Job Title: Senior Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist Location: Durrington or Falmer, (1-2 days in the office or on-site) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week Salary: circa £55,000 (depending on skills and experience) The Environment & Innovation team is at the forefront of Southern Water's drive to enhance and protect the environment. Deploying the latest innovative solutions and working in partnership with our customers and stakeholders, the team takes an holistic approach to managing water quality and flow across the region. Currently delivering a £50million portfolio which rapidly expands to over £2 billion over next 10 years. This is a fast-paced team that is now expanding to continue to deliver a larger programme of sustainable and innovative solutions. A brand-new position has been created to join our Environment & Innovation team as a Senior Catchment Hydrogeology Specialist. This is a critical role underpinning the implementation of our Catchment Management strategies, which influence our 5-to-50-year strategic plans. Job Overview • Support the Catchment Hydrogeology team to actively promote and effectively collaborate on catchment solutions with our regulators (Environment Agency, Natural England and DWI), catchment stakeholders (Rivers Trusts, Wildlife Trusts etc) and community groups, driving the principals of the Catchment First approach. • Responsible for undertaking technical evaluation / recommendations on environmental nature-based measures that will likely be needed to mitigate predicted environmental challenges from our operations. • The role will involve strong cross-functional working within and outside the business. Covering technical areas of water resource hydrogeology, hydroecology, biodiversity enhancement, river restoration, catchment management (including soil and water conservation), hydrogeological risk assessment and surface water and groundwater quality and quantity assessments. About You • Demonstrable expertise in water resource hydrogeology, groundwater modelling, hydroecology, restoring sustainable abstraction, river / wetland restoration, low flow investigation, WFD, groundwater resource development. • Experience of designing complex water quality, hydroecology and hydrometric investigations and monitoring programmes, data analysis and assimilation. • Proven expertise of technical report writing and review of water resource and water quality investigations, catchment risk assessments. • Extensive experience of water resource and water quality investigations, catchment risk assessments, and translating regulatory environmental requirements into manageable work streams. • Masters degree in relevant discipline such as Hydrogeology is desirable. Chartership or working towards is highly desirable. Package This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington/Falmer offices, sites and home. We are offering a competitive salary as well as other benefits including: • Generous pension up to 11% company contribution • 25 days annual leave • Life assurance equal to 4x salary • Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service) • Health Cash Plan • Full funded eye tests • Two paid volunteering days a year • Occupational health service • Discounts with over 800 popular retailers • Digital GP service • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications • Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options • Cycle to work scheme Join our Environment & Innovation team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment. Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position. 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