Principal Flood Risk Modeller

Calibre Search; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Leeds is seeking a Principal Flood Risk Modeller to join their growing team. You will lead diverse projects in flood risk and water management, requiring advanced qualifications in hydrology and strong project management skills. If you are chartered and have experience in GIS and hydraulic modelling software, apply now to contribute to sustainable community design.

Benefits

Promote equality in the workplace

Diversity in the recruitment process

Qualifications

• Chartered with CIWEM or similar professional body.
• Strong skills in flood estimation and hydraulic assessments.
• Knowledge of UK and EU legislation in water management.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of projects in flood risk management and water planning.
• Manage and mentor team members in the Water Environment Department.
• Engage with clients and oversee project methodology and quality.

Skills

Flood estimation methods

Hydraulic modelling

Environmental impact assessments

Drainage design

Project management

Team mentoring

GIS software

Technical guidance

Education

MSc or MEng or PhD in hydrology, hydraulic, water resources, or environmental science

Tools

Flood Modeller TUFLOW

ArcGIS

Job description

Principal Flood Risk Modeller
Leeds

Our client are a leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancy who are planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future. Due to securing further workload, their Leeds Head office are looking for a Principal Flood Risk Consultant to join their Flooding and Water Management Team. You will be joining a growing team of civil engineers, modellers and hydrologists who undertake engineering and hydraulic modelling in areas of infrastructure, flood risk management, surface water management, SUDs and integrated catchment studies.

Your role will be to lead the delivery of a wide variety of projects for several key clients both in the UK and Europe. The work will cover a range of activities including project feasibility studies, outline design, hydraulic model build and verification, hydrological assessments, design support, construction support, asset management and development impact assessments. Your role will play a significant part in the development of others in the team as you will be helping in managing and developing the clients' portfolio taking an active role in growing the development sector for the Water Environment Department.

Working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy, you will lead project delivery tasks which may include engagement with clients' technical teams, calculations, drawings, sketches and reports etc, as well as site investigations. Experience of managing projects and acting as technical discipline lead on multi-disciplinary projects is essential as well as a strong skills within flood estimation methods (e.g. ReFH 2 and WINFAP), undertaking environmental impact assessments, drainage and SUDs design, river engineering and water resource assessment.

Taking a Project Manager role for selected projects always demonstrating an awareness of project needs taking personal responsibility to work to deliver these to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, you will provide technical guidance, support and training to colleagues leading in the development of the drainage skills within the Water Environment Department. You will be working in close collaboration with and supporting colleagues from other disciplines as required, you will be recommending / implementing improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions where applicable, and sharing via the knowledge management channels as appropriate.

Chartered with a professional body such as CIWEM and possessing an MSc MEng and or PhD with a focus on either hydrology, hydraulic, water resources or other applied environmental science subject, you will have a knowledge of the UK and European legislation governing the technical discipline including planning policy and relevant design standards.

You will have an excellent technical understanding of UK hydrology and open channel hydraulics as well as check or approve assessments and also experience of GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) and hydraulic modelling software (Flood Modeller TUFLOW ). These are essential as you role will be expected to mentor team members less experienced in this field.

For more information about this role, please contact Sam Smith at Calibre Search of click apply

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