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We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Consultant to join our expanding flood risk and drainage team, based in our Leeds, Manchester and London offices, with the opportunity to work flexibly from home in the future as much as needed to achieve best outcomes. The team undertakes a wide variety of major and challenging infrastructure projects for the private and public sector, across a range of development sectors. We seek to provide integrated flood risk and drainage solutions incorporating state of the art design.

Why join us?

Tetra Tech is one of the largest and fastest growing environmental consultancies in the world (Ranked No.2 Globally – Environment Analyst 2021) and in 2021, the Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranked Tetra Tech #1 in Water for the 18th year in a row.

Responsibilities

We require an individual of high calibre to assist in the flood risk and drainage teams at Tetra Tech across a range of activities such as flood risk solution design, hydraulic modelling and hydrology assessment, drainage design and SUDs. We work across a diverse range of clients delivering challenging infrastructure projects for the private and public sector.

Our projects typically range from Flood Risk Assessments for planning supporting developments from 10 homes up to 5,000, delivering local authority flood risk schemes from their inception through to hydraulic modelling and the design of options through to supporting private sector organisations in managing flood risk challenges on their sites.

Our projects vary in size from £1m to £100m schemes covering defence, transport, local government, infrastructure, healthcare, education, commercial, industrial and residential development. You will work independently and proactively on technical aspects from a project’s inception, determining client briefs, to the delivery and close out of projects in accordance with best practice and supported by senior colleagues throughout.

We provide internal project management training as well as a structured learning and development platform including mentoring and coaching, CPD and training to ensure our staff are the best they can be to deliver excellence to our clients.

Whilst based in London the projects are UK wide and some travel would be expected on occasion, including working outside normal office hours.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate some or all the requirements below:

  • Be an enthusiastic professional who likes a challenge (essential)
  • Want to work in a busy and growing team and have a desire to progress their career (essential)
  • Want to develop a career in flood risk management
  • Have an interest in hydraulic modelling and catchment hydrology for rivers, coast and surface water.
  • Be passionate about helping to reduce the impacts of climate change
  • Have an interest in natural flood risk management solutions
  • Have an interest in environmental enhancement
  • Be educated to degree level or equivalent ( minimum grade 2:1) in a relevant field and eligible for CEng MICE or chartered with CIWEM.
  • Have good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently, a collaborative approach and a proven ability to deliver work on time.
  • Have a commitment to encouraging good health and safety practices within the workplace and within design.
  • Be a team player displaying enthusiasm, flexibility and versatility.
  • Hold a full UK Driving License (desired)
  • Security Clearance to minimum SC level preferable (or be suitable and willing to apply for clearance essential).

How we work

Making everybody feel welcome at Tetra Tech is important to us – because everybody is welcome! We are working hard to be a business where people can not only be themselves but can celebrate who they are and what they bring to our organisation. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we'd be happy to talk to you about making reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process that will enable you to be your best.

We are one of the only consultancies to have adopted a fully flexible working arrangement where employees have the choice of how, when and where they work caveated only by the requirement to fulfil our clients’ requirements and work with their team. The focus on our people doesn’t end there though, with mental health first aiders, wellbeing & fitness challenges, diversity, equity & inclusion interest groups and lunch and learns sessions from guest speakers as well as a comprehensive flexible benefits selection and a day off for your birthday - we want all our employees to be proud to work for Tetra Tech.