Senior or Principal Flood Risk & Drainage Consultant

Description

• Have the ability to mentor, encourage and support junior team members

Requirements

• Hold a full UK Driving Licence
• Security Clearance to minimum SC level preferable (or be suitable and willing to apply for clearance essential)
• Have experience in delivering flood risk projects and flood risk assessments to support projects through the planning system
• Experience in consulting and liaising with key stakeholders (i.e. clients, LLFA, EA, water companies)
• Be chartered or at least working towards and committed to attaining chartership
• Experience in discharge of conditions for planning applications
• Have good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently, a collaborative approach and a proven ability to deliver work on time
• Knowledge and experience in applying UK flood risk policy such as NPPF, SPP and TAN15
• Experience in IT systems such as ArcGIS, AutoCAD and the Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience in delivering Water Framework Directive assessments
• Experience in the preparation of fee proposals and assisting with large bids
• Experience in advising flood risk schemes with respect to environmental, ecological and geomorphology.
• Experience in Micro Drainage/Info Drainage
• Experience in writing reports and presenting to internal and external partners
• Be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and eligible for CEng MICE or chartered with CIWEM
• Experience in developing drainage strategies, SUDs and drainage solutions by reference to local and national guidance documents (i.e. the SuDS Manual)

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance