Senior Flood Risk Consultant

Waterman Aspen; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Senior Flood Risk Consultant to join their team in Derby. The successful candidate will be integral in delivering flood resilience projects, coordinating teams, and fostering stakeholder relationships. This role offers significant professional development opportunities, a competitive salary aligned with experience, and an attractive benefits package, including health insurance and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Contribution to commuting mileage

Permanent health insurance

25 days annual leave

Company pension contribution

Salary sacrifice to buy additional benefits

Paid Community Day for volunteering

Qualifications

• Chartered status or close to achieving.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Previous HS2 related experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects and manage stakeholders for flood risk management.
• Develop business cases and applications for funding.
• Lead design teams to deliver flood risk reduction schemes.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Flood Risk Management

Drainage design

Hydraulic design principles

Team leadership

Education

Relevant Engineering or Equivalent qualification relating to Flood Risk/Drainage

Tools

MicroDrainage

Causeway Flow

Job description

You’ll get all the benefits of being employed by us, while working on a variety of projects for our clients. Joining Waterman Aspen as Senior Flood Risk Consultantwill see you as a key member of the Water & Environment East team and you can expect:

• A varied client base where you can apply and develop your skills
• Buy-in from clients to assist in your technical progression
• Further exposure to your chosen industry – increasing your awareness, knowledge and sharpening your skills
• Career development and training to reach your professional or academic qualification goals supported by our own network of mentors and managers
• Paid subscription to a professional body of your choice
• Relevant Engineering or Equivalent qualification relating to Flood Risk/Drainage.
• Experience of project coordination, stakeholder management and leading a team.
• Technical experience in UK drainage standards including SuDS
• Ability to use and review outputs from drainage modelling software (MicroDrainage or Causeway Flow) and technically competent in fundamental hydraulic design principles.
• Experience of developing outline business cases and funding applications for FDGIA or equivalent.
• A successful track record in project and construction, working with design teams to deliver flood risk reduction schemes.
• Experience of delivering flood resilience and property level protection schemes.
• Experience working in diverse multi-disciplined teams to produce deliverables to a high standard.
• Experience working in client facing environments and ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes.
• Develop and build mutually beneficial external stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous HS2 related experience.
• Chartered status or close to achieving
• A full UK driving licence

You’ll get this and so much more…

As a salaried colleague, you’ll get a salary in line with your experience, skills and location along with an industry-leading benefits package:

• Contribution to commuting mileage
• Permanent health insurance
• 25 days annual leave (option to buy up to 5 more), in addition to the normal public holidays (based on a 40 hour week, pro rata for part-time colleagues)
• Company pension contribution
• Salary sacrifice to buy additional benefits
• 1 paid Waterman Aspen in the Community Day to volunteer in your local community

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Created on 29/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom