Flood Risk Consultant – Bath/BOA
£48,000–£58,000 DOE + Profit Share Bonus + Private Healthcare + Hybrid Working + Excellent Benefits
Leading flood risk, hydrology and water environment consultancy from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath, with flexible hybrid / work-from-home (WFH) arrangements available.
You’ll join a highly regarded specialist environmental consultancy delivering sustainable solutions across development, infrastructure, utilities, renewables, government, defence and other major sectors.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant / Hydrologist / Water Environment Consultant who wants more than simply delivering technical reports. You’ll have genuine ownership of clients and projects, influence the development of the water environment capability and lead a talented specialist team.
You’ll enjoy the agility and culture of an established specialist consultancy, backed by the resources, expertise and opportunities of a growing multidisciplinary environmental group.
Job responsibilities
- Leading Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), hydrological assessments and flood risk modelling
- Delivering drainage strategies, SuDS design, WFD assessments and ES chapters
- Supporting water quality, sediment quality, water resources and resilience projects
- Leading Flood Risk Activity Permit (FRAP) and wider environmental permitting work
- Providing technical input into flood preparedness strategies
- Managing project scope, fees, programmes, resources, risk, quality and profitability
- Leading client meetings, workshops, pre-application discussions and technical reviews
- Liaising confidently with planning authorities, regulators and statutory consultees
- Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and specialist sub-consultants
- Providing pragmatic advice around planning, consenting, environmental risk and mitigation
- Managing and developing the in-house environment team
- Supporting proposals, tenders, repeat business and key client accounts
- Helping shape and grow the consultancy’s wider water environment and flood risk capability
Key skills & experience
- Strong professional experience within flood risk, hydrology or water environment consultancy
- A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification
- Experience delivering hydrological and flood risk elements of multidisciplinary projects
- Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessments, drainage/SuDS and associated planning requirements
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience managing projects, budgets, programmes and technical deliverables
- The ability to lead, support and develop other consultants
- Excellent written reporting and communication skills
- Sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to environmental risk
- Chartered status such as CWEM or similar would be advantageous
Benefits & package
- £44,000–£58,000 salary, depending on experience
- Annual profit-share bonus
- Hybrid working / flexible WFH arrangements
- Bupa Private Healthcare
- Employee Health Cashback scheme
- 36 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Up to 5 days external CPD allowance per year
- Internal training, mentoring and work-shadowing opportunities
- Professional membership fees paid
- Excellent office environment and wellbeing facilities
You will be based from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath, with flexible hybrid working available. The location is well positioned for candidates across Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and the wider South West.
This is a particularly strong opportunity if you are ready to step beyond pure technical delivery and want genuine influence over clients, projects, people and the future growth of a specialist water environment consultancy.
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