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Job Title: Principal Flood Risk Assessor
Ref. No.: CJD(phone number removed)G
Location: Based near Liverpool
Salary: 50,000 - 60,000
This is a wonderful opportunity to join my client, an innovative, industry-leading Multidisciplinary Consultancy renowned for lending their expertise to an array of projects across the civil, structural, and hydrological landscapes. They are on the lookout for a talented, enthusiastic Principal Flood Risk Assessor committed to overseeing an already-established team of designers and hydrologists at the office based near the thriving, richly-cultural port city of Liverpool.
Benefits for the role of Principal Flood Risk Assessor include (but are not limited to):
- Competitive salary (commensurate with experience)
- Company pension scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Flexible/hybrid working opportunities
- A focus on Continuing Professional Development (CPD), with extensive career progression opportunities
- An inclusive, collaborative working environment, conducive to fresh, innovative thinking
- A focus on employees' mental, physical, and social wellbeing
Responsibilities for the role of Principal Flood Risk Assessor include:
- Managing technical tender submissions, including Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), drainage assessment reports, and similar
- Preparing, checking, and submitting technical documents, including reports, calculations, and models
- Taking ownership of projects, overseeing resource allocation, budgets, timeframes, and overall delivery/implementation
- Managing client and other stakeholder relations, across the public and private sectors
- Overseeing the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of design colleagues
- Identifying Business Development (BD) opportunities
- Enforcing and upholding the relevant industry standards, processes, procedures, and legislation at all times
Required skills and experience for the role of Principal Flood Risk Assessor include:
- A UK Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a similar, relevant discipline
- Possess Chartered Status with a recognised Professional Body (e.g., CIWEM)
- Extensive experience of working in a Flood Risk role, within a UK-based consultancy (or Local Authority) setting
- Highly proficient in the use of several relevant software systems, including FEH, WINFAP FEH, Flood Modeller, HEC-RAS, AutoCAD, and WinDES
- Experience of leading projects and people, at all stages of projects, from initial inception through to successful delivery
- Outstanding communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
Desirable skills and experience for the role of Principal Flood Risk Assessor include:
- A UK Master's Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
- Highly competent in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
If you are interested in the role of Principal Flood Risk Assessor, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Davis at Penguin Recruitment. Please also see our website for a range of other roles currently available. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a recruitment agency in respect to this vacancy.
