Job Description

YOUR NEW ROLE, WHAT’S INVOLVED?

We are seeking senior professionals to join our rapidly expanding team of Water Quality and Catchment Management specialists so that we can continue to deliver sustainable solutions to the water sector and environmental regulators in the UK and help protect the water environment.

With a background in earth sciences and working knowledge of water quality and geochemistry / environmental chemistry you should be aware of the UK situation with regard to:

How river, lake and TraCs water quality is protected through the WFD and other regulatory tools;
Be aware / have working knowledge of water quality modelling tools (SAGIS, SIMCAT, InfoWorks, ICM etc.).
Experience on national level infrastructure projects, particularly for National Highways. Experience of HEWRAT or drainage would be advantageous.
Experience of EIA scoping, reviews and assessments for water/hydrology chapters.
Experience of water quality permitting and completion or review of H1 and RQP assessments.




Demonstrate understanding of how to conceptualise a water quality problem and knowledge of the available datasets which can be used in problem solving.

Prior work experience, either postdoctoral or in consultancy or working in the water sector (regulator or industry) would be desirable.

You should have an interest in problem solving through interrogation of time series and spatial datasets, good conceptualisation skills and understand the important of source pathway receptor models and be able to clearly communicate ideas either through your writing or visualisations. An awareness of how groundwater and surface water interact would also be useful.

Awareness of sampling network design, liaising with UK teams on risk assessment before field work, and data collation and interpretation (for river and / or groundwater sampling and monitoring) would also be beneficial and some knowledge of catchment management / agri-workplace schemes

Responsibilities

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