and wider environmental permitting work
• Providing technical input into flood preparedness strategies
• Managing project scope, fees, programmes, resources, risk, quality and profitability
• Leading client meetings, workshops, pre-application discussions and technical reviews
• Liaising confidently with planning authorities, regulators and statutory consultees
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and specialist sub-consultants
• Providing pragmatic advice around planning, consenting, environmental risk and mitigation
• Managing and developing the in-house environment team
• Supporting proposals, tenders, repeat business and key client accounts
• Helping shape and grow the consultancy’s wider water environment and flood risk capability

Key skills & experience

• Strong professional experience within flood risk, hydrology or water environment consultancy
• A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification
• Experience delivering hydrological and flood risk elements of multidisciplinary projects
• Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessments, drainage/SuDS and associated planning requirements
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience managing projects, budgets, programmes and technical deliverables
• The ability to lead, support and develop other consultants
• Excellent written reporting and communication skills
• Sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to environmental risk
• Chartered status such as CWEM or similar would be advantageous

Benefits & package

• £44,000–£58,000 salary, depending on experience
• Annual profit-share bonus
• Hybrid working / flexible WFH arrangements
• Bupa Private Healthcare
• Employee Health Cashback scheme
• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Up to 5 days external CPD allowance per year
• Internal training, mentoring and work-shadowing opportunities
• Professional membership fees paid
• Excellent office environment and wellbeing facilities

You will be based from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath, with flexible hybrid working available. The location is well positioned for candidates across Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and the wider South West.

This is a particularly strong opportunity if you are ready to step beyond pure technical delivery and want genuine influence over clients, projects, people and the future growth of a specialist water environment consultancy.