# Principal Hydrogeologist **Company**: WSP **Location**: Naas, Co. Kildare **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Consulting **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/88820?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_56949632-112 ## Description We are looking for a Principal Hydrogeologist to join our Ground and Water Team in Ireland. As a Principal Hydrogeologist at WSP, you will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with and being supported by other team members, Project Managers and Directors within the UK and Ireland team. Key responsibilities include: - Leadership of projects and line management of staff, providing environmental consultancy services at a high level to external and internal clients. - Successful and proactive project management of more complex projects/tasks – strong commercial awareness and accountability with timely completion of finance systems and invoicing. - Provides technical direction including robust reviews of technical work prepared by others with constructive and developmental feedback. - Managing hydrogeological data and developing conceptual models and interpretation of data. - Developing hydrogeological conceptual models. - Use and learn software such as ConSim, LandSim, P20, FeFlow, Modflow, Seep/W. - Involved in hydrogeological risk assessment, dewatering, groundwater resource, pumping tests, yield tests, modelling, borehole prognosis, abstraction and geothermal. - Leading by example on process, procedure, BMS and other protocols. - Achieved Chartership or actively seeking professional qualification (at Chartership level or equivalent) with a clear submission target date in place and demonstrable progress. - Building strong relationships with existing clients and identifies opportunities for both G&W and the wider WSP and pro-actively develops new client relationships. - Maintains frequent client communication, making regular client visits and ensuring client satisfaction through feedback reviews. - Develops proposals for complex opportunities e.g. technically challenging projects or those with values of >£100k net revenue – is developing awareness of different forms of contract and increased working knowledge of project governance and contract management. - Is able to successfully manage a number of projects/proposals at any one time. - Promotes the importance of our health, safety and wellbeing culture and demonstrates that they live the values. - Accurate and efficient preparation of more complex reports – able to convey complex information to others in an understandable manner. - Effective delegation of project tasks with review and feedback. - Preparation and self-checking of interpretative (non-specialist) reports. - Developing specialist skills in line with career aspirations and PDR with input to specialist reports with limited oversight. Requirements: - Hydrogeological skills of managing data and preparing evidence-backed conceptual models (in consultancy or in other relevant industrial or regulatory professions). - Demonstrable experience of the preparation of factual and interpretive reports as contributing author. - Risk Assessment modelling using ConSim, RTM and LandSim. - A motivated and engaging team player able to contribute collaboratively to the technical and social strength of our team of Hydrogeologists. - A postgraduate qualification (MTech, MSc and or PhD) in Hydrogeology or a Hydrogeological discipline. In addition to the above, the following behaviours are expected of a Principal Hydrogeologist: - Takes pride in their work and encourages others to do the same. - Always promotes best practice. - Delivers work efficiently and drives commercial excellence within projects. - Has the trust of peers and junior staff so that they feel confident in asking questions and not hiding problems. - Engages curiosity and seeks solutions reducing upward delegation and drives improvement in processes. - Takes ownership of own training path including achieving further professional qualifications and completing self-learning and proactively seeks self-development and exposure to areas of operations out with existing experience. - Knows technical limits and seeks help as necessary. ## Skills ### Required - Hydrogeology - ConSim - LandSim - P20 - FeFlow - Modflow - Seep/W - Risk Assessment modelling - RTM --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/88820?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)