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Principal Technical Specialist - Water Team - Cardiff

Cardiff, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-27

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

Required skills

Team leadership and development, hydro-ecological survey techniques, legislation and policy knowledge, bid and tender management, client relationship building, budget and financial performance management, technical report review and approval

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

eDNA, INNS surveys, GIS (implied via context of habitat management), flow gauging equipment

Responsibilities

Manage team workloads, performance, training and development; Lead and deliver large, complex hydro-ecological projects; Win new work through bids, tenders and client engagement; Oversee budgets, forecasting and team financial performance; 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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