Senior/Principal Water Scientist/Planning

Overview

Lead water science projects, coordinating teams and delivering consultancy for infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• impact assessment
• proposal writing
• team coordination
• stakeholder engagement
• water monitoring
• bid preparation

Tasks

-Water environment impact assessment of some of the largest solar farms to have gained consent in the UK. -Be able to write proposals and develop the scope for relevant surveys, monitoring and assessments etc. -Support delivery of high-quality water science consultancy and advisory services to both internal and external clients, including through our check and review processes; -Author or technically check project deliverables to ensure high quality outputs. -Co-ordinate multidisciplinary teams including water scientists, hydrogeologists, hydromorphologists, aquatic ecologists and flood risk specialists, ensuring necessary resources, budgets and controls are in place to meet both programme and budget requirements; -Engage proactively with statutory stakeholders to resolve matters and ensure agreement on scopes of work, mitigation etc. -Nutrient neutrality assessments for private developers, technical support to LPAs, and supporting NE casework. -Technical support during details design and secondary consent applications for major energy and highway projects, including the diversion of the River Eye SSSI. -Support production of Water Environment Impact Assessments for Environmental Statements, WFD/WER Compliance Assessments, Nutrient Neutrality Assessments, various management plans and secondary consent applications; -Actively support the health, safety and well-being of the team and other colleagues; -Support development of technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex water science issues; -Water science constraints and opportunities analysis to inform the masterplanning of new residential developments and major linear infrastructure projects. -Complex water quality monitoring to investigate stratification in a Highland's loch associated with a proposed Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme. -Identify the need for, plan and implement complex monitoring and field work as maybe required (e.g. water quality monitoring, flow gauging, hydromorphological surveys, PWS investigations etc.); -Support the preparation of high quality and commercially astute bids and tenders for water science services, for in a wide range of sectors including: energy, utilities, transport, defence, water, residential and commercial etc.; -Water science services to support developments of carbon capture technology to existing and proposed developments, as well as cross-country pipelines.

Requirements

• water science
• wfd/wer
• impact assessment
• permits
• dco
• tcpa

What You Bring

-Be a technical specialist in a particular field (e.g. water science, hydrogeology, hydromorphology etc.). -WFD/WER Assessments of various proposed infrastructure projects. -Extensive experience undertaking Water Environment Impact and WFD/WER assessments. -Communicate effectively and professionally with other members of the Water Environment Team, within projects and with clients; -Experience of water relevant permits/licences/consents and/or Nutrient Neutrality Assessments beneficial. -Have experience across a range of different infrastructure types, planning regimes (e.g. DCO, TCPA), and project stages (i.e. feasibility/concept, planning, detail design, construction, post-construction).

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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