Senior Hydrologist - Hybrid Lead for Hydro Projects

Love The Oceans; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Thomson Environmental Consultants is seeking a senior environmental professional to lead hydro-ecology teams across the UK. You will oversee large projects, mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure high-quality reports and client satisfaction.

Hybrid working is available with travel across the UK and strong collaboration with clients, regulatory bodies, and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver effective environmental outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in environmental consultancy.
• Strong background in aquatic or hydro-ecology and related disciplines.
• Track record of leading teams and delivering complex projects.
• Experience building client relationships and winning work.

Responsibilities

• Manage team workloads, performance, training, and development.
• Provide technical oversight, mentoring, and internal training.
• Lead and deliver large, complex hydro-ecological projects.
• Provide guidance on legislation, policy, and best practice.
• Review and approve technical reports and deliverables.
• Oversee budgets, forecasting, and team financial performance.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.
• Win new work through bids, tenders, and client engagement.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Support marketing and PR activities to promote water services.

Skills

Team leadership

Hydro-ecology

Client relations

Project management

Technical report writing

Budgets & forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in environmental science / ecology

Tools

GIS (ArcGIS)

Environmental data management

Job description

Thomson Environmental Consultants is seeking a senior environmental professional to lead hydro-ecology teams across the UK. You will oversee large projects, mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure high-quality reports and client satisfaction.

Hybrid working is available with travel across the UK and strong collaboration with clients, regulatory bodies, and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver effective environmental outcomes.