Senior/Principal hydrogeologist in BN1

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Job Description

Job Title: Senior/Principal Hydrogeologist / Catchment Specialist\n\nLocation: Durrington or Falmer, (1-2 days a month in the office or on-site)\n\nContract Type: Permanent\n\nHours: 37 hours per week\n\nWorking within the Environment & Innovation department, a brand-new position has been created for a Senior/Principal hydrogeologist/Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist. This is a critical role at the forefront of our drive to enhance and protect the environment, underpinning the implementation of our Catchment Management strategies, which influence our 5 to 50 year strategic plans.\n\nThe catchment management programme is driving environmental benefit via the delivery of our regulatory commitments such as the Water Industry Environment Programme (WINEP) and statutory plans such as the Water Resource Management Plan, Drought Plan and Water Resources South East.\n\nSuccessful implementation of our WINEP programme directly influences our Environmental Performance Assessment star rating, and abstraction licencing to enable us to abstract water for public water supply. The wider catchment ecological resilience programme contributes to the company meeting its strategic objective of "a constant supply of high quality drinking water" and "looking after the environment".\n\nJob Overview\n\nSupporting the Hydrogeology Lead to deliver the water resource (groundwater) and water quality regulatory programmes in relation to the environment, in particular, leading and supporting implementation, delivery and reporting of our regulatory investigations to understand groundwater abstraction pathways and potential impacts on the environment, impact assessments, groundwater modelling, ecological schemes and compliance requirements.\n\nSupporting delivery of catchment-scale, sustainable nature-based solution measures that will likely be needed to mitigate predicted environmental challenges from our operations.\n\nThe role will involve strong cross-functional working within and outside the business including with our regulators (Environment Agency, Natural England and DWI), catchment stakeholders (Rivers Trusts, Wildlife Trusts etc) and community groups, driving the principals of the Catchment First approach.\n\nThe technical areas covered by the role will principally involve water resource hydrogeology with additional aspects of hydroecology, groundwater-surface water interaction, biodiversity enhancement, river restoration, catchment management (including soil and water conservation), hydrogeological water quality risk assessment, and surface water/ groundwater quality and quantity assessments.\n\nAbout You\n\nDemonstrable expertise in water resource hydrogeology, regulatory WINEP investigations, hydroecology, groundwater modelling, restoring sustainable abstraction, river / wetland restoration, low flow investigation, WFD and other environmental legislation, groundwater resource development.\n\nExperience of designing and managing implementation of complex hydrogeological, water quality, hydroecology and hydrometric monitoring investigations.\n\nExperience and skills in technical interpretative report writing and review of water resource (groundwater) investigations, catchment water quality risk assessments, GIS and data analysis.\n\nMasters degree in relevant discipline such as Hydrogeology is desirable.

Chartership or working towards is highly desirable.\n\nPackage\n\nGenerous pension up to 11% company contribution\n\n25 days annual leave\n\nLife assurance equal to 4x salary\n\nSalary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)\n\nHealth Cash Plan\n\nFull funded eye tests\n\nTwo paid volunteering days a year \n\nOccupational health service\n\nDiscounts with over 800 popular retailers\n\nDigital GP service\n\nStudy support may be available for job-related qualifications \n\nCompetitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options\n\nCycle to work scheme

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