There is opportunity to join the Flood Risk Management Team in Wakefield. The team leads the Council’s role as Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA), working with risk management partners to manage flood risk across the District. Wakefield district covers an area of about km2 ( square miles). There are about watercourses across the District with a combined length of over km ( miles).
We have a vacancy for a Senior Flood Risk Engineer to help us to provide technical drainage and flood risk responses in the LLFA’s role as statutory consultee to the Local Planning Authority Applicants with equivalent relative experience will be considered and both internal and external training is available.
The post will require good communication skills and the ability to work and negotiate with other flood risk management stakeholders and customers. The post holder will be required to work under their own initiative and as part of a busy and diverse team. You will need to be able to manage a busy and demanding workload.
They will also need to have good communication skills and the ability to explain technical information to a varied audience. The post holder will be expected to manage more junior and less experienced members of the team so good interpersonal skills are required and the ability to encourage and lead by example.
The team’s duties, powers and work streams are underpinned by the Flood and Water Management Act, the Land Drainage Act and the Town and Country Planning Act and are set out in Wakefield’s Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.
The work involves working both outside and in the office, as part of a team but often unaccompanied.
As the work involves visiting a number of sites around the District a full driving license is essential.