Principal Geomorphologist

Description

• Lead environmental assessments relating to the water environment, with a focus on hydro morphology (e.g. Water Framework Regulations).
• Undertake field surveys to collect baseline information on river environments.
• River restoration and channel design.
• Prepare holistic plans for flood risk management, natural flood management and river restoration/habitat creation schemes.
• Developing innovations for data collection and interpretation in river and floodplain environments.
• Contribute to technical mentoring and professional development of the team, developing and maintaining client relationships, attending conferences, writing articles or thought leadership pieces and networking across the industry.
• Providing excellent geomorphological advice to assist concept, outline and detailed designs for work in river environments.
• Prepare calculations and reports for erosion risk assessments and design of mitigation measures.

Requirements

• Able to support and mentor junior staff, inter-personal skills to work successfully in a dynamic environment across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Wider water quality, aquatic ecology or hydrology interest to complement geomorphological skills.
• Understanding of water environment legislation.
• Relevant degree-level qualifications (e.g. geography, geomorphology, environmental sciences, hydrology, catchment science or other related disciplines).
• Technical erosion and deposition risk analysis and problem-solving.
• Proven track record in successful delivery of applied river geomorphology projects of varying complexity, including field and desk-based approaches.
• Chartered with an appropriate professional body.
• Numerate, with skills and interest in environmental data analysis.

Benefits

• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

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