Senior Catchment Management Specialist

Overview

Lead catchment-scale water quality and sustainability projects.

Key Responsibilities

• stakeholder engagement
• implementation management
• technical evaluation
• catchment advice
• industry forums
• professional development

Tasks

-Engagement with key stakeholders including our regulators (EA and DWI), other Water Companies, the water industry, Catchment Partnerships, internally within SWS to promote our Catchment First Programme and contribute to industry technical working groups. -Support the Catchment Strategy Manager to technically manage implementation and delivery and reporting to successfully fulfil our regulatory and compliance requirements. Responsible for undertaking technical evaluation/recommendations on environmental measures that will likely be needed to mitigate predicted environmental challenges. -Catchment Management expert providing specialist advice to the wider business in relation to Catchment Management, Water quality and Resources, Planning and Development, Environmental Policy etc. Contribute to industry forums promoting the catchment approach. -Assist the professional development of the Catchment Management Specialists.

Requirements

• water quality
• catchment management
• gis
• msc
• data analysis
• problem solving

What You Bring

-Demonstrable experience of water quality investigations and catchment management planning and delivery. -Experience of designing water quality, hydroecology and hydrometric monitoring programmes, data analysis and assimilation. -Experience managing delivery of technical work via sub-contracted consultancy teams and data analysis including use and development of GIS and dashboard reporting systems. -You will have an environmental background with an MSc or equivalent experience in technical water quality and catchment management planning and delivery. -Experience of technical report writing and review of water resource and water quality investigations, catchment risk assessments. -The ability to demonstrate the completion of quality multi-disciplinary tasks on time to a consistent & high standard. -Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem solving skills.

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Benefits

-Generous pension up to 11% company contribution -Full funded eye tests -Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options -Life assurance equal to 4x salary -Cycle to work scheme -Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service) -Discounts with over 800 popular retailers -25 days annual leave -Study support may be available for job-related qualifications -Health Cash Plan -Two paid volunteering days a year -Occupational health service -Digital GP service

About Southern Water

-Constructs reservoirs, pipelines, sewage treatment upgrades, and implements contingency measures like importing water during droughts. -Specializes in large-scale water infrastructure, operational delivery, and environmental engineering across the South East. -Notably fined for misreporting sewage spills; offers guided tours of Victorian sewers and public access to historic reservoirs.

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