Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist

Location: Oxfordshire

New year. New opportunity. If you want your work to genuinely influence how the UK manages flooding, water resources and climate resilience, this Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist role is worth your attention.

This Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist position sits within an environmentally focused, employee-owned consultancy that develops nationally recognised hydrological methods and software used across the UK water and flood-risk sector. As a Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist, you will work at the intersection of hydrology, data science and software development, helping shape tools used by regulators, consultants and infrastructure providers nationwide.

The Role

As a Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist, you will:

Develop and manage hydrological methods within national water resource and flood modelling platforms

Contribute to industry-standard flood estimation and hydrological software tools

Apply machine learning techniques to enhance existing hydrological models

Analyse complex spatial and temporal datasets

Translate scientific research into commercial-grade software and tools

Liaise with regulators, users and technical stakeholders

Produce clear, high-quality technical documentation and reports

About You

Degree (2:1 or above) in Hydrology, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or similar

Strong Python and/or R coding capability

Experience applying machine learning to environmental or water datasets

Solid grounding in hydrology, flood risk or water resources

Confident communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences

Why Apply

This Senior Environmental Data Scientist / Hydrologist role offers technical influence, long-term career progression, profit share, flexible working and the chance to work on nationally impactful tools within a people-first, employee-owned environment.

Eligibility to Apply

Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency for this position. For more information, contact Andy Hopkins, our Civil Engineering specialist with over 30 years' recruitment experience