Flood Risk Consultant

Overview

As a Flood Risk Consultant, you will support the delivery of flood risk, drainage and water environment projects across multiple sectors. You will work within Waterman’s Flood Risk & Drainage team to develop technical solutions and contribute to project delivery, client service, and innovation. The role offers scope to progress toward chartership and future leadership within a multidisciplinary setting. You will tackle planning-stage analyses through to detailed design, applying modelling, reporting and stakeholder engagement to drive resilient water management outcomes. This is a hands-on, growth-oriented opportunity in a collaborative consultancy culture.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) for planning applications and development projects
• Produce Outline and Detailed Drainage Strategies
• Conduct flood risk analysis using datasets
• Perform greenfield runoff assessments and surface water management calculations
• Support Sequential and Exception Tests
• Undertake hydraulic modelling and hydrological assessment
• Assist with SFRAs, Water Cycle Studies, WFD Assessments, Environmental Permit and FRAPs
• Prepare technical reports, drawings and documentation to high standards
• Develop knowledge of planning policy, flood risk legislation and drainage standards
• Use GIS and digital mapping to assess flood risk
• Support SuDS strategies and designs
• Progress toward chartership and contribute to technical improvements

Key requirements

• Experience preparing FRAs and Drainage Strategies
• Understanding of planning and development process in England and/or Wales
• Experience in consultancy, local authority or related engineering environment
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary project delivery
• Competent technical report writing and communication skills
• Degree in relevant discipline
• Knowledge of NPPF, Flood Risk and Coastal Change Guidance, FRMA 2010, Land Drainage Act 1991, SuDS, CIRIA SuDS Manual, EA and LLFA requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Client liaison and stakeholder engagement
• Team collaboration and mentoring
• Flood risk assessment and analysis
• Hydraulic modelling (e.g., Flood Modeller, TUFLOW)
• Hydrological assessment methodologies

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