Principal Wastewater

6 months ago

Derby, United Kingdom RPS Group Full time

We are currently in the market to recruit multiple** Principal Wastewater (Hydraulic) Modellers** for a variety of major long-term frameworks across the UK.

In addition to a range of long-term programmes across the UK water industry RPS, and Tetra Tech, have successfully won a **£100 million single-award framework** from United Utilities to support the improvement of **river health** across the Northwest of England.

RPS has been working with United Utilities for over 20 years on innovative projects. As we move towards AMP8, this is an exciting time to be working in the water industry, and collaborating with passionate organisations, gives our people the opportunity to create positive change.

Under this 10-year framework, RPS will drive program optimisation, develop solutions, and select the preferred options based on best value, lowest carbon, and cost. Our mission is to deliver exceptional water services to foster a resilient, eco-friendly, and thriving Northwest.

**About The Team**:
RPS Water Consulting is a team of Engineers, Modellers, and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities that require innovation, dedication, and teamwork to help us meet our clients’ needs.

**In addition to the United Utilities framework, we also work with several major water companies across the UK, having a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place.**

Our Water Consultancy business has a range of prestigious AMP8 programmes leading into AMP9 and beyond, where you’ll be securing your career for the next 20 years, leaving a lasting legacy

**About You**:
**Your Responsibilities**:

- Management of all health and safety, quality and environmental aspects of projects.
- Technical development and delivery of wastewater catchment strategies and solutions (including hydraulic modelling and analysis, model use studies, optioneering and cost-benefit analysis studies, to time, budget and the required quality).
- Awareness of solution feasibility and buildability engineering factors.
- Continuous improvement of tools, procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation
- Ensuring quality of outputs and compliance with standards, specifications and governance requirements.
- Responsible for and reporting of commercial performance, forecasting and risk management
- Production of bids and proposals.
- Travelling to client and/or other RPS/Tetra Tech offices may be required.
- Leading a team to build, maintain and manage strong and collaborative working relationships with clients.
- Line Management of project team members with responsibility for: day-to-day leadership and direction for team, workload planning and prioritisation, provision of technical direction and support, driving staff performance, motivation, and career development.
- Fostering relationships and collaboration with wider RPS/Tetra Tech disciplines.

**About You**:

- Chartered membership of relevant professional institutions (CIWEM, IOW, ICE or equivalent) would be an advantage.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation and water industry regulation
- Technical / thought leadership in wastewater catchment planning, industry regulation and legislation.
- Ability to manage (or support project managers to manage) small to large projects/packages and programmes of works.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to co-ordinate and manage staff at all levels, including line management of less experience colleagues, ability to improve organisational effectiveness and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Expertise using InfoWorks ICM and ICM Exchange.
- Deep expertise in hydraulic modelling, catchment planning and/or related wastewater infrastructure areas, taking responsibility for delivery of specialist, complex or innovative projects, ensuring client standards and specification compliance.
- Working knowledge of GIS Systems (MapInfo, ArcGIS, QGIS).
- Experience using FME, Optimatics, python (or similar) would be an advantage.

**Qualifications**:

- Charterership or working towards chartership for Senior or Principal grades.

**What’s in it for you?**

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you are part of the solution.

**Why RPS?**

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional out

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