Hydrologist - Water Resources, Mining

SLR Consulting Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Life, income and travel insurance

Flexible hybrid working

25 days’ annual leave

Leave options (buy/sell)

Job summary

SLR Consulting Ltd is seeking an experienced Mine Water Professional to join our established team. You’ll lead mine water and hydrology projects from planning through detailed design, working closely with clients and multi‑disciplinary teams.

Based in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Nottingham or Dublin, you’ll gain exposure to international mining projects, ESIA, closure planning and related disciplines while mentoring junior colleagues and driving technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering mine water, hydrology or water resource projects.
• Degree in hydrology, water resources engineering, environmental engineering or geology with professional registration (CEng, CEnv or CSci).
• Project management and stakeholder engagement skills including client liaison and workshops.
• Knowledge of water management design codes and best practices for mining.
• Experience with water modelling tools, rainfall-runoff and water balance modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of mine water and hydrology projects from planning to detailed design.
• Manage client liaison, workshops, reporting, QA/QC and site visits.
• Mentor engineers and scientists, support resource planning and development.
• Collaborate across Europe, Asia‑Pacific, Africa, and the Americas on complex mining projects.

Skills

Mine water projects

Hydrology

Water resources engineering

Project management

Client liaison

Stakeholder engagement

Water modelling

Report writing

Driving licence

Education

Degree in hydrology / water resources engineering / environmental engineering / geology

Professional registration (CEng, CEnv or CSci)

Tools

GoldSim

Job description

About SLR

SLR is a global leader in sustainability solutions, working with clients to help make sustainability happen, within a collaborative, people‑first culture.

Due to continued growth, we are seeking an experienced Mine Water Professional to join our established Mine Water team, delivering high‑profile integrated water management and mining sector projects.

Based in Edinburgh, Bristol, Nottingham, London or Dublin, the role will focus primarily on mine water management, hydrology and water resource engineering for local and international mining projects, with additional exposure to feasibility studies, due diligence, ESIA and closure planning, as well as a small amount of other multi‑disciplinary work spanning renewables, infrastructure, power, industrial and built‑environment sectors.

Role

You’ll lead the delivery of mine water and hydrology projects from planning through to detailed design, working closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Project and technical leadership – delivering integrated water management solutions across the mining lifecycle, including feasibility studies (PEA/PFS/FS), operational improvements, due diligence, ESIA and closure planning
• Client management and proposal support – enquiry handling, client liaison, technical workshops, reporting, QA/QC and site visits
• Mentoring and coaching less experienced engineers and scientists – supporting team capability, resource planning and strategic development
• Desk‑based work alongside site visits across the UK, Ireland, Europe and internationally – collaborating with colleagues across Europe, Asia‑Pacific, Africa and the Americas

Collaborations

You’ll collaborate with colleagues across Environmental and Earth Sciences, Planning, ESIA, Engineering and Global Advisory on complex and impactful mining projects, with opportunities for European and international exposure.

Rewards & Benefits

• Competitive salary with discretionary bonus
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Life, income, and travel insurance
• Salary sacrifice car lease and cycle‑to‑work schemes
• Flexible, hybrid and agile working
• 25 days’ annual leave plus flexible public holidays
• Buy or sell leave options
• Core working hours
• Cross‑border remote working and sabbatical opportunities
• Family life and wellbeing matter at SLR: We provide enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, and specialist support for mental health, stress and menopause—supporting our people both professionally and personally

About You

• Extensive experience delivering mine water, hydrology or water resource projects, ideally within the mining sector
• A degree in hydrology, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, geology or a related field, with professional registration (CEng, CEnv or CSci)
• Project management and stakeholder engagement experience, including client liaison and technical workshop delivery
• Knowledge of relevant water management design codes, guidance and best‑practice standards for mining and minerals
• Experience with water modelling tools and analytical systems, such as rainfall‑runoff models, water balance modelling, hydraulic modelling and (desirable) GoldSim
• Strong technical reporting, numerical analysis and problem‑solving skills, with experience producing drawings, graphics and presentations
• A driving licence that permits you to legally drive in the UK for site visits

Knowledge

• Climate characterisation and design rainfall estimation
• Stormwater management and hydraulic design
• Flood hydrology and rainfall‑runoff modelling
• Water balance modelling and water resource management
• Planning and design of water management infrastructure
• Dam break assessment for water and tailings storage facilities

Desirable Additional Experience

• Field hydrology programme design and execution
• Water quality monitoring and modelling
• GoldSim probabilistic scenario modelling
• Newtonian and non‑Newtonian hydraulic modelling
• Data management, data science, GIS and/or CAD
• Cost estimation and design specifications
• Water treatment plant and pumping system design

Culture & Inclusion

Inclusion is fundamental to who we are. We are committed to equal opportunities and foster a workplace where everyone can thrive, supported by active Culture & Inclusion Committees and Employee Networks.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

We’re Making Sustainability Happen. We don’t have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it.

We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space.

We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.