Flood & Drainage Engineer
About this role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
- Flood Modelling & Analysis: Developing, running, and maintaining hydraulic and hydrological models (e.g., TUFLOW, WBNM, HEC-RAS) to simulate flood behaviour, including mainstream flooding and overland flow.
- Floodplain Management: Implementing the State Government's Flood Risk Management Manual to create flood studies, mapping, and management plans.
- Planning & Development Review: Assessing development applications (DAs) and planning proposals for flood risks to ensure they align with local council policies.
- Risk Assessment: Evaluating flood hazard, vulnerability, and risk to life and property for various scenarios, including climate change impacts.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Consulting with internal teams, state agencies and the community to communicate flood risk and mitigation measures.
- Technical Reporting: Preparing detailed technical reports for flood studies, risk management studies, and mitigation option feasibility.
First and foremost, you share our passion for improving quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You are a technically capable Flood Modeller with experience in civil infrastructure or urban development projects. To be successful in this role you will have:
- Qualifications: Relevant engineering degree (Civil or Environmental). Chartered status or seeking equivalent professional accreditation advantageous.
- Experience: Demonstrated experience in flood hydrology, hydraulic modelling, and floodplain management, often in a consulting or local government context, most likely in consulting engineering or a similar local/state government role, with exposure to medium-large and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
- Software Proficiency: Professional experience with TUFLOW (1D, 2D, combined 1D/2D) and GIS tools (ArcGIS/QGIS) is critical is an essential criterion.
- Hydrologic Analysis: Experience in Hydrologic analysis (e.g., RORB, RAFTS, etc.) and flood modelling with other hydraulic modelling packages such as HEC-RAS is desirable.
- Team Player: An ability to work on multidisciplinary projects and substantial experience in (or a desire to gain exposure to) dealing with clients and business development.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of the NSW Flood Risk Management Manual (2023) and Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) Guidelines.
Company at a glance
Arcadis is a leading global partner, delivering transformative projects with businesses, cities and industries. With 36,000 people active in more than 30 countries, we bring together the best minds from around the world to deliver intelligent products and solutions that address the challenges of climate, energy security and diversification, and livable cities.
We take design, engineering, architecture and consultancy to the next level, advising clients at every step of every project. From strategy and planning through to implementation and delivery, we combine our human and digital intelligence to co-create environments that reflect our clients’ business and stakeholder needs.
From creating a citywide sustainable legacy during and after the Paris Olympics to revolutionizing urban transit worldwide with metro systems from Sydney to Toronto, or securing clean drinking water for communities across more than 30 U.S. states, our world-changing solutions leave a positive and lasting impact.
Our work has helped more than a third of the world's communities become more resilient, and hundreds of clients to advance their decarbonization and net-zero goals. Together, we are committed to solving today's greatest problems; creating a blueprint for a better future, designed to thrive.
Arcadis. Improving quality of life.
Top Benefits
- Professional development
- Inclusive work environment
- Career growth opportunities
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