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Joining the Assystem Environment team as a Junior Hydrogeologist as part of our growing water services offering.
Initial role would be supporting our Water Lead on HS2 to co-ordinate the development in water resource / groundwater on the delivery of HS2, the high-speed railway project. The role will involve liaising with several internal and external parties including design management, environmental specialists, statutory authorities, and client personnel.
Duties
- Able to assist with site walkovers to identify groundwater monitoring infrastructure and understand how to collect basic data such as groundwater levels and sampling protocols.
- Undertake field visits to assist with investigations with an understanding of the field observations.
- Have a basic awareness of construction processes and tasks associated with development / infrastructure projects.
- Have a sound understanding of the basic properties of geological formations and the interaction of ground and surface water within a hydrogeological regime.
- Have an awareness / understanding of relevant environmental legislation.
- Be able to draft simple but technical reports.
- Should be starting to manage numerous activities / different projects simultaneously – short and long-term.
Desirable
- Have a basic understanding of conceptual site models and contaminant interaction / implications on contaminant transport / migration through a hydrogeological regime.
- Appreciation of additional testing that can be undertaken to characterize geological properties.
- Experience of working in construction or on large infrastructure projects.
- Marketing skills / willing to contact potential clients.
- Tender preparation experience.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Be registered / have membership with a relevant professional institution (e.g. CIWEM / EIS).
