Water Quality Modeller

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established infrastructure consulting firm is looking for a passionate Water Quality Modeller to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will apply your expertise in water chemistry and environmental legislation to assess and improve water quality across various environments. You'll work alongside talented engineers and contribute to innovative projects that have a lasting impact on communities. With a flexible hybrid working model and a commitment to employee development, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while making a difference in the water industry.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Volunteering days

Personalized benefits

Technical practice networks

Qualifications

• Experience with water quality assessments in various waterbodies.
• Ability to conduct mass balance calculations and statistical modelling.

Responsibilities

• Apply water quality assessments in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
• Collaborate with engineers and consultants on water projects.

Skills

Understanding of water chemistry

Application of European environmental legislation

Mass balance calculations

Numerical modelling of coastal environments

Technical report writing

Education

Degree in Environmental Science or related field

Tools

MIKE21/3 HD/AD/Ecolab

CORMIX

Job description

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to support a team of talented engineers and consultants in shaping the future of the water industry?

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Environment team as a Water Quality Modeller in one of our rapidly growing UK offices, as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients. Our clients are primarily water utilities and can also include industrial developments with a range of intakes and discharges and local authorities with long term planning strategies.

Here’s what you’ll do:

This role will require the application of water quality assessments in rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waterbodies. These assessments will include desk-based mass balance analyses based on available data through to detailed deterministic and statistical modelling studies using bespoke surveys, specified and supervised by the project team. This position offers an unparalleled opportunity to be part of a talented and diverse team committed to innovation and efficiency.

If you're passionate about turning bold ideas into reality, we want to hear from you! Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Come grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 660 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier engineers and consultants to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.

At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued - and let's not forget about the perks! You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Understanding of water chemistry and the interaction and importance of the different nutrients within the natural environment.
• Ability to apply European environmental legislation to practical real-world problems, such as diffuse pollution assessment, discharge impact assessment, EIA, ES and licence permitting.
• Experience completing mass balance calculations including simple, flow-weighted and Monte Carlo statistical approaches.
• Experience of numerical modelling of coastal environments using MIKE21/3 HD/AD/Ecolab.
• Initial dilution studies using spreadsheet methods and CORMIX as appropriate.
• Generation and use of river flow duration curves at gauged and ungauged sites
• Technical report writing
• Experience of MIKE11 or MIKE Hydro Basin for fluvial environments would be advantageous.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Katie Scales.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10122956

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited

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