Senior/principal Urban Catchment Modeller - Bristol, United Kingdom - Atkins

Atkins

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Atkins is one of the largest engineering and design consultancies in the UK, successfully delivering multidisciplinary project to our clients.

Our Asset Planning and Solutions team incorporates one of the largest Urban Catchment Modelling teams in the UK, delivering projects for the majority of the UK Water Companies, the EA, many Lead Local Flood Authorities, as well as a broad range of overseas clients.

Job Summary

Catchment Planning

- determination of hydraulic, environmental, and operational needs of catchments and the development of various horizon strategies to improve catchment performance

Blue Green Infrastructure
Solution Development

- development of outline designs, and support through detailed design process

Model Build and Verification creating robust sewer network models that are suitable for analysis and solution development
Hydraulic and Water Quality Analysis intelligent assessment of catchment hydraulics and pollutant sources to identify needs and risks
Integrated Catchment Modelling constructing models for assessing the interaction between sewers (storm and foul), watercourses and overland flows

Essential Criteria

A natural curiosity for developing innovative, sustainable, and costeffective solutions for our clients
Understanding of UK Water Industry and regulatory issues.
Proven track record in coordinating and delivering technically excellent projects on time and to budget
Attained a chartered status (ICE or CIWEM)
Experience in urban drainage modelling
Competence in the use of Hydraulic modelling software
First class written and oral communication skills

Desirable Criteria

Experience working on Storm Water Management and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)
Experience working with software such as FME, Power Bi, and/or programming tools such as Ruby, Python and Visual Basic.
Experience of team working on multidisciplinary projects
Sound commercial understanding
Able to develop and motivate junior team members

Responsibilities

Technical and project management of DWMPs and other projects including Storm Water Management, SuDS, drainage, option development, SOAF and WFD delivery.
Undertake Project Manager role on projects where required
Support in the development of Client Relationship with our key Water Company and nonWater Company clients to support growth.
Support in the preparation of bid documents and estimates.
Supervision of project teams and supporting the Business Manager in resource planning.
Promote staff development through training, onthejob experience, and personal development
Contributing towards technical innovation and improvement workgroups.

The Individual

We seek an Individual that can demonstrate:

Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbally and in writing.
A hard working and flexible individual, a team player, who has great attention to detail, is reliable, shows initiative and is proactive and able to deliver to set deadlines.
Enthusiasm about urban drainage and it's role within the environment.
A confident and professional manner.
Good team working skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
A supportive approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team.
Ability to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with clients and the whole project team.

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.

Atkins recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.

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