Principal Flood Risk Modeller - Leeds, United Kingdom - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

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Leeds, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Principal Flood Risk Modeller

Country:
United Kingdom
Position Location:Leeds, UK / Brighton, UK / Cambridge, UK / Sheffie
Contract Type:Permanent
Work Pattern:Full Time
Sector:Water
Discipline:Water
Job Ref:1840
Recruiter Contact:Hayley Alexander
Mott MacDonald
We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values:
Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
About the division

The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.

Climate change, aging assets, and population growth place increasing pressure on our water and wastewater assets. Our highly successful water consultancy business is servicing everincreasing demands from water sector clients to help deliver ambitious capital programmes. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.
With sustainability, social impacts, digitalisation, and carbon reduction in mind, our diverse and multidisciplinary teams work together to provide a variety of services throughout the full project lifecycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision.
Overview of role

We have a strong track record in providing flood risk services to our clients.

Our teams of experts have modelled, designed and delivered flood management schemes around the world and worked on award winning schemes such as the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme.

We deliver Flood Risk Assessments for new developments and are industry leading in delivering Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management.

We work alongside Dam Engineers to conduct reservoir flood studies.- Mott MacDonald is a unique company to work for, combining heritage, vision and values into an ethos that encourages innovative thinking and career progression in technical, management or commercial/client-facing directions, or a combination thereof.

You will have control of your own career path, which we will support through mentoring and training, but above all by giving you the opportunities to face new challenges and take more responsibilities.

Examples of your contributions are:

Leading the development of hydraulic models (using packages to such as Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS and ICM) to assist the design of Flood Alleviation Schemes, deliver Flood Risk Assessments and conduct reservoir flood studies
Conceptualisation and scoping of hydraulic modelling approaches
Producing and checking high quality reports for clients
Undertaking and checking hydrological assessments including Flood Estimation Handbook, ReFH2 and WINFAP
Mentoring/training junior staff in the overall process of hydraulic modelling, from scoping to delivery, helping them to see the bigger picture, and providing guidance in identifying opportunities and risks in programme, consenting, construction and maintenance
Alongside your technical role, you will undertake project management and business development activities, including engagement with clients to win new work for the team.
We are looking for someone with great team spirit to become an integral part of our wider Water Resources and Flooding subsector, which brings together a wealth of knowledge and experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, water quality, catchment management, climate resilience, hydraulic modelling, flood risk, computational fluid dynamics and associated disciplines.

Essential criteria:

Experience in delivering flood risk management studies
Experience using hydraulic modelling software
Experience using flood modelling software e.g. Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, HECRAS or ICM
Degree level qualification in hydrology, geography, mathematics, civil engineering, or other related discipline
Good communication and written skills
Well organised and able to prioritise your own workload with mínimal supervision
Understand the importance of prioritising health, safety and environmental issues

Desirable criteria:

Chartered with an appropriate professional body (e.g. ICE, CIWEM, IMA).
Professional consultancy experience in flood modelling and flood risk management
Experience in leading complex flood risk management projects
If you meet 80% or more of what we're looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skil