Roles and Responsibilities
Intelligent Client for collection and analysis of hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical information
- Responsible for understanding hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical parameters / information requirements needed to support evaluation and characterisation of sites
- Responsible for planning, managing and delivering hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical investigations
- Responsible for planning and delivering laboratory and underground research laboratory (URL) research and subsequent interpretation and synthesis of results
- Responsible for identifying supply chain capability and resources required to deliver hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical testing and analysis to support the GDF programme
- Responsible for development of hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical tools and techniques needed to support the GDF programme
- Responsible for identifying data management and QA/QC tools and approaches
Intelligent Client for conceptualisation and representation of hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical information
- Responsible for the management (scope, cost and schedule) of work packages being executed through the supply chain or academia
- Responsible for defining hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical information and delivering to stakeholders
- Responsible for conceptualisation of hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical settings at regional and local scales using laboratory and/or field data
- Responsible for evaluating the past and future evolution of the site, considering GDF and naturally induced perturbations using numerical representations of hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical information
Intelligent Client for procurement of hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical services
- Responsible for specification of work, assessment of tenders and management of contracts for hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical services
- Responsible for review and challenge of work undertaken by suppliers to ensure that work is of appropriate quality, is checked and verified to meet stakeholder needs
- Responsible for oversight and management of supply chain delivering hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical projects
Technical authority
- Responsible for delivering hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical technical reports
- Responsible for developing workflows and procedures for the selection, collection and use of hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical information
- Responsible for delivering hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical information to internal/external stakeholders
- Responsible for specifying hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical information outputs from site characterisation
- Responsible for understanding and communicating the output of hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical projects to stakeholders
- Responsible for providing input to site specific evaluations of environmental safety and permitting applications
- Ability to represent NWS on hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical issues in internal fora:
- Responsible for working with internal stakeholders to ensure that work meets organisational needs
- Responsible for communication of outputs and needs of the work programme
Ability to represent NWS on hydrogeological / hydrogeochemical issues in external for a:
- Responsible for acting as a representative at national and international fora and events (including involvement with communities involved with NWS’s programme, regulators, and on EC projects)
- Responsible for engagement with learned societies and the general public, as appropriate
Experience Required
- Good first degree in geology, natural sciences, Earth sciences or environmental sciences. An MSc and/or PhD in a hydrogeology/hydrogeochemistry discipline is strongly preferred
- Experience of specifying, and using, tools and techniques needed for collection and interpretation of hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical data
- Experience of using laboratory and/or field-based based techniques to parameterize hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical models
- Experience of using geostatistical methods in the collection of field data and population of numerical hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical models
- Experience of using, and reviewing outputs from, numerical hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical modelling codes to evaluate baseline and future groundwater evolution
- Experience of using data analytics/data science methodologies in the interpretation and population of hydrogeological/hydrogeochemical models would be considered beneficial
- Experience of collaborating with field staff, numerical modelling experts, supply chain and researchers to deliver integrated site evaluation and characterisation (groundwater) projects could be beneficial
- Significant experience in translating a technical challenge into specific knowledge gaps, identification of research needs and objectives and formulating appropriate research activities to further NWS’s understanding
- Experience of technical project management, including project scoping, budgeting, contracting and supply chain management.
- Effective communication of technical aspects to either a specialist or non-technical audience
- Proven ability to influence collaborative and contracted projects to gain the requisite outcomes
- Chartered, or working toward chartership, with a relevant professional institute, with a demonstrable and up-to-date Continued Professional Development (CPD) log
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