Ready to take your hydraulic modelling expertise to the next level? This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Sustainable Water Management team, delivering impactful flood risk projects that help protect communities, strengthen infrastructure and build resilience to climate change.
Working across major infrastructure schemes, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) studies and strategic programmes, you’ll have the opportunity to influence important decisions across the government, water, transport and energy sectors.
Whether you’re looking to take on greater technical responsibility, help shape modelling approaches or play a key role in developing national capabilities, this is your chance to make a genuine impact while progressing your career alongside talented, multidisciplinary professionals.
As a Hydraulic / Flood Risk Modeller, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality fluvial and pluvial modelling across a varied programme of flood risk and infrastructure projects.
Combining technical expertise with project coordination and client engagement, you’ll help ensure modelling solutions are robust, innovative and fit for purpose. You’ll also have the opportunity to influence technical direction, support business growth and contribute to the continued development of the wider modelling team.
What’s on offer
- Generous annual leave - Enjoy a strong work-life balance with a competitive holiday allowance.
- Pension provision - Plan for your future with access to a workplace pension scheme.
- Flexible working - Benefit from flexible working arrangements designed to support your professional and personal commitments.
- Health and wellbeing support - Access resources and initiatives designed to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Professional development - Ongoing opportunities for training, technical development and progression, including support towards relevant professional qualifications.
- Career progression - Clear opportunities to develop your expertise, take on greater responsibility and progress within a globally connected organisation.
- A collaborative working environment - Join a team of talented specialists where knowledge-sharing, innovation and professional growth are encouraged.
- Exposure to major projects - Work on nationally significant flood risk, infrastructure and climate resilience programmes that offer genuine technical challenge and career development
The role
- Providing technical leadership in fluvial and pluvial hydraulic modelling, using software such as Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS and InfoWorks ICM.
- Coordinating and managing flood modelling studies, selecting appropriate methodologies and developing effective modelling strategies.
- Reviewing hydraulic models, providing technical guidance and ensuring quality, accuracy and consistency across project deliverables.
- Preparing clear, high-quality technical reports, presentations and other project documentation.
- Supporting proposal development, identifying new opportunities and contributing to business development activities.
- Building strong working relationships with clients, regulators and other stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop practical, evidence-based solutions to complex flood risk challenges.
What you need to succeed
- A proven track record in fluvial and pluvial hydraulic modelling.
- Experience providing technical leadership and reviewing hydraulic models, including work undertaken for statutory bodies.
- Commercial awareness, with experience in project management, bid support or proposal development.
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to shared project objectives.
- Experience delivering projects within infrastructure, local authority or national government environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships.
- Chartered status with a relevant professional body, or demonstrable progress towards achieving chartership.
Additional experience that would be advantageous includes:
- GIS and spatial data analysis.
- FCERM studies and Flood Risk Assessments.
- Knowledge of UK flood risk policy and guidance.
- Familiarity with UK flood estimation methods.