Location
London, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol or Newcastle offices with flexible remote working options.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive and commensurate with experience

About the Role
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to meaningful projects that improve quality of life? Join Tetra Tech’s flood risk and drainage team, working on major and challenging infrastructure projects across the UK for both private and public sector clients. You will lead flood risk assessment and drainage projects supporting planning applications, including due diligence, drainage strategy, design and modelling, environmental water assessments, and input into Environmental Impact Assessments. Projects range from £2k to £100M and cover sectors such as defence, transport, local government, healthcare, education, commercial, industrial, and residential development.

You will work independently and proactively from project inception through to delivery and close out, supported by senior colleagues. Responsibilities include project management of low risk projects, client liaison, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and budget. Occasional UK-wide travel and some out-of-hours work may be required. Tetra Tech provides internal project management training, mentoring, coaching, and continuous professional development to support your career growth and deliver excellence to clients.

Experience
- Proven experience delivering flood risk projects and assessments to support planning applications
- Knowledge of UK flood risk policy including NPPF, SPP, TAN15
- Experience consulting and liaising with clients, LLFA, EA, water companies and other stakeholders
- Skilled in report writing and presenting to internal and external partners
- Experience developing drainage strategies, SuDS and drainage solutions referencing local and national guidance (e.g. SuDS Manual)
- Experience with discharge of conditions for planning applications
- Experience delivering Water Framework Directive assessments
- Knowledge of environmental, ecological and geomorphological considerations in flood risk schemes
- Proficiency in Micro Drainage/Info Drainage
- Experience in peer review
- Competent with IT systems such as ArcGIS, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office suite
- Experience preparing fee proposals and supporting large bids

About you
- Enthusiastic professional who enjoys challenges and working in a busy, growing team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Commitment to health and safety best practices
- Team player with flexibility, versatility and a positive attitude
- Ability to mentor and support junior team members
- Desire to continue professional development and career progression
- Willingness to travel UK-wide occasionally and work outside normal office hours when required
- Hold a full UK Driving Licence
- Security Clearance to minimum SC level preferable or willingness to apply

Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field
- Chartered with CIWEM or equivalent professional body