Senior Wastewater Modeller

Arcadis
United Kingdom

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for wastewater modelling professionals who lead client engagement and manage complex infrastructure projects.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with advanced modelling skills and a track record in client-facing leadership roles
    — “This position is perfect for a motivated and independent professional looking to further their career while mentoring and nurturing the development of others.”
  • Individuals experienced in managing technical deliverables for UK water utilities and regulatory compliance
    — “Our projects focus on addressing flooding challenges, reducing storm overflow pollution, and improving network resilience, all while ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements.”
  • Professionals adept at cross-disciplinary collaboration and fostering team growth
    — “Work alongside specialists from other engineering and environmental disciplines to ensure project integrity.”

Things to consider

  • The role involves significant client interaction and project management responsibilities
    — “Collaboration, proactive problem-solving, and creative thinking are central to our team’s approach.”
  • Candidates should be prepared to manage junior staff and support their development
    — “Support and guide junior team members, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with InfoWorks ICM and model quality assurance in your resume and interviews
    — “Advanced expertise in hydraulic modelling for a range of wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects”
  • Demonstrate your ability to explain complex model outputs to clients clearly and effectively
    — “Collaborate closely with clients, providing clear explanations and ensuring they understand model outputs and processes.”
  • Showcase your skills in bid preparation and project coordination in your application materials
    — “Assist with preparation of bids including narratives, cost estimates and programmes.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • delivering high-quality wastewater models
  • managing key project aspects
  • expanding project portfolio through strategic client interactions
Typical background
advanced expertise in hydraulic modellingexperience in wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure modelling

Skills & requirements

Required

Hydraulic ModellingWastewater InfrastructureNon-infrastructure ModellingTechnical ReviewsModel Build And VerificationSurvey Specifications ManagementStrategic Solutions DevelopmentTechnical Reports And PresentationsProject ManagementClient Engagement

Preferred

Storm Overflow Pollution MitigationNetwork Resilience ImprovementCompliance With Regulatory Requirements

Stack & domain

Hydraulic ModellingCollaborationProactive Problem-solvingCreative ThinkingLeadershipTechnical DeliverablesClient EngagementProject ManagementTeamworkCommunicationMentorshipTechnical ExpertiseProject IntegrityLiaisingWater ManagementWastewaterFloodingStorm Overflow PollutionNetwork ResilienceRegulatory ComplianceTechnical Modelling

About the role

Original posting from Arcadis

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Our Water Management team is seeking a Senior Wastewater Modeller. In this position, you will work on the development of wastewater models, manage key project aspects, and work closely with clients to build and expand Arcadis’s project portfolio through strategic client interactions. Collaboration, proactive problem-solving, and creative thinking are central to our team’s approach, and will be a fundamental part of your role.

Our Water team is at the forefront of tackling some of the UK’s most technically demanding projects and AMP8 programmes. Renowned for our expertise, we work in close partnership with leading water companies and contractors to deliver innovative solutions. Our projects focus on addressing flooding challenges, reducing storm overflow pollution, and improving network resilience, all while ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements, such as WINEP, and adhering to industry best practices.

This position is perfect for a motivated and independent professional looking to further their career while mentoring and nurturing the development of others. The role involves taking a leadership position in client engagement and management, particularly with water utilities, ensuring technical deliverables align with client expectations and fostering opportunities for continued collaboration and growth.

Role accountabilities:

Deliver a range of wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure modelling projects, effectively managing tasks of various scales.

Conduct technical reviews of wastewater models, oversee model build and verification of sewer networks, oversee survey specifications and management, develop strategic solutions to mitigate flooding and reduce CSO spills

Provide support to designers at concept outline and detailed design stages

Review and enhance technical reports and presentations to uphold high-quality standards.

Resolve technical modelling challenges on projects and contribute to advancing the team's technical expertise

Ensure project components, including reports, drawings, specifications, and studies, comply with relevant standards and project requirements

Collaborate closely with clients, providing clear explanations and ensuring they understand model outputs and processes.

Support and guide junior team members, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment. 

Assist with preparation of bids including narratives, cost estimates and programmes.

Coordinate project elements, managing resource allocation, quality assurance, subcontractor interactions, and client feedback.

Work alongside specialists from other engineering and environmental disciplines to ensure project integrity.

Liaise effectively with the Project Director or Manager and the client to support project progress.

Foster a collaborative work environment by actively supporting the professional development of both yourself and your team, guiding junior members to reach their full potential.

Qualifications & Experience:

Advanced expertise in hydraulic modelling for a range of wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects

Skilled in team and stakeholder coordination and management

Proficient in InfoWorks ICM 

HADES knowledge would be advantageous

Competent in using relevant GIS software packages

Chartered member of a relevant professional institution would be desirable (e.g., ICE or CIWEM)

Proven experience in model quality assurance procedures

Strong report-writing skills

Advanced abilities in spreadsheet-based data analysis

Coding experience desirable

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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Source: Arcadis careers

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