Wastewater Modellers Principal / Associate Director jobs at Jacobs in United Kingdom, City Of Edinburgh

The remit of this strategic role will include;

• Leading the growth of the Hydrology Team.
• Stakeholder interface and management across all technical and commercial matters.
• The Management and support of project teams, including coordinating planning and tender ( preparing schedule and scope of works).
• Provide technical leadership for hydrological studies including FRM, EIAs, Reservoir engineering, Low Flow, and Water Resources studies.
• Continuously develop Subject Matter Expertise in the application of UK Flood hydrologic analysis in line with escribed within Flood Estimation Handbook "FEH".
• Proactively contribute to the ongoing development of a supportive team environment, taking an active role in the mentoring and professional development of colleagues.
• Checking and reviewing calculations and technical deliverables
• writing and reviewing technical reports

The role will include:

Leading and delivering some of the most challenging, diverse and innovative infrastructure projects in Scotland. Presently, we are engaged on a variety of large projects including flood protection, renewable energy, highway, rail, and other infrastructure schemes. We have a diverse range of clients including RWE, Low Carbon, Historic Railways Estate, Transport Scotland, BEAR Scotland, Scottish Gas Networks, Highlands & Islands Airports, Network Rail, National Grid and a number of Local Authorities.

• Using your experience in Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitats Regulations Appraisal and Positive Effects for Biodiversity / Biodiversity Net Gain.
• Working in multidisciplinary teams – quickly building rapport and trust to ensure that terrestrial ecology requirements are recognised, acknowledged and constraints acted upon.
• Designing ecological monitoring programmes – developing survey programmes, leading and/or managing survey teams and being responsible for high quality data collection.
• Leading from the front – managing large-scale projects and being the first point of contact in the provision of expert advice to both clients and stakeholders.
• Develop networks across disciplines within the business - many of our projects are complex in nature and you will be required to work with other disciplines to create effective solutions. Creating an environment accessible to other specialists is essential to our project success, particularly when working across different geographies and cultures.
• A willingness to both learn from and mentor others – developing and sharing skills that build team and individual resilience. This will include engagement with our global communities of practice, externally facing communications (conferences, presentations, client meetings) and training events.