Flood Risk Consultant

Flood Risk Consultant – Bath/BOA

£48,000–£58,000 DOE + Profit Share Bonus + Private Healthcare + Hybrid Working + Excellent Benefits

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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.

You will like

The Flood Risk Consultant job itself, where you will act as a senior client-facing technical lead, taking ownership of water environment projects from initial scope through to successful delivery. More specifically:

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

This is a hands-on senior consultancy position where you can combine technical expertise with project leadership, client management and team development.

You will have

To be successful as Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant, you will ideally have:

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

You may currently be working as a Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Hydrologist, Hydrology Consultant, Water Environment Consultant, Flood Risk Specialist or Water Resources Consultant.

You will get

As Flood Risk Consultant, you will enjoy a competitive package including:

£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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