Principal or Senior Consultant / Engineer: Local Government Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Drainage

Overview

Lead flood risk and sustainable drainage projects for local authorities, delivering solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• technical delivery
• client engagement
• solution design
• business development
• team mentoring
• project management

Tasks

-Significantly contributing to delivery of good quality technical deliverables to clients, often as technical reviewer. -Engaging positively and professionally with clients and developing trusted advisor role as you grow a network of client contacts, supported by more senior colleagues. -Develop solutions that address client issues, challenges, and needs in collaboration with project or team leaders. -Contribute to securing small projects and extensions to existing projects. -Supporting and mentoring junior colleagues, overseeing small project teams. -Managing workload and project delivery with minimal supervision. -Contributing to the planning of tasks/projects providing input to programme, budget, and quality requirements.

Requirements

• chartered
• degree
• drainage modelling
• sustainable drainage
• flood risk
• budgeting

What You Bring

-Demonstrable experience in technical report writing and checking. -Chartered status with C.WEM, CEnv, CSci or CEng is desired for Principal or evidence of working towards chartership for Senior -Knowledge and understanding of surface water drainage modelling and Sustainable Drainage Systems. -Demonstrating positive H&S behaviours and championing this amongst the wider team. -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in supporting and/or mentoring more junior colleagues whilst having the ability to successfully liaise with more senior colleagues when needed. -Confidence in presenting and leading meetings with team members and clients. -Experience working in flood risk management with local authorities or a combination of public and private sector flood risk management experience. -Understanding of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, the Land Drainage Act the Planning Practice Guidance: Flood Risk and Coastal Change and its application for management of flood risk for Local Authorities in the UK. Desirable wider knowledge of the regulatory context for planning in the UK. -Demonstrable experience of understanding budgets and leading delivery of projects or technical outputs related to flood risk management or sustainable drainage. -Experience in preparing Local Flood Risk Management Strategies and Strategic Flood Risk Assessments. -A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline is essential

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