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Principal/Associate EIA Water Specialist
Location: Cardiff (Highly Flexible Hybrid – min 1 day per week in office, 4 days remote)
Term: Permanent
Are you an experienced water environment specialist who loves deep technical work but is feeling burnt out by pure EIA coordination? If you are tired of spending your days managing administrative timelines, chasing sub-consultants, or losing hours to a mandatory 3-to-4-day weekly commute, this role is designed for you.
We are seeking a Principal or Associate Water EIA Consultant to act as a technical anchor for our water environment team. This is a role focused on the craft of technical authoring and the rewarding mentoring of our junior specialists – not box-checking administration.
The successful candidate will be a chartered professional (e.g., via CIWEM, ICE, or Geological Society) or actively working at a senior level toward achieving it, and will have a proven track record of writing and defending robust hydrogeology, hydrology, and water environment chapters for complex EIAs.
Your line manager will be our Director and Head of Consultancy, Paul Blackman https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-blackman-9a1a8324/.
The indicative pay band for this role is between £55,000 and £66,000 (depending on experience), plus benefits that include 5% matched pension contributions, generous 40.5 day leave entitlement, tax-free bonus entitlement and flexible working.
Please click here to view the full job specification.
To apply for this vacancy, please email your CV and covering letter to jobs@hydrosolutions.co.uk.
Why Work for WHS?
We have a strong work-life balance ethic to offer a sustainable working environment for all. As a small, employee-owned business we provide a personable and dynamic work environment that rewards achievement and provides opportunity to work across other specialisms.
Below are some of our company benefits:
- WHS has a generous 40.5 day holiday allowance. Staff may trade in up to 10 days annual leave for increased salary or purchase up to 10 days of additional annual leave.
- We operate a flexible working hours system.
- We have structured pay scales, and formal criteria for being promoted between grades. Thus the potential for career progression is clear for all staff.
- We provide financial support for our staff in gaining professional membership of the appropriate body.
- We offer a contributory company pension scheme.
- We are part of the Cycle to Work scheme.
- We provide a Medicash health plan offering a wide variety of benefits including cashback on your everyday healthcare treatments, checks and therapies; access to a virtual GP and face to face counselling.
As a growing company, we are always keen to talk to people who believe they would be a good fit to WHS and therefore we encourage you to please send us your CV with covering letter to: jobs@hydrosolutions.co.uk
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Eligibility to apply: You must have the right to work in the UK. For certain positions where there is a shortage of suitably qualified candidates, we may be able to offer visa sponsorship. The availability of sponsorship will depend on the role and business requirements.