Location
Glasgow

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons. We are looking for Wastewater Network Modellers (Assistant to Principal) to join our established team to deliver a variety of projects for several of the UK’s largest regulated water companies. Our water team works alongside a diverse range of other WSP business units, providing great opportunities to be involved in an assortment of exciting projects alongside delivering for our core client base. These roles will enable you to further develop and use your technical skills, applying your expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency. You will provide support on hydraulic modelling studies for our core regulated industry water clients using industry standard software (InfoWorks ICM/CS), but we also have teams engaged in a variety of projects utilising TUFLOW, Causeway Flow, our in-house FRM and other hydraulic modelling software depending upon our diverse client needs. You will be expected to work within the existing team to interrogate and enhance models as well as building new models to assess and understand asset performance. You will provide technical input on urban drainage projects and support our wastewater team in delivering current and future projects and help influence our future approaches to efficient delivery. Responsibilities include support to development of feasibility studies and optioneering, use of network models to evaluate and optimise asset performance, preparation of reports and supporting drawings, definition of work needed by field investigation teams, developing and maintaining excellent client relationships at all levels, and coordinating and facilitating project meetings internally and with clients. You will contribute to the learning of the wider team through knowledge sharing exercises and promote the WSP brand through appropriate industry forums and conferences. You will work as part of an award-winning water team within a larger team of over 600 professionals across the UK, supported by our Global Water Team. We are currently engaged with an expanding portfolio of clients including Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Welsh Water, Southern Water, Wessex Water, United Utilities, Uisce Éireann, and Scottish Water Horizons. The opportunity for progression is a real possibility, combining your technical and industry knowledge with the right behaviours to encourage and develop others.

Experience
A degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering, environmental science, or geography. Sound knowledge and experience in urban drainage modelling and an ability to check the technical outputs of others prior to issue. Extensive experience of hydraulic modelling using industry-standard software, specifically InfoWorks ICM or similar. Familiarity with any industry-standard geographical information system (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, MapInfo).

About you
Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE, CIWEM), or working towards chartership. Strong technical skills with a proactive approach to delivering high-quality work. Ability to work collaboratively within a team and maintain excellent client relationships. Enthusiastic about sharing knowledge and contributing to team development. Motivated to support efficient project delivery and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
A relevant degree and progress towards or attainment of chartered status with a professional institution related to engineering or environmental science.