Associate Director Hydrology

**Your Impact**:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

**About the Opportunity**

Our Water and Catchment Management sector provides a focus for advising our clients on delivering sustainable drainage, flood risk management and civil engineering solutions. Water and Catchment Management comprises in excess of 400 staff based in the UK and Europe, but with reach into the Middle East, Australasia and America.

To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations we are looking for an experienced hydrologist to be based in our Winnersh (Reading) office. They will lead hydrological contributions to projects for the Environment Agency, Lead Local Flood Authorities and other public and private clients including water companies, and work with other disciplines within the business to deliver projects for major infrastructure clients.

The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.

You will be a versatile hydrologist with significant experience and chartered status.

Responsibilities will include:

- Leading hydrological analysis for flood studies based on the Flood Estimation Handbook as well as low flow studies
- Technical leadership of multi-disciplinary teams for flood analysis and flood risk assessments
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities and support sales opportunities across wider business

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Degree in Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences or a related discipline
- Chartered with ICE, CIWEM or equivalent
- Demonstrable thorough understanding of general hydrological techniques, the Flood Estimation Handbook and knowledge of recent updates and active fields of research
- Working knowledge of WFD and Environmental Impact Assessments
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, planning policy, guides and design standards relating to flood risk assessment

**Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have**:

- Up to date knowledge of the relevant statutory bodies e.g. Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and SEPA and the data they hold
- Experience with hydrology applied internationally
- Experience with the calculations of the Probably Maximum Flood in the UK
- Design experience of flood management infrastructure and surface water drainage systems / strategies

**Our Culture**

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s - find out more about our employee networks here.