Flood Risk and Water Management Team Leader
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Flood Risk and Water Management Team Leader
Leeds
Salary up
to 60k
Our client are a leading design, engineering,
environment and regulatory Consultancy who are planning and designing
sustainable communities and cities of the future. Due to securing
further workload, their Leeds office are looking for a Team Manager to
lead their Flooding and Water Management Team.
They are able to
draw upon a combined knowledge base of 20,000 experts across Northern
Europe and have more technologies, more skills and more inventive
solutions meaning they can apply global knowhow, locally across the
full spectrum of lifecycle services in both water engineering and
wider water management. More importantly, they have a proven record of
transferring innovation from other countries and sectors into the UK
water industry - not least in their work on AMP7 Frameworks with 7 of
the 12 UK water and sewerage companies.
Working within their
Environment Department, you will lead a growing team of environmental
scientists, hydrologists/flood risk specialists and fluvial, surface
water and urban drainage modellers; the team undertake a range of
assessments to support strategic studies, and planning and design
including environmental impact assessments (EIA), flood risk
management, surface water management and SuDS, water quality and
hydromorphological assessments, biodiversity net gain (river condition
assessments) and river restoration.
Your role will be to lead
the delivery of a wide variety of projects for several key clients
both in the UK and Europe including water, energy and transport
infrastructure companies, government agencies, local authorities and
private developers. The work will cover a range of activities
including project feasibility and strategic studies, planning and
impact assessments and design and construction support. You will also
help in developing the skills and client's portfolio of the Water
Environment Department, for example in the Nature Based Solutions
sector, supporting the strategic growth of the team.
As well as
providing technical guidance, support and training to colleagues
leading in the development of the technical skills within the Water
Environment Department, you will be responsible for implementing
improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions where
applicable, and sharing via the knowledge management channels as
appropriate. Actively leading and supporting input into the bidding
process to ensure strong pipeline of work across the team., you will
manage and develop the clients' portfolio taking an active role in
developing business strategy and growing the future workload for the
Water Environment Department. Working in close collaboration with and
supporting colleagues from other disciplines as required, you will be
accountable for financial KPIs including team budget P&L within the
team.
To be successful in this role will be a Chartered
Engineer status with a relevant institution (ICE or CIWEM) and have a
proven track record in Flood Risk and/or Water Resources Management
including governance. You will have a knowledge of the UK legislation
governing the technical discipline including planning policy and
relevant design standards and have commercial experience of managing
P&L budgets, producing work winning tenders and understanding
commercial risk, and influencing strategic decision-making within the
business. Possessing a proven ability in the leadership and motivation
of individuals and teams, you will have experience of managing
projects and resources, project governance and acting as discipline
lead on multi-disciplinary projects is essential.
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information about this role, please contact Sam Smith at Calibre
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