Senior Flooding Engineer (with PM exp)

Company Description

Egis is a global organisation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. With our head office based in Paris, we offer global career opportunities, as well as rewarding careers for our people locally. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we create innovative solutions with our clients worldwide.

Egis is an organisation with the capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services.  

We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.

Job Description

As a Senior Flooding Engineer, your impact will be within our Victorian operations. The Flooding team delivers a wide variety of projects from small scale impact assessment to catchment wide mapping studies. Some of the focus areas include hydrologic analysis (catchment rainfall / runoff mainly using RORB) and hydraulic (1D and 2D) flood modelling (mainly using TUFLOW); flood risk and impact assessment; flood emergency response; dam break analysis and development of flood overlays for Planning Schemes.

This is an opportunity to work within a passionate and well-established team to deliver innovative solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects - locally and nationally!

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and reviewing hydraulic, hydrological models and calculations for application in flood studies, flood impact assessments and flood management plans.
• Managing a range of large government and private sector flood mapping projects projects involving direct client liaison, attending meetings, preparation of progress updates and data collation.
• Leading, mentoring and teaching graduate and engineer level team members as they work on your projects.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports.

Qualifications

Ideally, you will have a minimum of 5+ years’ professional experience with demonstrated technical expertise in flooding and stormwater engineering within a consultancy environment.

You will also have:

• Tertiary Engineering degree (Civil, Environmental)
• CPENG and/or RPEng (Vic) highly desired.
• Experience working in a consulting environment highly desirable.
• A good understanding/comprehension of hydrological and hydraulic investigations, particularly utilising TUFLOW and RORB in undertaking flood studies is required.
• Applicants MUST have demonstrated experience in using and applying RORB and TUFLOW
• Experience in using WBNM, URBS or HECRAS would be advantageous but is not a firm requirement.
• Experience in GIS software with a particular focus on QGIS, FME and ArcGIS.
• Demonstrated project management capability and client relationship management experience.
• Proven leadership skills and a desire to train, guide and mentor less experienced engineers.

Additional Information

The Benefits

• Working in a large team of dedicated flood modelling professionals working on flood mapping projects for key strategic clients
• Competitive remuneration and benefits.
• A structured learning and development framework to align with career progression goals.
• Melbourne CBD location with flexible working arrangements, including remote working options.
• An inclusive team culture that celebrates performance and rewards accordingly.
• Paid Primary and Secondary Carer Leave Policy, reflecting our commitment to work-life balance.
• Support structures like our Employee Assistance Program, professional mentoring, and buddy program for new starters.
• Opportunities to work on special interest projects.
• Opportunities to travel for work across multiple offices.
• Great cultural environment where teamwork and camaraderie are promoted and valued.
• Supportive leadership based on openness.

We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding in Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

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