Water and Flood Risk Engineer

We are currently partnered with one of the UK's leading multidisciplinary engineering consultancies as they look to add a talented Water and Flood Risk Engineer to their division in Central London.

The consultancy's water team undertakes a wide variety of major and challenging infrastructure projects for the private and public sector, across a range of development sectors. They seek to provide integrated flood risk and drainage solutions incorporating state of the art design.

Their current flood risk portfolio includes a broad spectrum of projects across the water sector from flood alleviation schemes (FAS) for local authorities, the MOD and private sector clients through to surface water separation schemes for water utility providers. Some of their key projects include the Derby Riverside Flood Alleviation Scheme and United Utilities Better Rivers CSO spill reduction programme. They are embedded with a number of high-profile housing developers and support them from site inception through to masterplaining, design and construction on their flood risk challenges, including design of natural flood risk management and Sustainable Urban Drainage solutions.

At present, the team requires an individual of high calibre to assist in the flood risk and drainage teams across a range of activities such as flood risk solution design, hydraulic modelling and hydrology assessment, drainage design and SUDs. They work across a diverse range of clients delivering challenging infrastructure projects for the private and public sector.

Projects typically range in size from £1m to £100m schemes covering defence, transport, local government, infrastructure, healthcare, education, commercial, industrial and residential development. You will work independently and proactively on technical aspects from a project's inception, determining client briefs, to the delivery and close out of projects in accordance with best practice and supported by senior colleagues throughout.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate some or all the requirements below:

• Have experience in the development of options to reduce flooding in river and surface water flood risk environment, including design.
• Have experience in delivering flood modelling commissions for flood risk projects and flood risk assessments to support projects through the planning system
• Experience in writing reports and presenting to internal and external partners
• Experience in developing SUDs and drainage solutions
• Experience in developing Natural Flood Management solutions
• Experience in developing hydrological studies using UK hydrological methodologies (such as the Flood Estimation Handbook)
• Experience in IT systems such as ArcGIS, AutoCAD and the Microsoft Office suite.
• Assist in the preparation of fee proposals and bids
• Be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and eligible for CEng MICE or chartered with CIWEM.
• Be working towards or committed to attaining chartership.
• Hold a full UK Driving License.
• Security Clearance to minimum SC level preferable (or be suitable and willing to apply for clearance essential).

Company benefits include flexible working, a progressive age-related pension contribution scheme, paid professional subscriptions, regular CPD acitivties, life assurance paid out at nine times your annual salary, in addition to much more.

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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