Principal Modeller

• Manage and deliver a portfolio of complex modelling projects, ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment to business needs
• Lead modelling work, interpret results, develop solutions, and uphold technical standards across deliverables
• Mentor and coach colleagues, support wellbeing, and drive continuous improvement in team capability and resilience
• Build strong relationships across the business and integrate modelling insight into wider decision-making
• Champion best practices in data use, model management, and technical documentation
• Shape modelling standards, challenge current ways of working, and drive innovation in processes and tools
• Lead deep-dive investigations into flow, hydraulic, water quality, and asset health issues
• Spearhead hydraulic model upgrades and develop conceptual schemes for strategic investment
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary operational and environmental experts
• Potentially grow into leading a small team of expert modellers

Requirements

• Proven technical leadership in delivering complex, system-based hydraulic modelling projects across the asset lifecycle
• Expert in model build, calibration, verification, and interpreting uncertainty in data
• Skilled in scripting, data analysis, and automation to improve modelling efficiency
• Strong understanding of hydraulic principles, asset performance, and modelling software
• Experienced in mentoring, coaching, and developing technical teams
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Adept at managing competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment
• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience), with chartered status or working towards it
• Knowledge of industry frameworks, policies, and UKWIR guidance
• Analytical, innovative, and solutions-focused, with a strong attention to detail

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing complex hydraulic modelling projects, with a strong focus on technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. Capable of mentoring teams while driving innovation and best practices in data management and modelling standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Hydraulic Modelling Expertise
• Technical Leadership
• Data Analysis and Automation
• Stakeholder Management
• Mentoring and Coaching

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Model Build
• Calibration
• Verification
• Data Interpretation
• Scripting
• Hydraulic Principles
• Modelling Software
• Asset Performance
• Continuous Improvement
• Technical Documentation

Soft Skills

• Confident Communicator
• Influencing Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Analytical Thinking
• Innovative Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• Degree Qualified
• Chartered Status or Working Towards

Industry Keywords

• UKWIR Guidance
• Asset Lifecycle
• Flow Issues
• Water Quality
• Asset Health
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration
• Best Practices
• Model Management
• Technical Standards
• Continuous Improvement