Hydrometrist

What you'll be doing:

• Operate, maintain and calibrate the monitoring networks and equipment, ensuring at all times adherence to our Company Health and Safety standards.
• Development of new ground and surface water monitoring locations, in line with industry best practice,
• Ad-hoc river flow monitoring (spot gauging) to validate gauged stage-discharge relationships and/or to understand flows at unmonitored sites.
• Maintain data repositories on the company corporate data systems of the monitoring data that is collected.
• Validate, analyse and interpret data, adhering to industry standards and best practice.
• Provide accurate and timely data, and information to internal staff and key stakeholders, to support operational decision making and the environmental management of our sites
• Required to travel across Bristol and Bournemouth with less regular visits to Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to collect hydrometric data and support other members of the Hydrometry team.

What we are looking for:

• Scientific or related degree in a relevant field
• Qualifications related to health and safety for field-based staff would be desirable
• Qualifications in hydrology or environmental studies would be desirable
• Experience of environmental data collection and management (e.g. river flows, groundwater levels, rainfall)
• Practical field work experience
• Numerate and comfortable working with data.
• Knowledge of environmental monitoring techniques and approaches
• Ability to work safely in all conditions and to recognize when it may not be safe to undertake the work
• Ability to manage your own time and work independently.
• Ability to adapt plans in response to changing conditions.
• Enthusiasm to learn new skills

What's in it for you:

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We know that the support and commitment of our staff is key to our success so you will receive the opportunity for ongoing development and training for a long-term career with us. We’re one of the largest companies in the South West and are proud to have been awarded Investors in People recognition. In return, we offer an excellent range of benefits including:


• Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• A discretionary Bonus
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Share-save Scheme
• Various health benefits
• Wellbeing support programmes
• A range of Group Discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Financial support services
• And plenty more!