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Purpose

BSP Consulting has an immediate vacancy in our Nottingham office for a Flood Risk Engineer to work within our experienced civil engineering design team.

The team works for clients throughout the East Midlands and United Kingdom, providing flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports to support planning applications, offering expert witness services, undertaking and procuring supporting hydrology and hydraulic river modelling assessments, designing SuDS drainage schemes and highway works using Micro Drainage and InfoDrainage industry standard software with final drawings produced in AutoCAD. We also use QGIS for the site assessment and to supplement our reports.

We work for a variety of sectors that include retail, leisure, commercial, general industrial, storage and distribution, hotels, institutions, residential, venues/health and fitness.

Why Us?

We are a well established engineering consultancy business that began in 2009 with a healthy pipeline of work.

BSP are civil, structural, environmental, geotechnical and transportation engineers.

The firm is an SME with over 60 employees working for both public and private clients in a range of sectors including housing, education, health, retail, commercial, industrial, heritage, care and leisure.

BSP recognise that people are our biggest asset and their performance is the key to the quality of service we provide.

Through investing in our recruitment, training, and development of employees we will retain the best possible talent.

We adopt best practice in HR and training and aim to be an employer of choice.

We promote Staff Engagement & Life balance by providing:

Flexible working hours – via a flexible working hours policy
Retirement Benefits – Company Pension Scheme for all employees
Wellbeing – Westfield Health – Chamber Primary Health Cash Plan for all employees
Childcare subsidies – via an Edenred Childcare Voucher Scheme
Parental Leave – Maternity/Paternity
Staff Pay/holidays – Sick Leave
We provide Safe Spaces for people to exercise religious beliefs
Training – We offer Leadership training, learning and development
Engagement – An annual subsidised team building day which includes sporting activities; along with an annual subsidised BBQ & Xmas Doo
Promotion Prospects – discussed at annual appraisals
Loyalty to Staff – Length of Service Policy -Years of service Bonuses – 5-10-15 year service.

We have received a gold CSR accreditation – the highest level awarded by CSR Accreditation, which delivers the standard for corporate social responsibility.

We are an equal opportunities employer, we provide work experience, apprenticeships and training for young people.

We are a SMAS work safe consultant, and are ISO: 9001:2015 quality accredited.

In July 2020 BSP successfully achieved BIM Level 2 BSI Kitemark certification for BSP, Appointed Party (TIER 2) Structural, Civil and Transportation Engineering Consultancy complying with BIM in accordance with ISO 19650-1:2018, ISO 19650-2:2018, UK National Annex and BS 1192-4.

All BSP employees are offered hybrid working and can work effectively from home as they have access to company network, software and are proven to work efficiently in this way.

Responsibilities

The role would suit a BSc (Hons) graduate in Geography/Environmental Sciences or similar, or a BSc/BEng (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering who has relevant expertise and experience in water resources and management.

The role will involve all tasks associated with the production of flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports.

This will include desktop data searches, site walkover assessments, liaison with clients and stakeholders, understanding flood risk and detailing appropriate mitigation, the design and drafting of SuDS schemes, undertaking or procurement of hydrology and hydraulic river modelling assessments and, finally, the drafting of flood risk assessment and drainage strategy reports.

Experience

The successful candidate will have the ability to write clear and concise reports based on a logical assessment of site constraints. They will be able to use their expertise to develop deliverable, compliant sustainable drainage strategy proposals for incorporation into the scheme proposals.

In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate good verbal communication skills and be computer literate, being fully competent in the use of Word and Excel. Experience in the use of AutoCAD, Micro Drainage, InfoDrainage, GIS packages and hydraulic modelling packages would be an advantage.

On the job training will be given to develop their skills and they will work closely with the other members of the civil engineering team.

We operate an ICE/CIWEM registered training scheme which will be open to the successful candidate. Client care is of paramount importance to us as a company and the successful candidate will be an able communicator, both in written English and verbally, in person and on the telephone.

Previous experience and expertise in this field will need to be demonstrated at interview. This should include copies of relevant reports, drawings and calculations.

BSP Consulting is an Equal Opportunities Employer. See the values section of our website for a copy of the policy.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or similar.

Location: 12 Oxford Street, Nottingham, NG1 5BG

Hours of work: A minimum of 37.5 hours per week, with core hours from 9.00am-4.00pm, Monday to Friday with 30 minutes lunch (flexible working hours are allowed on a daily basis). Hybrid/home working for 2 days of the working week is available following a probationary period.

Holidays: Allowance is in line with industry standard and is subject to relevant experience.

Salary: A competitive salary will be offered and is subject to relevant experience and qualifications.

If you think you could become a valuable member of our team, we would welcome hearing from you.

At BSP Consulting, we believe in employing the right people for the right job. Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and we are committed to employing the best. In return we can offer career development and training opportunities.

You can apply by E-mailing your CV and covering letter to

E: [email protected]

or by sending it to:
Katie Smith
BSP Consulting
12 Oxford Street
Nottingham
NG1 5BG

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