Principal Hydrologist | Team Leader

Baker Street Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy firm in environmental management seeks a Principal Hydrologist to lead the Water Environment team. The role involves tackling flood risk and drainage issues, requiring a degree and experience in flood modelling and SUDs design. This position offers extensive benefits including a discretionary profit share scheme and an unlimited training budget. As this is a remote position, the company promotes flexible working hours to ensure work/life balance.

Benefits

Discretionary profit share scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Unlimited training budget

Healthcare scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in flood risk assessment and flood modelling.
• Enthusiastic commitment to consultancy role.
• Flexible approach to work with multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the water environment team.
• Identify solutions to client problems.
• Conduct flood risk assessment and scheme design.

Skills

Flood risk assessment

Flood modelling

SUDs design

Report writing

Pro-active solution focused

Education

Degree in related subject

Job description

Overview

This is a remote position.

As a Principal Hydrologist you will lead and grow the Water Environment team to resolve your clients flood risk and drainage issues and to deliver environmentally positive solutions to their broader challenges.

About Our Client

Our client is a specialist and bespoke environmental and sustainability management consultancy whose purpose is to help their clients become more sustainable and realise the opportunities and benefits that this can bring to their businesses.

Flexibility

Our client believes that people achieve the most when they can work in a manner that works best for them and have a genuinely flexible approach to work in terms of both hours and location. They want you to maintain your work / life balance to find an approach that works best for all. If you are the right person for them they will try to make it work.

Job Purpose

As a Principal Hydrologist your role will be t o lead and grow the Water Environment team through winning and delivering high quality work for clients by supporting them in resolving their flood risk and drainage issues including flood modelling and design of SUDs and natural flood management projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the water environment team and their service offering
• Identifying solutions to client problems
• Flood risk assessment and scheme design
• Preparation of tenders and quotes
• Project management
• Represent the company to clients suppliers and prospects
• Provide mentoring support and training to junior colleagues
• Reviewing technical work

Requirements

• Degree in related subject and / or relevant professional experience
• Experience of flood risk assessment and flood modelling natural flood management and SUDs design
• Enthusiastic commitment to the role of consultancy in improving environmental and sustainability outcomes whist being sensitive to and considerate of needs of clients colleagues and other stakeholders
• Experience within a commercial consultancy role.
• Pro-active solution focused
• Flexible approach to work ability to work on multiple projects
• Excellent report writing skills

Benefits

• Discretionary profit share scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Additional days birthday leave
• Unlimited training budget with your training plan
• 3 paid volunteer days
• Enhanced contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare scheme

Required Skills :

We want someone whos not only technically skilled but also brings initiative collaboration and care to their work.

Key Skills

• Hyperion
• Acquisition
• Asset
• ABAP
• Basic
• Activex

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1