Asset Scientist - Hydrogeologist
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About the Role
Affinity Water is seeking a Asset Scientist (Hydrogeology) to provide expert technical leadership in protecting and optimising our groundwater assets. This role will act as the primary technical point of contact for large infrastructure projects, ensuring risks to public water supply boreholes and wells are identified, monitored, and mitigated through all project phases.
You will support operational teams by leading borehole inspection and maintenance programmes, supervising inspections and rehabilitation works, and ensuring asset health, regulatory compliance, and delivery to time and budget. The role also involves close collaboration with regulators, contractors, and internal teams, undertaking fieldwork, data analysis, reporting, and providing specialist input into water resource investigations and environmental protection initiatives.
This is a key role in safeguarding water quality and supply resilience while supporting Affinity Water’s wider environmental and asset management objectives.
What you need
- Qualified to MSc level (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline, with practical knowledge in hydrology/hydrogeology/water resources
- Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook and GIS applications
- Full, clean driving licence
- Good report writing skills with the ability to self-check and to produce high quality and accurate work; excellent communication, planning and organisational skills, tam management
- Highly motivated self-starter, able to work on their own as well as part of a team
- Ability to undertake field work safely
- Geographically close to our Central region to undertake field visits with short notice
Full Job Description available on request - Hayley.savory@affinitywater.co.uk
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
Disability Confident
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.
Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.
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