About the job
National Highways has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Water Advisor to join our Environmental Sustainability Division within Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES). The Division provides environmental sustainability advice and assurance across the business and leads on development and implementation of National Highways’ Environmental Sustainability Strategy, including complex and high‑profile capital programmes such as the renewal of high‑risk water quality treatment facilities.
Responsibilities and key tasks
* Provide technical advice on Water Quality Environmental Impact Assessments, Flood Risk Assessments, Design and management of drainage treatment and attenuation facilities (including nature‑based solutions) and water quality monitoring.
* Manage the company’s Performance Indicator (PI) for Water Quality and ensure our metric governance processes are followed.
* Develop effective relationships with key organisations in the regulatory, professional, academic and NGO communities, including the Environment Agency, CIWEM and campaign groups.
* Support the team leader and the wider team to manage the programme of investment in drainage treatment facilities, including providing technical input and supporting programme managers to be effective in their role.
* Lead, or support as necessary, research and development tasks designed to help us address key future challenges to the water environment (including research into understanding and addressing microplastics and other pollutants in highway runoff and understanding the future risk of flooding to the network under climate change).
About you
* Membership of a relevant professional institution (CIWEM, CEng, IEng, MICE, or IStructE) working towards will also be considered.
* A relevant degree / academic background in water quality, flooding or related discipline.
* Experience of working with stakeholders and/or the public to understand the complexity of views involved in managing the environment; and finding mutually beneficial ways to progress work.
* Experience of managing and analysing data to provide useful intelligence to help decision makers.
* A track record of delivering projects with positive environmental outcomes.
About us
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES) focuses on supporting outstanding operational delivery and providing expert technical advice for our road network. We also deliver essential services that lead, enable and drive innovation in the development of the Strategic Road Network, while offering expert guidance on health and safety matters.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
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