31453 - Water Resources Data Tools Developer/Modeller
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,617 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 31453 |
Summary
Are you passionate about our most precious and challenging resource? Are you interested in applying your technical skills to help solve real world problems? Can you help the Environment Agency innovate and develop new tools for extracting insights from data and improve our understanding of future water needs? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Working primarily with technical team members and a diverse range of stakeholders including water resources regulators, water companies, regional groups, government (MHCLG), RAPID, and academic project partners, your role will involve two aspects.
First, to refactor a historically labour-intensive manual process into a streamlined automated approach, which will help enhance our understanding of water needs nationally and improve our ability to regulate effectively. This work will increase our efficiency, improve our data quality and our confidence in, and communication of, water company data and insights from this data. The role will also involve deploying the newly developed programmatic approach via web-based tools for data-sharing, communication and engagement with our stakeholders.
Second, to support the ongoing development of national water resources modelling capabilities in the EA. This will include developing water resource models to enable regulators and government to assess future national water needs, the drivers and how this may change given latest policy and growth forecasts. This will involve data processing, running models and drawing together findings and communicating them in a logical way. You will also support in a water industry wide modelling advisory group that aims to develop national consistency in how we assess our future water needs.
The Environment Agency are fully committed to inclusivity and equal opportunities, offering flexible work arrangements for all our vacancies. Join us in a diverse environment where every voice is heard and valued.
The team
Positioned within the National Appraisal Unit in Operations Catchment Services, the Water Resources Modelling Team is establishing national water resources modelling capabilities to provide assessments of supply options and provide evidence-based recommendations to key stakeholders. The team provides technical skills and resources to support the business through collaborative projects, including modelling strategic resource options with RAPID and academic partners, and working with Environment & Business and government partners on modelling for the National Framework.
Experience/skills required
We are seeking an individual with experience in programming and developing automated tools and/or developing models. You’ll be qualified to at least degree standard in a relevant discipline, be highly numerate with strong analytical skills and have experience working on multi-stakeholder projects, delivering results to tight deadlines.
The candidate will have most of the following skills:
• Highly motivated self-starter/self-learner with good interpersonal skills, commitment to continuous improvement and enthusiasm to learn
• Proven programming ability using standard software development practices (including deploying web-based tools to communicate and share/receive data)
• Experience in, or transferrable skills to apply to, water resources modelling
• High level of numeracy with strong data processing/manipulation skills
• Ability to understand/communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences
• Excellent problem solving, decision-making and scientific reasoning skills
• Adept at working independently and as part of a virtual team
• Handles multiple work streams and priorities
Working primarily with technical team members and a diverse range of stakeholders including water resources regulators, water companies, regional groups, government (MHCLG), RAPID, and academic project partners, your role will involve two aspects.
First, to refactor a historically labour-intensive manual process into a streamlined automated approach, which will help enhance our understanding of water needs nationally and improve our ability to regulate effectively. This work will increase our efficiency, improve our data quality and our confidence in, and communication of, water company data and insights from this data. The role will also involve deploying the newly developed programmatic approach via web-based tools for data-sharing, communication and engagement with our stakeholders.
Second, to support the ongoing development of national water resources modelling capabilities in the EA. This will include developing water resource models to enable regulators and government to assess future national water needs, the drivers and how this may change given latest policy and growth forecasts. This will involve data processing, running models and drawing together findings and communicating them in a logical way. You will also support in a water industry wide modelling advisory group that aims to develop national consistency in how we assess our future water needs.
The Environment Agency are fully committed to inclusivity and equal opportunities, offering flexible work arrangements for all our vacancies. Join us in a diverse environment where every voice is heard and valued.
The team
Positioned within the National Appraisal Unit in Operations Catchment Services, the Water Resources Modelling Team is establishing national water resources modelling capabilities to provide assessments of supply options and provide evidence-based recommendations to key stakeholders. The team provides technical skills and resources to support the business through collaborative projects, including modelling strategic resource options with RAPID and academic partners, and working with Environment & Business and government partners on modelling for the National Framework.
Experience/skills required
We are seeking an individual with experience in programming and developing automated tools and/or developing models. You’ll be qualified to at least degree standard in a relevant discipline, be highly numerate with strong analytical skills and have experience working on multi-stakeholder projects, delivering results to tight deadlines.
The candidate will have most of the following skills:
• Highly motivated self-starter/self-learner with good interpersonal skills, commitment to continuous improvement and enthusiasm to learn
• Proven programming ability using standard software development practices (including deploying web-based tools to communicate and share/receive data)
• Experience in, or transferrable skills to apply to, water resources modelling
• High level of numeracy with strong data processing/manipulation skills
• Ability to understand/communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences
• Excellent problem solving, decision-making and scientific reasoning skills
• Adept at working independently and as part of a virtual team
• Handles multiple work streams and priorities