Arup in Sheffield are driving the charge to retrofit blue-green infrastructure into the urban landscape at scale, as a tool to reduce flood risk and pollution spills. In fact, we’re winning awards for it. Part of the Mansfield Sustainable Flood Resilience (MSFR) project, Arup was appointed to help Severn Trent design and implement an urban flood resilience scheme based on biodiverse interventions instead of traditional drainage systems. Turning the town into a sponge, these blue-green interventions are freeing up capacity in sewers by capturing large volumes of surface water. We work closely with our landscape team and other disciplines to create amazing solutions with multiple benefits for people and biodiversity. Our local authority and water company clients have seen the potential; they want to increase investment in retrofit blue-green infrastructure to solve problems in other towns and cities.

In this role you will provide support across our team with business development, project management and technical excellence inputs. 

Typical responsibilities include; Winning work, including preparing bids and proposals; Leading projects including being client facing; Providing hands-on input to our projects as a PM or technically, and writing technical reports to convey complex concepts for our clients; Reviewing and appraising the work of others to maintain a high standard of delivery; You will be comfortable talking to government, authorities and significant clients, and have opportunities to speak at conferences; As a senior member of the team, you will provide line management and development for our junior team members; Monitoring project or team budgets to ensure a favourable commercial outcome.