Senior Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist

Southern Water; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking a Senior Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist to collaborate on effective catchment solutions with stakeholders. The role involves cross-functional work in hydrogeology and biodiversity. Candidates should have demonstrated expertise and a master's degree in Hydrogeology is desirable. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working approach, combining office and home working.

Benefits

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Health Cash Plan

Fully funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 retailers

Digital GP service

Study support for job-related qualifications

Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Expertise in water resource hydrogeology and groundwater modelling.
• Experience in designing water quality and hydrometric investigations.
• Proven expertise in technical report writing.

Responsibilities

• Support on catchment solutions with regulators and stakeholders.
• Responsible for technical evaluation of environmental measures.
• Cross-functional collaboration covering hydrogeology and biodiversity.

Skills

Water resource hydrogeology

Groundwater modelling

Hydroecology

River/wetland restoration

Technical report writing

Education

Masters degree in Hydrogeology

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist

Location: Durrington or Falmer, (1-2 days in the office or on-site)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: circa £55,000 (depending on skills and experience)

Job Overview

• Support the Catchment Hydrogeology team to actively promote and effectively collaborate on catchment solutions with regulators (Environment Agency, Natural England and DWI), catchment stakeholders (Rivers Trusts, Wildlife Trusts etc) and community groups, driving the principles of the Catchment First approach.
• Responsible for undertaking technical evaluation / recommendations on environmental nature-based measures that will likely be needed to mitigate predicted environmental challenges from our operations.
• The role will involve strong cross-functional working within and outside the business. Covering technical areas of water resource hydrogeology, hydroecology, biodiversity enhancement, river restoration, catchment management (including soil and water conservation), hydrogeological risk assessment and surface water and groundwater quality and quantity assessments.

About You

• Demonstrable expertise in water resource hydrogeology, groundwater modelling, hydroecology, restoring sustainable abstraction, river / wetland restoration, low flow investigation, WFD, groundwater resource development.
• Experience of designing complex water quality, hydroecology and hydrometric investigations and monitoring programmes, data analysis and assimilation.
• Proven expertise of technical report writing and review of water resource and water quality investigations, catchment risk assessments.
• Extensive experience of water resource and water quality investigations, catchment risk assessments, and translating regulatory environmental requirements into manageable work streams.
• Masters degree in relevant discipline such as Hydrogeology is desirable. Chartership or working towards is highly desirable.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington/Falmer offices, sites and home. We are offering a competitive salary as well as other benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Additional Information

Join our Environment & Innovation team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that "normal" office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.