Hydrogeologist / Groundwater specialist
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Birmingham (preferred) OR London (Euston) with Hybrid Working |
| Area | London, UKMidlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £50,000 - 59,288.25+ Pen (6:12) + health + life insurance + 25 h |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | HS200144 |
| Job Views | 263 |
- Description
- Are you a Hydrogeologist / Groundwater specialist and interested in working on Europe’s largest infrastructure project – High Speed Two?
A Groundwater Specialist is required to work for the Client Organisation (High Speed Two Ltd) responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK. The role sits within a dedicated Groundwater Team at High Speed Two part of the environment department who ensure HS2 meets all its commitments and obligations relating to Environmental impacts caused by Groundwater & related subjects.
The Groundwater specialist will be working on Phase 1 of the project, which, is valued c£60 billion has 10 years left to run, excellent opportunities for development and being involved in first of its kind work – the Environmental Minimum requirements on this project are the most comprehensive and will become the standard for future major projects in the UK.
Job Purpose
The Groundwater Specialist role is to develop the technical quality, specifications, standards and assurance of groundwater issues (and related subjects) associated with the HS2 programme.
Most of the technical standards have now been specified for Groundwater and so one of the key aspects of the role is to assure the designs and work the joint ventures main contractors produce with regards Groundwater risks on the various HS2 contracts – notably the 4 main works civils contracts (all in excess of multiple billions), which involves huge cuttings, tunnels, viaducts, bridges etc. Once the civils contracts are complete (3-4 years) as well as oversight on Station contracts the successful candidate will take the lead on post construction monitoring ensuring the Groundwater mitigations and assurances given to the Regulatory authorities (Environmental Agency, Local Authorities etc) are effective and carried out as agreed, managing the changes where necessary.
The role has excellent opportunities for future development with one potential development route being Groundwater Manager (paying £70 – 80k).
The Challenge
The key challenge of the role is the assistance the Groundwater specialist gives to the main contractors to help them gain the critical consents & Approvals, literally thousands are required, to allow construction to happen from the various technical authorities most notably the Environment Agency but also local authorities, water authorities, environmental groups etc. This could include assistance on the production of Risk Assessments but also where necessary liaise directly with the statutory bodies to help and ensure the consents & approvals are gained and allow the construction to happen.
Example – a new major cutting runs directly through an aquifer you may need to advise the contractors on appropriate mitigation measures to allow the consents and approvals to be granted.
Work Situation – Hybrid
The office location is Birmingham Snowhill or London Euston (your choice) they operate a flexible hybrid working model with plans to be working 1-2 days a week from the office. Overall, this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.
Birmingham £50 – 54,760.12 + Pen (6:12) + health + life insurance
London £55 – 59,288.25+ Pen (6:12) + health + life insurance
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on hydrogeological matters and specialist advice to contractors and the wider HS2 team.
- Design and deliver specific workstreams relating to the groundwater aspects of the HS2 programme to ensure statutory and other requirements are met fully and within agreed timeframes.
- Provide technical management and review to assure that deliverables meet the project’s legislative and groundwater requirements.
- Develop good relationships with stakeholders and statutory bodies, particularly the Environment Agency, to help deliver appropriate mitigation measures for the impacts of HS2.
- Liaise closely with other disciplines, such as drainage, ecology, contaminated land and geotechnics.
- Represent HS2 at technical meetings as required.
- Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
Required Criteria
You will be a qualifiedHydrogeologist ideally with experience of construction projects & so understands the risks and behaviour of groundwater due to construction sites. Open to people from a range of backgrounds engineering / environmental consultancies, regulatory authorities (Environmental Agency, Water Authorities, local authorities etc) or construction clients / contractors.
You will be an excellent communicator capable of communicating and advising across HS2, supply chain (contractors) and with the regulatory authorities, on occasion might have to assist with public forums.
Experience with consents and approvals will also be helpful.
Skills:
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical specialists, non-technical project managers and stakeholders.
- Analytical and presentation skills.
- Ability to technically review of risk assessments relating to controlled waters.
- Ability to communicate and negotiate and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, such as environmental / engineering specialists.
Knowledge:
- BSc in geology or other relevant subject (e.g. earth science or other science discipline). Ideally an MSc in hydrogeology/related subject or equivalent experience
- Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body (if not Chartered we would expect the candidate, with our support, to pursue Chartership).
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, such as the Water Framework Directive, technical guidance, industry standards and best practice.
- Knowledge of surrounding and interacting disciplines such as surface water/ flood risk, drainage, contaminated land and ecology.
Type of Experience:
- Experience of a variety of hydrogeological projects and particularly large-scale construction projects at design and construction stages – any construction experience will be considered.
- Project management and budget experience.
