Let’s transform society together
We’re Sweco.
We’re future planners, city shapers, urban innovators, digital transformers, net zero chasers, community connectors, social enterprisers and lifestyle improvers.
We’re difference makers.
We’re Europe’s leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancy and we’re now recruiting for a Senior Water Quality Modeller to join our Water team in Leeds. This role can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office and the option of adjusted start and finish times.
As part of the Water team, you’ll promote the sustainable management of water resources, helping to protect the water environment and make people and places safer and more resilient to flood risk and climate change. In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting water companies through AMP8 and beyond, addressing critical challenges around water quality, storm overflows and environmental compliance.
As a senior member of the team, you’ll provide technical leadership in Urban Pollution Modelling, working collaboratively with clients, regulators and multidisciplinary teams to deliver sustainable, innovative and practical solutions with real environmental impact. We’ll support you in developing your technical expertise so that you can become a real Difference Maker at Sweco.
What does the role involve?
- Developing, calibrating, auditing and interpreting models to assess water quality performance within sewerage catchments and receiving waters
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Undertaking Urban Pollution Modelling (UPM) studies to identify, assess and investigate water quality failures and compliance risks
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Developing and appraising improvement options to address identified water quality issues, including CSOs and intermittent discharges
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Providing technical assurance and peer review of modelling outputs, reports and proposed improvement options
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Advising on the selection and application of appropriate modelling tools and techniques, including SIMCAT, SAGIS, InfoWorks ICM, MIKE and GIS
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Producing Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliance assessments to support environmental assessments and regulatory submissions
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Designing, modelling and supporting the delivery of Natural Flood Management (NFM) measures where appropriate
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Preparing technical reports and environmental and water quality impact assessments
To be successful in this role you'll:
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Have significant experience in water quality and hydrology applied to a range of projects.
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Have a degree or equivalent in a relevant subject including geography, engineering, environmental sciences or maths.
- Strong knowledge and experience of standard hydrological and water quality modelling software and environmental assessment tools.
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Demonstrate ability to lead and manage projects, working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy.
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Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessment, Natural Flood Management and Sustainable Drainage (SuDs) techniques.
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Working towards or hold chartered status from an appropriate institution (C.Eng or C.WEM).
What’s in it for you?
This is an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you
You will learn from experienced people who share a passion for working together with our clients to deliver technical excellence.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.
Let’s transform society together at Sweco!
