Senior to Principal Hydrologist

Ref: 66

Role: Senior to Principal Hydrologist

Location: Cambridge

Salary: Up to £60k

Working pattern: Full-time. Monday – Friday, Hybrid (minimum 3 days in the office)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• 24 days annual leave plus statutory holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave
• Private healthcare and life insurance
• Pension scheme, recruitment bonus and long-service awards
• Professional development support including paid subscriptions and training
• Electric car scheme
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Supportive and collaborative team environment with clear career progression opportunities

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior to Principal Hydrologist or Drainage (Civil) Engineer to join our clients team. The role sits within a national consultancy environment and offers the chance to work on high-profile infrastructure, development, and environmental projects across the UK.

You will play a key role in technical delivery, project leadership, mentoring junior staff, and supporting the commercial success of projects, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across multiple offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing risk assessments, site walkovers and coordinating survey works
• Producing technical reports including Flood Risk Assessments, Environmental Statement chapters and modelling reports
• Undertaking hydrological assessments using industry-standard methodologies and software (FEH, ReFH2, WINFAP)
• Liaising with water regulators, statutory authorities, clients and stakeholders
• Managing time and budgets with guidance from senior management
• Mentoring and supporting junior team members
• Contributing to surface water and foul drainage strategies and highway design
• Providing technical input to reports and fee proposals
• Preparing risk assessments, undertaking site walkovers and overseeing CCTV and survey works
• Consulting with regulators, statutory authorities and other stakeholders
• Liaising with clients and managing workloads and budgets

The successful candidate:

• Degree qualified in Geography, Earth/Environmental Sciences or Engineering
• 5–7+ years’ consultancy experience in hydrology, flood risk, drainage or civil engineering
• Chartered or working towards chartership (C.WEM, CEnv, CEng or equivalent)
• Demonstrable leadership experience including mentoring, team management and quality review
• Strong knowledge of flood risk and drainage policy and guidance (UK-wide)
• Experience producing high-quality technical reports, particularly Flood Risk Assessments
• Familiarity with relevant software such as FEH, ReFH2, WINFAP, HEC-RAS, TUFLOW, ESTRY, Flood Modeller, Causeway Flow, PDS and CAD
• Working knowledge of drainage legislation and agreements (e.g. S104, S38, S185) desirable
• Strong organisational, time and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to sites
• Eligibility to work in the UK