Principal Flood Modeller

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Arcadis Full time
Manage and lead Flood Modelling on large scale infrastructure projects

  • Opportunity to expand skills into other areas such as land development, precincts, and resilience focused projects.
  • Opportunity to work on flagship Melbourne infrastructure projects
  • Supportive management and collaborative team with strong professional development culture.
  • With flexible work options including part time hours available and ability to be based in any state.


At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life.

In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few.

Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.


One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential.

You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives.

You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.


Role description:


With the boom in high-profile complex infrastructure projects, we are involved in, we are looking to expand the team and have an opportunity for an experienced Principal Flood Modeller to join our _Highway _s and _Civil _team.

This position can be based in our Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Gold Coast or Brisbane offices.

Role accountabilities:

As part of the Victorian Drainage & Flooding team:

  • Your work will encompass leading teams through the development of hydrological and hydraulic models (flood modelling) and authoring reports or other documentation.
  • You will be responsible for leading elements of projects and collaborating with junior team members, taking responsibility for own resourcing and potentially resource allocation of others.
  • Work within a defined area of responsibility on projects with flooding elements. This will include being responsible for specific parts of a design package within a project.
  • Carry out technical reviews of hydrological and hydraulic models and be responsible for the development of others through providing guidance, training, and feedback.
  • Represent your team or technical discipline at external meetings with clients or project stakeholders.
  • Ensure that the delivery of flood modelling tasks, including meeting budget, timeframe and quality targets, exceeds client expectations.
  • Resolving technical flood modelling issues and providing solutions.

Qualifications & Experience:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the 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 drainage design for _civil _infrastructure or land development projects and come to us with:

  • Recognised relevant tertiary qualifications and relevant skills.
  • Extensive postgraduate experience, most likely in consulting engineering or a similar local/state government role, with exposure to mediumlarge and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
  • Professional experience with TUFLOW (1D, _2D _, combined 1D/ _2D _) is an essential criterion.
  • Flood modelling with other hydraulic modelling packages such as HEC-RAS is desirable.
  • Hydrologic analysis using multiple software packages (e.g., RORB, RAFTS, etc.)
  • Experience in GIS software such as MapInfo, QGIS and/or ArcGIS.
  • An ability and desire to work on multidisciplinary projects.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Experience in dealing with clients and business development.
  • Proven working knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and guidelines (Melbourne Water and Vic _Road _s/Aust _road _s standards).
  • Membership of relevant professional institutions/professional peer bodies or significant credit towards eligibility for membership will be highly regarded.
  • An interest in innovative solutions, developing others and submitting conference papers.
  • Drainage design experience would also be highly regarded.

Why Become an Arcadian?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people's lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis

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