Flood Risk & Drainage Consultant in London

Energy Jobline CVL; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy job board is seeking a Flood Risk Consultant for its London office. The role involves preparing Flood Risk Assessments and drainage strategies, requiring a minimum of 2 years’ experience. The candidate should have expertise in Flood Zone assessments, drainage software, and current environmental policies. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and various benefits, including training and medical insurance.

Benefits

Hybrid / Flexible working

Medical insurance plan

Bonus scheme

Paid overtime

Company network events

Inhouse training schemes

Regular inhouse reviews

Professional membership paid

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in UK/Global projects.
• Experience with drainage and flood alleviation designs is required.
• Client-facing role, requiring strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake flood and surface water drainage strategies.
• Prepare Flood Risk Assessments and conceptual designs.
• Support senior staff and verify technical work.

Skills

Flood Risk Assessment preparation

Foul and surface water drainage strategies

Microdrainage software

Environmental Statements knowledge

InfoWorks/ICM/TUFLOW

River modelling software

Current Policy (NPPF, PPG, FWMA 2010)

Tools

Microdrainage

QGIS

MAP-Info

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

We are looking to recruit a Flood Risk Consultant to join our clients busy London office. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 2 years post graduate experience on UK/and or Global projects. The current team are specialists in providing advice to both public and private sectors clientson planning and design issues relating to Flood Risk, as well as the detailed design of FloodProtection, SuDS and Sewerage systems on Residential, Retail, Industrial, CommercialDevelopments and Public schemes throughout the UK.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Medical insurance plan
• Bonus scheme
• Paid overtime if required
• Company network events
• Inhouse training schemes for further development
• Regular inhouse reviews
• Professional membership paid

The role

A key element to the role will be undertaking foul and surface water drainage strategies in conjunction with the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments.

A good understanding of SuDS is also critical for this role.

An understanding of the design process from inception to construction of drainage and flood alleviation schemes will be critical in discharging your duties in this role.

The role will require you to prepare Flood Risk Assessments, conceptual design of flood protection measures and drainage strategies, leading to planning applications and or construction drawings.

You will be expected to undertake site visits from time to time to inform projects.

This is a client-facing role and you can expect to be active on several projects/client accounts at any given time.

You will be expected to support senior members of staff as well as checking and verifying technical work.

You will assist with and separately produce proposals.

What you need to succeed

• Experience in the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments in Flood Zone 1, 2 and 3
• Experience in the preparation of complex foul and surface water drainage strategies
• To have prior expert knowledge of Microdrainage software package & conceptual and detail design of flood mitigation works
• To be aware of water chapters for Environmental Statements
• To have experience in the use of InfoWorks/ICM/TUFLOW/Flood Modeller/QGIS would be an advantage.
• A knowledge of river modelling software together with MAP-Info and or QGIS would be advantageous. The design of sewers together with experience in applying Sewers for Adoption/Sewerage Sector Guidance and other drainage guidance.
• Ideally you will be well versed in the preparation of drawings for Flood Risk Assessments and aware of Current Policy (NPPF, PPG, FWMA 2010, WIA 1991 etc.), Sewerage Strategies, and S104 Agreements

Energy Jobline wishes you the very best of luck in your next career move.