Hydrometric Field Technician

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A Little More About Your Role

We are seeking to grow our world class team to ensure we continue to deliver the high calibre of service and technical excellence both we and our clients expect. With a strong pipeline of confirmed work moving into 2025, we have opportunities for a Hydrometric Field Technician to join our team. This role is specifically to support our Ground and Water Hydrometric monitoring team in East Anglia.

This position offers excellent career development potential including training and mentoring. A competitive salary and benefits package will be provided.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of environmental projects, working closely with and being supported by other team members, project managers, and directors.

The position will involve working as part of a small team collecting hydrometric field data. Working on various projects data will be collected on groundwater levels, surface water levels, water quality and stream flows. Data is collected using manual techniques, data loggers and flow gauging kits.

The role will be primarily field-based and will involve working outdoors in all weather conditions at sites across Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire, with occasional work in other parts of the UK and internationally if required. The type of sites at which the work will be undertaken are typically nature reserves, wetland habitats, and ecologically sensitive environments.

A Typical Week Could Include

• Carrying out hydrometric monitoring fieldwork activities, either as a lone worker or as part of a two person team typically involving measuring groundwater levels, surface water levels and flow in small rivers/streams;
• Communicating and liaising effectively with other team members and landowners;
• Managing health and safety aspects when on site;
• Undertaking detailed field work planning;
• Preparing and submitting data reports.

Experience & Qualifications

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• Full training will be provided; however, qualifications/past experience in hydrometric monitoring and working outdoors would be advantageous.
• Full driving licence;
• Physically fit, able to swim and happy working outdoors in all weather conditions;
• A good knowledge of Microsoft Office and excellent IT skills;
• Excellent navigation and map-reading skills.

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Whats In It For You

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important whether that's for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

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Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP's Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the WSP Hour which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that's why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that's chartership, training or mentoring.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

• Entry level

• Full-time

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