Senior/Principal Water Scientist/Planning
2 weeks ago
Senior/Principal Water Scientist/Planning Join our dynamic Water Environment Team as a Senior/Principal Water Scientist. The role is based in the UK and Ireland, with a flexible hybrid working model. Job Description Here’s what you’ll do: Actively support the health, safety and well‑being of the team and other colleagues. Support the preparation of high quality and commercially astute bids and tenders for water science services across a wide range of sectors including energy, utilities, transport, defence, water, residential and commercial. Co‑ordinate multidisciplinary teams of water scientists, hydrogeologists, hydromorphologists, aquatic ecologists and flood risk specialists, ensuring necessary resources, budgets and controls are in place to meet programme and budget requirements. Identify the need for, plan and implement complex monitoring and field work such as water quality monitoring, flow gauging, hydromorphological surveys, PWS investigations. Support delivery of high‑quality water science consultancy and advisory services to internal and external clients, including through check and review processes. Develop technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex water science issues. Communicate effectively with the Water Environment Team, projects and clients. Engage proactively with statutory stakeholders to resolve matters and ensure agreement on scopes of work, mitigation. Support production of Water Environment Impact Assessments for Environmental Statements, WFD/WER Compliance Assessments, Nutrient Neutrality Assessments, various management plans and secondary consent applications. Author or technically check project deliverables to ensure high‑quality outputs. Recent Projects Water environment impact assessment of large solar farms in the UK. Water science services for carbon capture technology developments and cross‑country pipelines. Complex water quality monitoring for a pumped‑storage hydro scheme in Highland’s loch. Technical support during secondary consent applications for major energy and highway projects. Water science constraints and opportunities analysis for master‑planning of new residential developments and major infrastructure. WFD/WER assessments of various proposed infrastructure projects. Nutrient neutrality assessments for private developers and technical support to LPAs. Qualifications Extensive experience undertaking Water Environment Impact and WFD/WER assessments. Experience across a range of infrastructure types, planning regimes (e.g. DCO, TCPA), and project stages (feasibility, planning, detail design, construction, post‑construction). Technical specialist in water science, hydrogeology, hydromorphology, etc. Ability to write proposals and develop scope for relevant surveys, monitoring and assessments. Experience of water relevant permits, licences, consents and/or nutrient neutrality assessments beneficial. Benefits Enjoy a flexible hybrid working model, career development opportunities, AECOM University, volunteering days and a broad range of core and personalised benefits. Equal Opportunity We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation, please contact ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Senior/Principal Water Scientist/Planning
2 hours ago
Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom AECOM Full timeJoin our dynamic Water Environment Team as a Senior/Principal Water Scientist in our growing team in the UK and Ireland (though other locations may be considered), and benefit through our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we're at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water environment science programs and projects...
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Senior Water Scientist
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Leeds, United Kingdom Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) Full timeSenior / Principal Hydrologist (Flood Risk Consultant) Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) invites applicants to join our growing Hydrology and Flood Risk discipline within the Water Environment team. You can be based in one of our Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, or Cardiff offices, joining a friendly...
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Senior Principal Civil Engineer
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Leeds, United Kingdom STANTEC Full timeFollowing a number of successful frameworks bids across the water industry, and in preparation for the biggest AMP ever, we are expanding our amazing engineering teams across the country. In Leeds, we are excited to have been selected on Yorkshire Water’s Storm Overflow Alliance, to deliver their AMP8 capital investment programme. As part of this exciting...
