Flood Risk Consultant (All Levels of Experience)

We are currently working with one of the world's leading environmental and engineering consultancies with over 680 employees worldwide. They are looking to add a number of Flood Risk Consultants to their division in Hayward's Heath, West Sussex. They are seeking candidates with a minimum of two years of experience, all the way through to Principal and Associate level.

They are looking for experienced Flood Risk Consultants, at all grades above graduate, to join their growing development and flood risk focused teams, providing site-specific and strategic flood risk advice to a wide range of clients involved in development, land use planning and flood risk management projects.

You'll be joining an established environmental and engineering consultancy who put sustainability and resilience to climate change at the heart of our company strategy. With offices in nine countries around the world and across the UK and Ireland, they like to think they make a difference. They are independent and employee-owned allowing them the freedom to focus on innovation and our commitment to exceptional client service. Their workforce is central to their success, and they invest heavily in supporting staff development. It is truly an outstanding consultancy to work for.

Your role

* Directing, coordinating and undertaking Flood Risk Assessments (England) in accordance with NPPF and/or Flood Consequence Assessment (Wales) in accordance with TAN15
* Providing planning related advice in relation to flood risk and drainage, for projects in England and Wales
* Supporting and delivering technical assessments, utilising in-depth knowledge of hydraulic modelling and hydrological assessments
* Developing solutions and assessing options for flood risk mitigation
* Supporting, managing or directing the delivery of high-quality projects to programme and budget requirements
* Working closely and effectively with clients, design teams, and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
* Preparing fee proposals and tenders, and undertaking business development activities
* Supporting and mentor junior staff
* Fostering close working relationships with colleagues and clients, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams

Qualifications

Applicants should have a geography, science or engineering related qualification, degree or equivalent.
For more Senior Candidates, Chartered status (CIWEM or ICE) is important to the consultancy and valued by their clients to be able to demonstrate experience of working in the UK development and flood risk sector. Therefore, applicants should ideally be chartered or close to achieving chartership.

Essential attributes for the role

* Experience of preparing and coordinating FRAs and/or FCAs
* Knowledge of interpreting hydraulic model outputs, or using hydraulic modelling software such as Flood Modeller, TUFLOW and HEC-RAS
* Excellent knowledge and awareness of the UK planning process and policy
* Effective technical report writing skills and verbal communication skills, to explain complex technical issues to non-specialists
* Work winning skills and experience
* Quality assurance and review expertise
* Project management, including contract and commercial awareness
* Familiarity in working in GIS and CAD formats
* Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. Word/Excel)

Desirable attributes for the role

* Experience preparing outline drainage strategies
* Experience in hydrological analysis using Flood Estimation Handbook methodologies
* Mentoring skills
* Team leadership skills
* Quality assurance and review expertise
* Tender preparation
* Networking and building existing and new client relationships
* A full UK driving licence will be desirable for the role.

Company benefits include flexible working opportunities, a generous training budget for personal development, a medical assistance scheme, as well as employee ownership and an environmental reward scheme.

This is a unique opportunity that is not to be missed. If you think your experience matches up well, please click apply or reach out to Jamie Will at Calibre Search.

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