Senior Principal Water Resource Consultant

Overview

In this role you will lead and deliver water resource projects within a multidisciplinary team, partnering with water companies, regulators, and other stakeholders. You’ll ensure projects meet scope, budget, timing, quality, and regulatory standards while developing early-career colleagues. You’ll work on WRMPs, Drought Plans, regional plans, and modelling, with an emphasis on demand management and environmental assessments. This position offers client-facing responsibilities and opportunities to shape national resilience strategies and the next generation of professionals.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days
• private medical insurance
• life assurance

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, delivery and implementation of water resource projects with focus on scope, budget, timescale, quality and regulatory requirements
• Develop and contribute to WRMPs, Regional Water Resource Plans, Drought Plans, water resource modelling, and demand management
• Support options development, environmental assessments (HRA, SEA, WFD) and RAPID-led gated process for SROs
• Maintain strong client relationships and lead commercial projects, bids and proposals
• Support the wider Water and Environment department across a varied portfolio
• Mentor and develop early career colleagues within technical areas

Key requirements

• Degree in Geography, Geological Sciences, Environmental Science or Civil Engineering
• Postgraduate qualification in Hydrology, Hydrogeology or Water Resources Management (preferred)
• Chartered or working towards with CIWEM, ICE or Institute of Water (preferred)
• Extensive experience in WR-related work within consultancy, water company, regulatory or academic settings
• Experience with WRMPs, Drought Plans, regional plans and supply-demand balance assessments
• Proficiency in hydrological, hydrogeological and environmental assessment work (HRA, SEA, WFD)
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and manage client/stakeholder relationships
• Comfort delivering complex programmes with technical rigour and commercial awareness

• Client-facing and networking skills
• Collaborative mindset
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• WRMPs and Drought Plans knowledge
• Regional Water Resource Plans
• Water resource modelling

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