Senior Water ScientistHydrologist

Senior Water Scientist / Hydrologist | AECOM
• Birmingham, England, UK

Are you ready to help us shape the future of the water industry? Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Environment team as a Senior Water Scientist or Hydrologist! AECOM is at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long‑term partnerships with key clients.

We work for clients across the public and private sectors, including the Environment Agency, Natural England, National Highways, Water Companies, NRW, River Trusts, developers and overseas clients. We are also involved in major ongoing projects such as Lower Thames Crossing and are responsible for water‑environment chapters in ESs and WFD assessments.

• Developing catchment‑wide river restoration plans for water companies.
• Delivering hydrological reviews and water balance studies for a range of purposes such as determining supply sources and ensuring a canal remains sufficiently full despite its top‑up water supply failing.
• Design, modelling and installation of Natural Flood Management measures.
• Developing a modelling approach and running these to inform management decisions such as water‑level–dependent designated sites.
• Delivering improvements through working on water companies’ Environmental Improvement Programme (WINEP).
• Designing and helping deliver fish passes and river restoration schemes.
• Deriving strategies to deliver catchment water quantity and quality improvements driven by WFD and Local Nature Recovery requirements.

The majority of our work is in the fluvial environment, although a significant proportion is also focused on estuaries, lakes and the marine environment.

Our Water Environment team is multi‑disciplinary, with specialists in geomorphology, hydrology, hydro‑ecology, water quality and hydrogeology comprising 60 surface water specialists and a further 25 hydro geologists. All members take an active role in client contact and commercial aspects of our projects. Health, safety and environmental considerations underpin all of our work.

You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work‑life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University and volunteering days.

• Have a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject such as geography, physical sciences, chemistry, maths, engineering, etc.
• Experienced in hydrology (low flows and flood risk), hydromorphology, water quality and/or hydroecology and a strong understanding of aquatic systems.
• Proficiency in the application of hydrological software and environmental modelling (hydrological/hydraulic water quality/water resources).
• Proficiency in GIS software.
• Report writing skills and ability to clearly present complex technical information visually and orally to a wide audience.
• Experienced in technical project delivery (from bid preparation and drafting technical proposals to project management).

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

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