# Senior Flood Risk and Drainage Consultant

**Company**: WSP
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are looking for a Senior Flood Risk and Drainage Consultant to join our national team, working collaboratively on technically complex projects for a range of clients.

The successful candidate will have experience in the delivery of flood risk and consequence assessments and sustainable drainage strategy solutions.

Responsibilities will include:

- Carrying out and supervising the completion of Flood Consequence Assessments (FCAs) and Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) for various schemes

- Providing technical input into sustainable drainage strategies and design for complex schemes

- Overseeing the preparation of feasibility studies and supporting drawings

- Preparing successful SAB submissions with Welsh Local Authorities

- Delivering Section 19 Flood Investigations

- Having technical oversight and training of junior consultants, ensuring high-quality outputs

- Supporting tendering and work-winning activities of the team

- Taking leadership of certain project management activities, including financial and programme management

- Being multi-disciplinary and client-facing, coordinating project meetings both internally and externally

- Communicating and liaising effectively and efficiently with the project team

The ideal candidate will have:

- Experience in Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage

- Knowledge of flood risk planning and sustainable drainage approvals in the UK

- Familiarity with industry-standard software, such as AutoCAD, Causeway Flow/Microdrainage, InfoWorks, ArcGIS, QGIS, or MapInfo

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science, or engineering discipline

- Active pursuit of chartered status with IEng, C.WEM, or CEng

## Skills

### Required
- Flood Risk Assessments
- Drainage Strategies
- AutoCAD
- hydraulic modelling
- geographical information systems
- Water EIA
- flood risk modelling
- sustainable drainage approvals

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