Senior Clean Water Modeller

Due to continued framework wins, we are looking to appoint several Senior Clean Water Modellers at various locations across the UK.
Our Clean Water Modellers provide modelling, calibration and analytical support on a range of clean water projects .

About The Team:
RPS Water Consulting is a team of Engineers, Modellers, and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery.
This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities that require innovation, dedication, and teamwork to help us meet our clients' needs.

Our Water Consultancy business has a range of prestigious AMP8 programmes leading into AMP9 and beyond, where you'll be securing your career for the next 20 years, leaving a lasting legacy

About You:
As a key member of the Water Consultancy business, your role as Senior Clean Water Modeller is critical to helping us deliver great projects for our Water Industry clients.
You will be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of water project experts on a range of capital delivery projects.

By joining us, you're not just taking on exciting projects and collaborating with leading minds.
You're making a meaningful impact on millions of lives in the UK, leaving a legacy for generations to come.
As a valuable member of our team, you'll play a crucial role in the water industry, and work with the largest water companies in the region, ensuring a positive and enduring influence on the communities we serve.
If you're ready to contribute your skills and expertise to a dynamic and innovative environment, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

Your Responsibilities:
Technical development and delivery of clean water hydraulic models, including model construction and calibration, model use studies, optioneering and analysis studies, to time, budget and the required quality.
Leadership of modelling project teams delivering a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure projects.
Line Management of project team members with responsibility for day-to-day leadership and direction for the team, workload planning and prioritisation, provision of technical direction and support, driving staff performance, motivation and career development.
Ensuring quality of modelling outputs and compliance with standards, specifications and governance requirements.
Accountable for commercial performance and forecasting of projects, and the production of bids and proposals.
Build, maintain and manage strong and collaborative working relationships with clients.
Continual improvement of modelling tools, procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation.
Maintaining and reporting on an overall programme of work and associated resource demands.
Developing and improving relationships and collaboration with other internal RPS modelling teams.
Contribute to commercial performance, forecasting and risk management, and the production of bids and proposals.
Management of all health and safety, quality and environmental aspects of projects.
Travelling to the client and/or other RPS offices might be required, depending on location.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:
Experience in water modelling using InfoWorks WS, Synergi Water or similar.
You will be expected to have proficiency in MS 365 applications and have knowledge in key areas such as advanced Excel and Visual Basic.
Working knowledge of GIS Systems (preferably MapInfo, ArcGIS, QGIS).
Deep expertise in hydraulic modelling and/or related water infrastructure areas, taking responsibility for delivery of specialist, complex or innovative projects, ensuring client standard and specification compliance.
Ability to coordinate and manage staff at all levels, including line management of less experienced colleagues, improve organisational effectiveness and a culture of continuous improvement.
Ability to build, lead and motivate a team both internally and in partnership with external clients, and provide technical guidance and mentorship.
Ability to manage (or support project managers to manage) small to large modelling projects/packages and programmes of work.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Self-motivated, self-disciplined and having the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Qualifications:
Preferably degree qualified in a relevant technical subject.
Postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
Chartership or working towards chartership for Senior or Principal grades.
Affiliation with a professional institution like IET, InstMC, or CIWEM, or in the process of working towards membership and nearing application.
What's in it for you?

We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself.
Successful candidates are trained by industry-leading professionals who are committed to the personal development of their teams.
We also run a comprehensive suite of training courses throughout the year which focus on softer skills and personal development, with needs identified through our annual appraisal process.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you'll be supported as far as you want to go.

Why RPS?

We're a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes.
We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that's right for them.
We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment.
With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company:
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023, RPS became a Tetra Tech company.
With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services.
As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.

About RPS Water Consultancy
It's an exciting time to be working for our UK Water business as the workload in the water market takes off.
With a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on the challenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducing leakage, pollution and flooding, or improving the environment and levels of service to their customers.

Our Water business employs around 1000 highly skilled and motivated people working on projects for all of the water and sewerage companies across the UK, and most of the water-only companies.
We deliver a full range of end-to-end water and wastewater services including data collection and analytics; modelling and risk analysis/optimisation; data visualisation and mapping; artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; feasibility studies; outline and detailed design of capital solutions; and development of optimised, risk-based, operational interventions.

Come and join our team and truly make a difference in the future of water

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