Graduate Flood Risk Engineer

Assist in producing flood risk assessments, drainage strategies, and sustainable drainage (SuDS) designs for planning and civil engineering projects.

Specification

Purpose

BSP Consulting has an immediate vacancy in our Nottingham office for a Graduate Flood Risk Engineer to work within our experienced civil engineering design team.

The team works for clients throughout the East Midlands and United Kingdom, providing flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports to support planning applications, offering expert witness services, undertaking and procuring supporting hydrology and hydraulic river modelling assessments, designing SuDS drainage schemes and highway works using Micro Drainage and InfoDrainage industry standard software with final drawings produced in AutoCAD. We also use QGIS for the site assessment and to supplement our reports.

We work for a variety of sectors that include retail, leisure, commercial, general industrial, storage and distribution, hotels, institutions, residential, venues/health and fitness.

Responsibilities

The role would suit a BSc (Hons) graduate in Geography/Environmental Sciences or similar, or a BSc/BEng (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering who has relevant expertise and experience in water resources and management.

The role will involve all tasks associated with the production of flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports. This will include desktop data searches, site walkover assessments, liaison with clients and stakeholders, understanding flood risk and detailing appropriate mitigation, the design and drafting of SuDS schemes, undertaking or procurement of hydrology and hydraulic river modelling assessments and, finally, the drafting of flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports.

Experience

The successful candidate will have the ability to write clear and concise reports based on a logical assessment of site constraints. They will be able to use their expertise to develop deliverable, compliant sustainable drainage strategy proposals for incorporation into the scheme proposals. In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate good verbal communication skills and be computer literate, being fully competent in the use of Word and Excel.

Experience in the use of AutoCAD, Micro Drainage, InfoDrainage, GIS packages and hydraulic modelling packages would be an advantage. On the job training will be given to develop their skills and they will work closely with the other members of the civil engineering team.

We operate an ICE/CIWEM registered training scheme which will be open to the successful candidate.

Client care is of paramount importance to us as a company and the successful candidate will be an able communicator, both in written English and verbally, in person and on the telephone.

Previous experience and expertise in this field will need to be demonstrated at the interview stage. This should include copies of relevant reports, drawings and calculations. BSP Consulting is an Equal Opportunities Employer. See the values section of our website for a copy of the policy.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or similar as above.

Skills

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or similar

• Demonstratable experience assessing flood risk

• Working knowledge of governing policy and relevant planning guidance

• Clear and concise report writing

• Strong verbal communication

• Logical approach to assessment and problem solving

• Computer literate

• Full UK Driver’s Licence

Desired

• Master’s degree in Geography/Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or similar

• Experienced in the use of a) GIS Packages b) AutoCAD c) Micro Drainage and or InfoDrainage d) ReFH2

• Hydraulic modelling experience (Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS etc.

• Graduate or chartered member of CIWEM or similar