Senior Flood Risk Lead — Strategy, Partnerships & Response

Essex Highways; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

5 days extra leave option

RJ Rewards app discounts

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Ringway Jacobs seeks a Flood Risk Team Leader to support the Flood Risk Manager in fulfilling statutory duties and to provide technical leadership across highways, planning, and drainage disciplines.

You will coordinate flood risk activities, lead investigations, manage stakeholder relations, and guide a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality engineering advice and effective incident responses.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering flood risk improvements across surface water, groundwater, and fluvial sources.
• Proven technical experience in flood risk functions related to drainage and flood risk improvements, planning and development control, highways or transportation.

Responsibilities

• Support Flood Risk Manager in delivering flood risk functions and responsibilities.
• Lead flood investigations, report findings, and publish information; ensure Section 19 reports are completed.
• Manage enquiries and escalations for a defined geographical area; coordinate inspections and consultations.
• Help coordinate service response during adverse weather events and emergencies.
• Direct line management responsibilities of the Flood Risk team, including PDRs, coaching, and day-to-day leadership.

Skills

Flood risk management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

GIS

AutoCAD

Project leadership

Tools

GIS

AutoCAD

Job description

Ringway Jacobs seeks a Flood Risk Team Leader to support the Flood Risk Manager in fulfilling statutory duties and to provide technical leadership across highways, planning, and drainage disciplines.

You will coordinate flood risk activities, lead investigations, manage stakeholder relations, and guide a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality engineering advice and effective incident responses.