Principal Flood Risk Modeller

Description Principal Flood Risk Modeller Bristol Our client are a leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancy who are planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future. Due to securing further workload, they are currently looking for a talented and motivated Principal Flood Risk Modeller to join their busy team in Bristol as part of a multi-disciplinary department providing detailed designs for water related projects in the UK. This role can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office and the option of adjusted start and finish times. As part of the Water Environment Department, you'll promote the sustainable management of water resources, helping to protect the water environment, make people and places safer and more resilient to flood risk and climate change. They will work with you to develop your technical expertise so that you can become a real Difference Maker and develop sustainable and innovative solutions to address these issues. You will work on a variety of flood risk assessments, EIAs, flood risk management and alleviation schemes across the UK, for infrastructure/utilities and development schemes in both the public and private sectors. As a Principal Flood Risk Modeller, you'll provide technical direction to the teams' modellers and be responsible for the quality of flood risk modelling deliverables: you will use your experience in flood risk assessment and management within a multi-disciplinary environment influencing the approach to modelling and decision making in relation to the flood risk mitigation measures proposed. Depending on your project management experience you will take the lead or work closely with project managers to coordinate resources, administer contracts, manage clients, and track quality/programme/budget. Your role will include acting as a mentor for team members supporting the development of their skills, providing technical guidance and supervising their deliverables. To be successful in this role you'll have significant experience in hydraulic modelling applied to a range of projects and be able to demonstrate good technical understanding of UK hydrology and open channel hydraulics. You will demonstrate knowledge and experience of standard hydraulic modelling packages e.g. Innovyze ICM, Flood Modeller Pro, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS or SRH2D and have the ability lead and manage projects, working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy. An understanding of economic appraisals (MCM, B£ST etc) is required and you must have experience in optioneering and schematic design. Chartered with a professional body such as CIWEM and possessing an MSc \ MEng and \ or PhD with a focus on either hydrology, hydraulic, water resources or other applied environmental science subject, you will have a knowledge of the UK and European legislation governing the technical discipline including planning policy and relevant design standards. Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessment, Natural Flood Management and Sustainable Drainage techniques is also desirable. You will have an excellent technical understanding of UK hydrology and open channel hydraulics as well as check or approve assessments and also experience of GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) and hydraulic modelling software (Flood Modeller \ TUFLOW ). These are essential as you role will be expected to mentor team members less experienced in this field. For more information about this role, please contact Sam Smith at Calibre Search of click apply Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business.