Senior flood risk assessor/hydrologist
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Job Code : 176
RPS Group is a major global energy, planning and environmental consultancy with over 4,700 staff and with offices in Europe, Australia, SE Asia, Middle East, Russia, Africa, America and Canada.
RPS Hydrology and Flood Risk offer comprehensive flood risk management services – ranging from project-specific assessments and designs for flood mitigation and SuDS through to advice on the implementation of National Policies. The team’s projects are development-based and range across retail, commercial, housing, energy, transport and public sector developments, providing a wide
Requirements
• 5+ year’s consultancy experience, carrying out site specific flood risk assessments for the NPPF, TAN15 and SPP7
• BSc and/or MSc/MEng in relevant discipline
• A proven track record of project management and both client and regulatory body liaison
• Experience including SUDS design and conceptual drainage design
• Experience of modelling packages including linked 1D/2D flood modelling (preferably MIKE FLOOD), WinDes Micro Drainage, the FEH (i.e. WINFAP; FEH CD-ROM; ReFH), Info-works RS, HEC-RAS, Map-info and AutoCAD would be of interest
• Excellent client management, report writing skills and general computer literacy.