Hydrologist

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the worlds leading providers of engineering environmental and professional consulting services. With offices across Ireland we are proud to deliver some of the most exciting and pivotal projects in the water energy and transport sectors as well as specialist environmental projects.

Your role

Responsibilities include some or all of the following preferably with experience of delivering these in the UK and/or Ireland (Republic of and/or Northern):

• Hydrological analysis including flow estimation in ungauged or data-sparse environments.
• Interpretation of hydrological and water resources information.
• Reporting and communication of hydrological and water resources issues outcomes and recommendations.
• Programming in packages such as R and Python.
• Undertaking hydrological and hydrometric fieldwork and walkovers to assess hydrological and water resources strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats.
• Understanding and use of hydrometric monitoring techniques.
• Experience of water resources modelling e.g. using Pywr or Aquator or similar.
• Understanding and use of deployable output and yield analysis.
• Interpretation of hydrological datasets to determine environmental and ecological impacts.
• Knowledge of water resources planning processes.
• Water resources assessment accounting for the impacts of climate change.
• The ideal candidate will have familiarity of working with and in and the nature of catchments and hydrology in Ireland.

About you

• You will be a hydrologist with a water resource focus qualified to at least FETAC Level 7 preferably Level 9 or 10 and will have relevant years of work experience and likely to be chartered or have achieved Fellow status through CIWEM or another relevant professional body.
• You will have a proven track record in hydrological analysis including flow estimation techniques in ungauged or data sparse catchments and be able to effectively communicate the uncertainties and risks associated with these methods. As an increasing proportion of our work is undertaken in Python or R programming packages an ability to work within these programming environments is desirable.
• Your wider experience may also include hydrometric fieldwork or an understanding of hydrometric monitoring techniques and hydrological analysis to support environmental assessment of abstraction and impounding activities. It is also desirable that you have experience of water resource modelling (e.g. Pywr or Aquator) deployable output and yield analysis.
• Knowledge of water resource planning processes would be advantageous as would water resource assessment under climate change.
• You will be highly motivated and proactive with a confident and professional manner. You will have excellent numerical analytical report-writing and presentational skills and be able to demonstrate delivery of high-quality technical work within the water sector. With good interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels you will work collaboratively with the rest of the WEMC and WMC teams in Ireland and the UK and help build high-quality client relationships.
• Experience of working for a private sector consultancy is a requirement as is experience of undertaking business development client engagement proposal and tender writing and winning and delivering won work.
• You will have familiarity of working with and in and the nature of catchments and hydrology in Ireland.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health wellbeing financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture international remote working opportunities and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So we offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we value applications from all backgrounds cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.