Principal Flood Risk Modeller - Leeds, United Kingdom - Sweco UK

Sweco UK

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Do you have what it takes to transform society?

We are looking for a
Principal Flood Risk Consultant to join our Flooding and Water Management Team based in Leeds (with flexible working).

You will join a growing team of civil engineers, modellers and hydrologists who undertake engineering and hydraulic modelling in areas of infrastructure, flood risk management, surface water management, SUDs and integrated catchment studies.

Your role will be to lead the delivery of a wide variety of projects for several key clients both in the UK and Europe.

The work will cover a range of activities including project feasibility studies, outline design, hydraulic model build and verification, hydrological assessments, design support, construction support, asset management and development impact assessments.

Your role will play a significant part in the development of others in the team.

Core duties and responsibilities will include:

Working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy.
Leading project delivery tasks which may include engagement with clients' technical teams, calculations, drawings, sketches and reports etc, as well as site investigations.
Taking a Project Manager role for selected projects always demonstrating an awareness of project needs taking personal responsibility to work to deliver these to agreed time, cost and quality requirements.
Providing technical guidance, support and training to colleagues leading in the development of the drainage skills within the Water Environment Department.
Working in close collaboration with and supporting colleagues from other disciplines as required.
Recommending / implementing improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions where applicable, and sharing via the knowledge management channels as appropriate.
Helping in managing and developing the clients' portfolio taking an active role in growing the development sector for the Water Environment Department.

To be successful in this role you will:

Chartered with a professional body such as CIWEM
Knowledge of the UK and European legislation governing the technical discipline including planning policy and relevant design standards.
An excellent technical understanding of UK hydrology and open channel hydraulics this is essential as the role will be expected to mentor team members less experienced in this field as well as check or approve assessments.
Experience of GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) and hydraulic modelling software (Flood Modeller \ TUFLOW) this is essential as the role will be expected to mentor team members less experienced in this field.
Experience in some or all of the following: flood estimation methods (e.g. ReFH 2 and WINFAP), undertaking environmental impact assessments, drainage and SUDs design, river engineering and water resource assessment.
Experience of managing projects and acting as technical discipline lead on multidisciplinary projects is essential
Ability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner with other team members and to produce reports in plain English

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we'd love to hear from you.

About Us
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before.

At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality.

Our ambition is to be our clients' most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests.

We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It's important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco.

We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.

To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the ess