Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

We are looking for Wastewater Network Modellers (Assistant to Principal) to join our established team to deliver a variety of projects for several of the UK's largest regulated water companies. Our water team works alongside a diverse range of other WSP business units, providing great opportunities to be involved in an assortment of exciting projects alongside delivering for our core client base.

These roles will enable you to further develop and use your technical skills, applying your expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency. You will provide support on hydraulic modelling studies for our core regulated industry water clients using industry standard software (InfoWorks ICM/CS), as well as teams engaged in projects utilising TUFLOW, Causeway Flow, our in-house FRM and other hydraulic modelling software depending on client needs.

You will work within the existing team to interrogate and enhance models as well as build new models to assess and understand asset performance. Your responsibilities will include providing technical input on urban drainage projects, supporting the wastewater team in delivering current and future projects, and helping influence future approaches to efficient delivery.

Additional duties include supporting the development of feasibility studies and optioneering, using network models to evaluate and optimise asset performance, preparing reports and supporting drawings, defining work needed by field investigation teams, and developing and maintaining excellent client relationships at all levels. You will coordinate and facilitate project meetings internally and with clients, contribute to the learning of the wider team through knowledge sharing, and promote the WSP brand through appropriate industry forums and conferences.

You will be part of an award-winning water team within a larger group of over 600 professionals across the UK, supported by our Global Water Team. We are currently engaged with an expanding portfolio of clients including Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Welsh Water, Southern Water, Wessex Water, United Utilities, Uisce Éireann, and Scottish Water Horizons.

The opportunity for progression is real, combining your technical and industry knowledge with the right behaviours to encourage and develop others.

Experience
- Extensive experience of hydraulic modelling using industry-standard software, specifically InfoWorks ICM or similar
- Sound knowledge and experience in urban drainage modelling and ability to check technical outputs of others prior to issue
- Familiarity with any industry-standard geographical information system (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, MapInfo)

About you
- A degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering, environmental science, or geography
- Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE, CIWEM), or working towards chartership
- Strong technical skills with a proactive approach to learning and development
- Excellent communication and client relationship skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and across business units

Qualifications
- Relevant degree qualification
- Professional chartership or working towards it