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Principal Technical Specialist - Water Team - Guildford

Guildford, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and grow a dynamic Water Team to deliver complex aquatic projects, shape water services, and ensure compliance with legislation and policy.

Role type

Principal Technical Specialist (Hydro-ecology & Team Leadership)

Builds

Large, complex hydro-ecological projects and environmental assessments

Domain

Environmental consultancy, aquatic ecology, hydro-ecology

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Team leadership and development, hydro-ecological survey techniques, project and financial management, business development and client engagement, knowledge of environmental legislation and policy, report review and approval

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Manage team workloads, performance, training and development; Lead and deliver large, complex hydro-ecological projects; Oversee budgets, forecasting and team financial performance; Win new work through bids, tenders and client engagement; Provide expert guidance on legislation, policy and best practice; Review and approve technical reports and deliverables

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership mandate

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