Flood Risk Manager-(BIE00039O)
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
Our Water and Catchment Management sector provides a focus for advising our clients on delivering sustainable drainage, flood risk management and civil engineering solutions. Water and Catchment Management comprises in excess of 400 staff based in the UK and Europe, but with reach into the Middle East, Australasia and America.
You will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.
You should be well established within your career and be comfortable with a variety of roles. You should have applied your knowledge of Flood Risk Management in supervising, coordinating and supporting junior staff. You should be proactive and use your initiative to drive projects and are happy to take ownership of client relationships and contribute to business development and project management. Enthusiastic about planning and delivering innovative schemes to manage flooding you wish to work on increasingly complex projects and build your skills in project management, business development and leadership.
Your role will include tasks such as:
1. Production of client facing documents and technical deliverables;
2. Production of Flood Risk Assessments;
3. Delivery of water discipline inputs to Environmental Statements;
4. Production of business cases for flood risk management schemes (SOCs and OBCs) for LLFAs and the Environment Agency;
5. Development of pricing and technical methodology for new commissions;
6. Leading and mentoring junior colleagues through their technical and professional development
7. Checking and reviewing calculations and technical deliverables
8. Designers Health & Safety and Public Safety Risk Assessments
9. Coordination and management of other disciplines
10. Project Management
Here's What You'll Need:
Essential :
11. Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in Engineering, Environmental Science, Geography or a related discipline
12. Working knowledge of relevant legislation, planning policy, guides and design standards relating to flood risk management and drainage strategies;
13. Experience of delivering Flood Risk Assessments;
14. Ability to develop, price and agree scope of services;
15. Ability to work effectively as part of a diverse team
16. Excellent literacy, communication, analytical and numeracy skills
17. Excellent interpersonal skills
18. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
19. Chartered or approaching chartership with ICE or CIWEM
Desirable:
20. Knowledge of hydraulic modelling packages and hydrology and ability to interpret results;
21. Understanding of BIM
22. Demonstrable knowledge of Safety in Design and Designers responsibilities under CDM
23. Experience in design of flood risk management schemes
24. Experience of delivering business cases for flood risk management schemes for the Environment Agency and/or LLFAs, and the partnership funding process
25. Working knowledge of GIS (ArcGIS or QGIS)