Senior Flood Risk Modeller – Hydraulics & Modelling Lead

MOTT MACDONALD; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Competitive benefits including pension

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is urgently recruiting for a Flood Risk role within its Water Consultancy. The successful candidate will develop hydraulic models to support flood alleviation schemes, assess hydrological data, and deliver high quality reports.

You will work in a collaborative team, mentoring junior staff while developing your own career path across technical, management or client‑facing roles.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering flood risk management studies
• Experience using flood modelling software e.g. Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, HECRAS or ICM
• Degree level qualification in hydrology, geography, mathematics, civil engineering, or other related discipline
• Good communication and written skills
• Well organised and able to prioritise your own workload with minimal supervision
• Understand the importance of prioritising health, safety and environmental issues

Responsibilities

• Developing hydraulic models to assist the design of Flood Alleviation Schemes
• Conceptualisation and scoping of hydraulic modelling approaches
• Analysing data using ArcGIS, QGIS, Python and Excel
• Producing and checking high quality reports for clients
• Undertaking and checking hydrological assessments including Flood Estimation Handbook
• Mentoring/training junior staff in hydraulic modelling and project delivery

Skills

Flood modelling

Hydraulic modelling

Hydrology

ArcGIS

QGIS

Python

HECRAS

TUFLOW

ICM

Data analysis

Education

Hydrology degree

Geography degree

Civil engineering degree

Tools

Flood Modeller

TUFLOW

HEC-RAS

ICM

ArcGIS

QGIS

Python

Job description

Mott MacDonald is urgently recruiting for a Flood Risk role within its Water Consultancy. The successful candidate will develop hydraulic models to support flood alleviation schemes, assess hydrological data, and deliver high quality reports.

You will work in a collaborative team, mentoring junior staff while developing your own career path across technical, management or client‑facing roles.