Hydrologist - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

The Coal Authority; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector environment agency in Mansfield seeks a hydrometry expert to manage flow monitoring and collaborate with specialists. This hybrid role emphasizes impactful contributions to water protection. Applicants should demonstrate significant hydrometric skills and a full UK driving licence. A comprehensive benefits package includes generous leave and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension scheme with high employer contribution

Flexibility in working patterns

Generous holiday allowance

Professional development support

Annual health check

Free parking and on-site refreshments

Qualifications

• Experience in hydrometry with flow measurements.
• Strong management skills for contractors.
• Ability to utilize and report on monitoring data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hydrometric services for the Mining Remediation Authority.
• Manage hydrometric contractors efficiently.
• Support the rollout of new data management processes.

Skills

Hands-on experience in hydrometry

Confidence in supervising and managing contractors

Ability to manage, analyse and report on flow monitoring data

Skills in specifying and installing water monitoring instrumentation

Clear communication

Capacity to manage a high-volume workload

Full UK driving licence

Job description

About You

Help Shape the Future of Water Protection

Are you passionate about hydrology and looking for a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact?

Use Your Skills to Tackle the Legacy of Mining

Join a team where your expertise in flow measurement and data analysis directly contributes to safeguarding our water environment.

Thrive in a Collaborative, Specialist-Led Environment

Work alongside hydrology and hydrometry experts, with support for your professional development and diverse ways of thinking.

We\'re looking for someone who brings:

• Hands-on experience in hydrometry (e.g. measuring flows, installing structures)
• Confidence in supervising and managing contractors
• Ability to manage, analyse and report on flow monitoring data
• Skills in specifying and installing water monitoring instrumentation
• Clear communication and interpersonal strengths
• Capacity to manage and prioritise a high-volume workload
• A full UK driving licence to support travel across our mining regions

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value diverse perspectives, including neurodivergent ways of thinking. If you\'re curious, collaborative, and committed to protecting our water systems we\'d love to hear from you.

About The Role

Make a Real-World Impact

Use your hydrometric expertise to support a nationally significant programme focused on protecting water environments affected by mining.

Autonomy Meets Collaboration

Work independently while being part of a team of specialists who value diverse thinking and practical problem-solving.

Lead and Shape Hydrometric Delivery

Take ownership of contractor management and help implement innovative data processes that will shape future operations.

In this role, you\'ll be:

• Delivering hydrometric services to support and advise the Mining Remediation Authority\'s strategic mine water programme and its operational activities.
• Applying your experience to work independently while collaborating with internal experts to achieve hydrometric goals.
• Managing and supervising hydrometric contractors across our supply chain.
• Supporting the Senior Hydrologist in rolling out major new hydrometric data management processes, delivered by our main contractor.

We don\'t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we\'ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we\'d love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location: Hybrid working

Schedule:

Application closing date: 5th October 2025

Sifting date: 6th October 2025

Interviews: w/c 20th October 2025

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

Security:

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About Mining Remediation Authority

Our benefits:

• A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it\'s full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts
• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working with us

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who we are

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We\'re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.

We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What\'s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That\'s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.

If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at [email protected] or give us a call on 01623 637000.