Water Quality Modeller- Mott MacDonald- Cambridge

Cambridge, UK

Salary £31,000 to £35,000 package

Job Profile

Mott MacDonald, a world leader in providing environmental services to both the private and public sector, has a new opportunity for a Water Quality Modeller (surface water) to work on projects in the UK and overseas.

The Integrated Water Resources Management Team offers a number of surface water quality modelling services, including complex 3D models for environmental impact assessments, simple statistical models for discharge permitting applications, and diffuse pollution models for catchment management studies. Most water quality modelling is undertaken as part of a multidisciplinary project team, which includes hydrologists, ecologists, hydrogeologists and engineers.

Mott MacDonald is a global management, engineering and development consultancy with a £900 million business spanning 140 countries and over 14000 staff.  In 2011 was Mott MacDonald's fifth year in a row in the top 15 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For.

Candidate Specification

You will need:

• Significant commercial experience and the technical capability to work in modelling and the management of surface water quality
• A masters degree qualified in a relevant discipline
• An awareness of the legislation and policy influencing water quality assessment in the UK, including the Water Framework Directive.
• An appreciation of international approaches to water quality
• Good oral and written communications skills
• Ability to travel; although based in Cambridge you may need to work in other UK offices, as well as overseas

It would be an advantage to have some of the following:

• A strong understanding of water chemistry
• Experience of fieldwork and monitoring programme design
• Chartered membership of CIWEM, or similar
• Experience of using the following modelling tools:
• Environment Agency models e.g. River Quality Planning tool (Warn-Brew method) and SIMCAT
• Visual Plumes
• Urban Pollution Management tools for intermittent discharges (such as SIMPOL)
• Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
• 1D, 2D or 3D Hydrodynamic and water quality models
• Proficiency in a programming language such as Visual Basic, FORTRAN or Python
• Excellent project management skills
• A proven ability to communicate technical information to a wide audience including engineers and regulators.
• Competent use of GIS software

Job Description

As the Surface Water Quality Modeller you will undertake water quality modelling:

• for Environmental Impact Assessments
• for Environmental Permits
• for Environmental Studies
• to Inform the development of project design.

You will provide general technical support to the Environment Team and support our Water business in offering water quality services to the UK water industry.

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