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.