Associate Consultant/Engineer - Flood Risk in Edinburgh

Stantec is seeking an Associate Consultant or Engineer to join our Rivers and Coastal Management team in Edinburgh or Glasgow. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced professional to lead projects in the River and Coastal Management national team's Scottish region within our Infrastructure business line. You would lead the development of flood alleviation and river engineering schemes for our public sector clients and flood management on complex land development projects, providing strategic and detailed advice.

You will be responsible for supporting our Infrastructure team in Scotland and our UK Director of Flood Risk and Sector Lead for Flood and Coastal Resilience. The role will develop into the development lead in Scotland, delivering a client-centred service to our key clients. You will take responsibility for the whole project lifecycle from initial enquiry to successful delivery and manage other members of the team as well as wider relationships across the business.

You will lead project teams supporting our production of flood and water management schemes, flood risk assessments, hydraulic modelling, and outline drainage design, liaising with the design teams and client representatives. You will be the face of the discipline at all levels and be able to deal with clients and external consultees.

We are looking for someone with a BSc/BEng/MEng/MSc qualification who is ideally chartered (or nearly chartered) through a relevant institution, ICE/CIWEM. You will need to have extensive experience in flood risk and water management in a general sense. Still, we are particularly interested to talk to you if you have experience of any of the following:

• Design of sustainable drainage systems or Nature-based solutions
• Hydraulic modelling using ICM, Flood Modeller or TUFLOW
• River engineering, restoration/habitat improvement, flood alleviation schemes

Your passion and experience delivering quality sustainable design solutions in local communities are crucial to your success in this role.

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Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.

Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working. Please note, we ask our full-time employees to come into the office 3 days per week.

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