Water Environment
Flood Risk & Drainage Consultant
About Us
We are a team of enthusiastic and collaborative planners, designers, environmental consultants, engineers and health & safety professionals. Our client base includes public and private sectors. We have grown significantly over the last few years and now employ 200 individuals across the UK. Teamwork and a people-first culture are at the heart of everything we do and we wish to engage an enthusiastic professional to join our team.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Completing and assisting senior consultants in conducting flood risk assessments, drainage strategies and discipline adjacent works including site visits, data analysis, and report writing.
- Management and completion of Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategies to support planning applications for our clients.
- Completion of Hydrology and Flood Risk Chapters for Environmental Impact Assessments.
- Completion of other flood risk and drainage projects for existing and new and emerging markets such as nutrient neutrality and ESG.
- Building relationships with clients and across other technical disciplines within Arthian.
- Undertaking conceptual drainage calculations on appropriate software packages (MicroDrainage and/or Causeway Flow).
- Producing concept drainage plans in AutoCAD.
- Producing accurate flood risk GIS maps in QGIS or equivalent.
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proficient at using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Having a growth mindset, with a proactive and resourceful approach
- Be self-motivated, and able to work under pressure
- Prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to learn new skills quickly
- Ability and willingness to learn from experience and take on greater responsibility
- Commitment and desire to develop personal CPD
- Sound communication and personal effectiveness skills to liaise with colleagues and clients
- Flexibility and willingness to travel to project sites
Desirable Skills & Experience
- 1-2 years’ experience in flood risk and drainage consultancy, with a good understanding of relevant regulatory and planning policy and processes.
- Experience of working on projects and liaising with both clients and statutory consultees.
- Writing flood risk assessments and / or technical reports for flood modelling studies.
- Producing Drainage Strategies including technical reporting and potentially design using Causeway, InfoDrainage, MicroDrainage or other relevant software.
- Hydrological analysis (Flood Estimation Handbook, WINFAP, ReFH2).
- Hydraulic modelling of river, surface water, sewer drainage or coastal processes using TUFLOW or other relevant software to inform flood mitigation design.
- Relevant technical input to EIA screening/scoping reports and full EIA reports.
- GIS experience using software such as QGIS.
- Experience of using AutoCAD.
Qualifications
- Honours Degree or higher in civil or environmental engineering, geography, hydrology, or a related field
- Full U.K. driving licence with a clean driver record.
Additional Information
- The role may require travel (including occasional overnight stays) across the UK and overseas
- A full clean driving licence is desirable
- Legal right to live and work in the UK is required
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working pattern
- Attractive benefits package