Flood Risk Team Leader

Essex Highways; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

5 days extra leave option

RJ Rewards app discounts

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Ringway Jacobs seeks a Flood Risk Team Leader to support the Flood Risk Manager in fulfilling statutory duties and to provide technical leadership across highways, planning, and drainage disciplines.

You will coordinate flood risk activities, lead investigations, manage stakeholder relations, and guide a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality engineering advice and effective incident responses.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering flood risk improvements across surface water, groundwater, and fluvial sources.
• Proven technical experience in flood risk functions related to drainage and flood risk improvements, planning and development control, highways or transportation.

Responsibilities

• Support Flood Risk Manager in delivering flood risk functions and responsibilities.
• Lead flood investigations, report findings, and publish information; ensure Section 19 reports are completed.
• Manage enquiries and escalations for a defined geographical area; coordinate inspections and consultations.
• Help coordinate service response during adverse weather events and emergencies.
• Direct line management responsibilities of the Flood Risk team, including PDRs, coaching, and day-to-day leadership.

Skills

Flood risk management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

GIS

AutoCAD

Project leadership

Tools

GIS

AutoCAD

Job description

The Flood Risk Team Leader will work within the established Flood Risk Management Team to support the Flood Risk Manager in fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. The post holder will contribute to the effective implementation, monitoring and communication of the Council’s responsibilities as a Lead Local Flood Authority.
The role will provide authoritative technical leadership and professional oversight to ensure the consistent delivery of high quality engineering advice across all relevant service areas. This includes regulatory flood risk and drainage matters associated with highways infrastructure, statutory planning and development control, and the wider coordination of flood risk management activities across Cheshire East.

The Role

• Support to the Flood Risk Manager — Assist in delivering all flood risk functions, duties, and responsibilities required under the Cheshire East Flood Risk Management Strategy.
• Drive collaboration with strategic partners and Risk Management Authorities such as the Environment Agency, United Utilities, Highways and other stakeholders.
• Provide expert guidance, challenge, and support to practitioners, customers, and stakeholders, including managing responses to complex or politically sensitive issues.
• Lead flood investigations, acting as the primary lead for investigating flood events, reporting findings, and publishing relevant information. Ensure Section 19 reports are completed and submitted to the client in a timely manner.
• Manage member enquiries, funding requests, and escalations for a defined geographical area, arranging inspections, investigations, research, and consultation as required.
• Help coordinate service response during adverse weather events, incidents, or emergencies affecting the borough.
• Provide leadership and support to ensure effective operational readiness and response.
• Direct line management responsibilities of the Flood Risk team, including performance development reviews (PDRs), coaching, support, and day to day leadership.

• Experience delivering flood risk improvements across surface water, groundwater, and fluvial sources, including leading related projects and schemes.
• Proven technical experience in flood risk functions associated with the design and delivery of drainage and flood risk improvements, planning and development control, building control, highways, or transportation disciplines.
• Extensive knowledge of flood risk legislation, statutory procedures, and technical requirements relevant to Flood Risk Management and associated disciplines.
• Experience completing drainage investigations relating to multiple flood sources.
• Appropriate knowledge and application of the Highways Act 1980, Health and Safety legislation, and CDM Regulations.
• Experience using technical data systems, including GIS and/or AutoCAD, for managing and analysing flood risk information.
• Management and leadership skills with experience leading technical staff or multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to meet the behavioural requirements for a Grade G post.
• Extensive experience dealing with service users, including handling complaints and managing sensitive or challenging interactions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to a wide range of audiences.
• Full UK driving licence (essential).

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

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