Consultant, Flood Risk

ERM; New Delhi; Sur place; INR 900 000 - 1 500 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ERM, a leading global sustainability consultancy, is hiring a Flood Risk Consultant for its India Consulting Delivery Hub. You will deliver high-quality Flood Risk Assessments, drainage strategies and hydraulic modelling to support infrastructure and development projects.

You will interact with regulators, clients, and multidisciplinary teams across regions to ensure compliance and timely delivery. You will apply UK methodologies, contribute to EIAs, and help improve methods while mentoring

Qualifications

• Degree in hydrology or related discipline is required.
• Experience delivering FRAs for projects and strong report writing skills.
• Experience with UK methodologies (FEH, FEH-RR, ReFH2.4) and regulatory requirements.

Responsabilités

• Deliver FRAs for major infrastructure and development projects with regulatory compliance.
• Develop outline drainage strategies and SuDS designs and perform hydraulic calculations.
• Contribute to EIAs and planning submissions, integrating flood risk considerations.
• Lead data collection, peak flow estimation and hydraulic modelling.
• Liaise with regulators and clients to meet requirements.
• Mentor junior team members and support QA processes.

Connaissances

Flood Risk

Hydraulic Modelling

GIS

Report Writing

Regulatory Liaison

Data Analysis

Project Mentoring

UK Drainage Standards

Climate Change Allowances

Automation Tools

Formation

Degree in Hydrology or related discipline

Outils

ESRI-TUFLOW

Flood Modeller

HEC-RAS

InfoWorks ICM

ArcGIS

QGIS

Python/R for environmental datasets

Description du poste

ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet. Our Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH) in India is a critical part of ERM’s global consulting model enabling scalable, high-quality delivery across regions and service lines. CDH teams work in close partnership with regional consultants to support global client projects, providing specialist expertise, driving consistency, and enhancing delivery efficiency across our most important programmes. As part of the Consulting Delivery Hub, you will collaborate with colleagues worldwide, contribute to complex sustainability projects, and play a key role in shaping the future of global consulting delivery.

Why this role matters?

As a Flood Risk Consultant, you will support ERM's global flood risk and water management practice by delivering high-quality Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs), drainage strategies, and hydraulic modelling solutions for infrastructure, energy, and development projects. Working closely with ERM consultants, technical specialists, regulatory authorities, and clients across multiple regions, you will help identify and manage flood-related risks, support planning and environmental approvals, and contribute to resilient, sustainable project design. This role plays a key part in enabling scalable global delivery by providing technically robust assessments, maintaining regulatory compliance, and ensuring projects are delivered efficiently and to the highest quality standards.

What your impact is?

Deliver high-quality Flood Risk Assessments and drainage strategies that support successful planning applications, environmental approvals, and informed decision-making for clients. Apply hydrological and hydraulic modelling expertise to identify flood risks, evaluate mitigation measures, and improve the resilience of infrastructure and development projects. Produce technically accurate, regulator‑ready deliverables that comply with UK and Irish flood risk policies, planning requirements, and industry best practices. Support the integration of flood risk, drainage, and water management considerations into Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and wider sustainability projects. Collaborate with global ERM teams, regulators, and client stakeholders to resolve technical challenges, maintain project schedules, and achieve successful project outcomes. Contribute to technical excellence through quality reviews, knowledge sharing, mentoring of junior team members, and continuous improvement of flood risk assessment methodologies and delivery processes.

What will you bring?

• Degree in hydrology, or related discipline.
• Proven experience delivering FRAs for projects including excellent report writing skills.
• Proven experience undertaking peak flow analysis for UK sites using the appropriate UK methodologies (FEH statistical, FEH-RR and/or ReFH2.4).
• Proven experience in hydraulic modelling (e.g. ESRI-TUFLOW / Flood Modeller / HEC-RAS) and drainage system modelling (e.g. InfoWorks ICM).
• Proven experience delivering sustainable drainage system (SuDS) designs (both outline and detailed) for projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK wide (Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Irish flood risk and SuDS related planning policy, regulatory requirements, and local authority requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience technically reviewing others work.
• Experience writing FRA proposals.
• Skilled in using GIS platforms (ArcGIS, QGIS) for spatial analysis.
• Preferred qualifications, skills & competencies Data analysis tools (Excel, Python/R for environmental datasets).
• Collaboration tools (MS Office Suite, SharePoint).
• Experience using automation or AI-enabled tools.
• Relevant certifications or advanced qualifications.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver FRAs for major infrastructure and development projects, ensuring compliance with planning policy and regulatory requirements.
• Develop outline drainage strategies and designs, including SuDS and preliminary hydraulic calculations.
• Provide technical input to EIAs and planning submissions, integrating flood risk and drainage considerations.
• Manage data collection, peak flow estimation including climate change allowances, hydraulic modelling, interpretation of flood mapping, and recommendations.
• Liaise with regulators (Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Environment Agency, Natural Resource Wales, Lead Local Flood Authorities etc) and clients to ensure FRAs meet regulatory requirements.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical quality assurance.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.