Water Environment
Flood Risk & Drainage Lead
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
- Lead and oversee delivery across the water environment discipline, including Flood Risk Assessments, drainage strategies and designs, hydraulic modelling and specialist assessments
- Manage technically complex projects, including surface water and fluvial assessments, drainage network modelling, detention and storage design, and fire water and containment assessments where required
- Act as technical sign-off and quality lead on flood risk, drainage and modelling outputs
- Build and manage client relationships across a varied client base (developers, operators, landowners, contractors, consultants and public sector bodies), developing repeat work and new opportunities
- Lead fee proposals, tenders and scope definition, including advising clients on proportionate scope and risk
- Support and lead business development activity, including pipeline development and conversion
- Line manage and mentor junior consultants, delegating effectively and maintaining standards
- Own project financial performance, including budgets, fee forecasting, WIP management and invoicing
- Contribute to strategic growth of the water team, including market positioning, service development and capability building
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
Commercial mindset
- Evidence of winning work, leading proposals or owning client accounts
- Confident scoping work, agreeing fees and advising clients on proportionate scope and risk
- Comfortable with budgets, fee forecasting, WIP and invoicing
- Experience line managing, mentoring or leading a team
- Strong QA instincts and ability to enforce standards
- Credible and confident representing the business externally
- Strong understanding of UK flood risk policy, guidance and planning requirements
- Experience producing and reviewing FRA and drainage submissions
- Working knowledge of SuDS principles, hydraulic design and hydraulic modelling
- Able to technically direct and review modelling and design outputs, even if not the primary modeller on every project
- Experience delivering water environment work across a range of sectors and clients
- Planning-led development experience is valuable, but not essential if you can demonstrate strong technical oversight and commercial performance across other sectors
- Experience with energy, industrial, infrastructure, utilities, developer-side or contractor-side projects is welcome
- Commercially aware, proactive and growth minded
- Comfortable operating in an agile consultancy environment with high ownership and accountability
- Motivated to progress in the business
Additional Information
- A full clean driving licence is desirable
- Legal right to live and work in the UK is required
- Competitive salary and attractive benefits package is offered