Gavia Environmental Ltd (Gavia), an established and dynamic Environmental Consultancy, is looking to appoint an experienced and highly organised Technical Director (Hydrology & Peatland) to join the Gavia Environmental Water Environment team, based within the Glasgow office.
Why Gavia?
Our Directors offer over 50 years’ experience in consultancy and are well renowned in the industry for providing pragmatic, practical and solution orientated advice. We have a range of projects across the UK: in Scotland this largely takes the form of EIA chapter production, flood risk assessments, peatland restoration studies, and water quality monitoring.
The Gavia team takes pride in providing knowledgeable and experienced staff to ensure that our client needs are met throughout the project timeline.
The Role
The responsibilities of the role would include:
- Provision of technical expertise to support and expand our hydrology and peat services. Existing areas where expertise would be required would include:
- Peatland restoration, including survey, feasibility studies, design, adherence to the Peatland Code, working under the Peatland ACTION framework, validation support, technical specifications, on site management and supervision of restoration works and long term monitoring.
- Hydrology, hydrogeology and soils EIAR chapters and supporting appendices to typically include private water supply risk assessments, GWDTE assessments, peat management plans, peat landslide and hazard risk assessments and watercourse crossing assessments.
- Preconstruction hydrological constraints surveys and construction advice to include pollution prevention plans, temporary drainage design, water quality monitoring, CAR licence application and design advice.
- Provision of expert witness and technical responses to a broad range of water environment matters including planning disputes, responding to and addressing complex stakeholder objections, flood risk issues and technical queries (TQs) on construction projects.
- Less essential but desirable would be experience in undertaking flood risk assessments, drainage strategies, hydromorphology, environmental engineering, water resource management and detailed engineering design.
- Business development to include identifying and developing new opportunities, preparing and reviewing proposals, and developing new business through new and existing clients. Expansion of Gavia’s profile and market share through enhancing technical delivery and successful business development activities.
- Technical direction of all hydrology and peat project workload, to include development and input to methodologies, provision of staff training and mentoring, effective delegation of work and acting as a technical reviewer and approver to ensure deliverables achieve client expectations for scope, budget, schedule, and quality.
- Collaboration with other Gavia Team Leads, Technical Directors and Senior Management to develop sales strategies, identify crossover opportunities and contribute to company business plans. Contribution to Gavia’s marketing activities such as marketing campaigns and materials, press releases, snippets for social media and attendance at suitable conferences.
- Ensuring compliance with Gavia’s Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental policies and procedures and ISO Integrated Management System.
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team, demonstrating a drive and commitment to meet targets whilst motivating others to achieve their best results.
Essential:
- First degree in Hydrology, Engineering or similar subject.
- Sufficient experience within a role with similar responsibilities, or evidence of working towards these responsibilities.
- Full valid drivers’ licence.
Desirable
- Master’s degree in Hydrology, Soil Science or similar subject.
- Chartered member of an appropriate professional body.
- Located within Central Scotland.
Salary & Benefits
Gavia has been delivering outstanding hydrology advice to clients for over 10 years and are uniquely placed to capitalise on the growing market for hydrology and peat services. As a small SME, this role allows development within a multitude of different technical focus areas, enhancing an individual’s own skillsets and job satisfaction. A degree of autonomy is offered within the role, allowing the right individual flexibility to develop new services and systems of management.
For a small SME, Gavia is able to offer an attractive salary in the range of £50,000 – £70,000 along with other core benefits, including 25 days of holiday, Scottish Bank Holidays, private medical insurance, company pension scheme, paid annual professional membership renewal, cycle to work scheme, and long-term opportunities to develop your professional career.
Hybrid work options are still very much a part of the Company’s benefits, with an aim of striking the perfect balance of working from a Gavia office, visits to client sites, and agreed working from home arrangements.
Should you wish to discuss the above role further or to apply please contact: careers@gavia-environmental.co.uk with a copy of your CV and a Cover Letter.
Additional Information
For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a relocation package with this job role.
Our other screening checks can include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or age.
