Flood Risk and Water Management Team Leader

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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