Senior Water Scientist/Hydrologist

Overview

Drive water science & hydrology projects, modelling, client liaison, and environmental assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• river restoration
• catchment modelling
• fish passes
• flood management
• water balance
• hydrological review

Tasks

-Delivering improvements through working on water company’s Environmental Improvement Programme (WINEP). -Developing catchment wide river restoration plans for water companies. -Deriving strategies to deliver catchment water quantity and quality improvements, driven by WFD and Local Nature Recovery requirements. -Designing and helping delivering awards fish passes and river restoration schemes. -Developing a modelling approach and running these to inform management decisions, such as water level dependent designated sites. -Design, modelling and installation of Natural Flood Management measures. -Delivering hydrological reviews and water balance studies for a range of purposes, such as determining supply sources and ensuring a canal remains sufficiently full despite its top up water supply failing.

Requirements

• gis
• hydro software
• degree
• project delivery
• report writing
• hydrology

What You Bring

-Experienced in technical project delivery (from bid preparation, drafting technical proposals to project management) -Proficiency in GIS software. -Have a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject such as: geography, physical sciences, chemistry, maths, engineering etc. -Report writing skills and ability to clearly present complex technical information visually and orally to a wide audience. -Proficiency in the application of hydrological software and environmental modelling (hydrological/ hydraulic/ water quality/ water resources). -Experienced in hydrology (low flows and flood risk), hydromorphology, water quality and / or hydroecology and a strong understanding of aquatic systems.

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About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

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