Flood Risk Modellers ( Flexible around location)

Role location - Any Atkins offices across the UK and Bangalore, India

Are you a flood modeller looking for your next exciting opportunity?  We are looking for flood modellers, at all levels, to join our thriving business, working on our great projects across the UK.  If this is you, we want to hear from you and discuss how we can help you develop your career !

We have opportunities for individuals to join our world class flood risk management team. We are seeking technical staff with a relationship to the water flood risk management industries, to help the delivery of hydraulic and hydrological modelling projects, including 1D and 2D models for rivers, surface water and coastal waters.

As a major engineering, environmental and design consultancy, Atkins offers opportunities to work on a wide variety of projects, at a range of scales.  We have ongoing projects in flood risk management across HS2 and Sizewell C, with a lot of work coming from our frameworks for the Environment Agency and numerous local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.  We are undertaking projects in natural flood management, flood forecasting, flood alleviation and helping water companies with elements of their water resources and water quality issues. Beyond this we work internationally and have work committed across the globe including the Red Sea economic zone and Al Bada developments in the middle east and EIA work in North America. All our projects are run with our colleagues in India, and you will be working as part of an international team.

Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects.

Requirements:

• A degree in any subject relevant to water.
• Experience of 1D-2D hydraulic modelling using any of InfoWorks ICM, HEC-RAS, Flood Modeller, or ESTRY-TUFLOW; or a strong desire to learn.
• GIS skills or a desire to learn.
• Experience in carrying out flood risk analyses for planning, development, and design; or a desire to learn.

Atkins and its clients value you having or working towards a Chartered status.  Whilst we appreciate those with professional memberships, we will help you in obtaining those qualifications through mentoring and development opportunities if you don’t already have them.

Responsibilities:

Your day-to-day activities as part of our team will include detailed technical work involving hydraulic modelling, GIS, and technical reporting. Depending on your career aims you could also become involved in project management, at a level relative to your experience, and/or winning work by leading or helping our bid teams.

Meeting Your Needs:

When you start with us, you'll enjoy "Total Reward," a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career.

We want you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. So whether you consider yourself to have a disability or not, or would simply like to know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially at Recruitment@atkinsglobal.com.

Read more about 'Total Reward'.

More About Us:

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world. Atkins, ranked as one of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join.

These vacancies are within our Water Management Consultancy, which  operates at the interface between people and the water environment. Our key services cover all aspects of water management including: flood and coastal erosion risk management, integrated catchment management, regulation and assurance, strategic asset management, water resources and water quality planning, hydrogeology and hydrology, aquatic ecology, hydromorphology and river restoration, climate futures and resilience, coastal and marine environmental management, and economic appraisal.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment and  flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. Our IT systems support home-working, so where you have parental or carer duties; or you simply need to be elsewhere for a parcel, servicing your car, or waiting in for a tradesperson; Atkins will work for you. 

Additional Information:

"This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Atkins recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements. ATKINS, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.”

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