Hydraulic Engineer

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Beca Full time

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About Beca HunterH2O

Beca HunterH2O is the Australian water business of one of Asia Pacific's largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies, Beca. We are a collaborative team of 300+ water sector specialists, who are passionate about delivering technically excellent projects that help build healthy communities and sustainable outcomes throughout urban and regional Australia.

While water is the world's most precious resource, at BecaHunterH2O, our people are our most precious resource. We are passionate about what we do and the culture we have developed. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas, strategies and client solutions will be.

The Opportunity

We are looking for people passionate about water that want to make a difference by helping provide clean water, reduce, reuse and recycle water.

We are seeking a well-rounded Hydraulic Engineer to join our growing water team. This role can be based in either our Sydney or Melbourne office. This exciting opportunity will enable you to showcase and use their vast technical knowledge of conveyance pipelines, pump stations, and treatment plants and apply them to today's challenges. You will have a chance to mentor, learn and work independently as a key team member.

This opportunity will see you providing solutions and service to clients off and on site, taking lead roles in project engineering and technical leadership. You'll be able to build strong customer relationships and demonstrate your ability to understand our client's core business and ensure that services meet their expectations.

This Role Will Also Provide You With The Following

A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and career development and opportunities.
A flexible work arrangement, working both remotely and in the office.
Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Mentorship from experienced engineers.

About You

You will be driven by a diversity of experiences, who sees your career as being fluid, seeking fulfilment in autonomy, career flexibility and in working for a business that can provide purpose and relevance in what you do.

You will have outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to influence and drive successful project outcomes for the business and our valuable clients and the ability to independently develop scope of hydraulic services to support business development activities.

You will enjoy providing support and mentoring to junior team members whilst working collaboratively with other team members and stakeholders. Experience working in a consulting environment delivering projects as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi office project team will also ne well-regarded.

You Will Also Have

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related engineering discipline
Chartered Professional Engineer registration / or looking to obtain chartership
Understanding of water/wastewater industry standards and best practices
Broad experience in water conveyance and hydraulic engineering that include large diameter pipelines and networks, pump stations, treatment plants, and hydraulic structures

Strong Experience With Hydraulic Analyses Covering

Pressurised pipelines and networks.
Pump system curves.
Fluid transients and design of mitigation measures.
Gravity sewer, stormwater, and other gravity-driven flows.
Treatment plant hydraulics.
Open channel flow.
Flow control and energy dissipation structures.
Management of air entrainment.

Experience In The Following Will Also Be Desirable

Pump and valve selection.
Pipe specification and pipeline design.
Ocean outfalls.
Sludge and slurry pumping.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Experience with a range of hydraulic software, such as Infoworks WS and ICM, WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, EPANET, EPA SWMM, Fluidflow, Fathom, Hytran, Impulse, Hammer and the like.
Experience in developing hydraulic grade lines and hydraulic profiles.

What We Offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to CPEng accreditation. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

'Creative people together transforming our world' is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you're not just on the fringes; you're making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it's not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.

Ready to make the move? Apply now

If you want to be part of the Beca story, apply online today. For an exploratory discussion, contact Ju Liow (Talent Acquisition Business Partner): Ju.Liow@beca.com

For further information please visit: www.beca.com/join-our-team/our-opportunities/water

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences. Our commitment to encouraging balance in each aspect of your life includes opportunities for flexible working arrangements.Seniority level

Seniority levelMid-Senior level

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Employment typeFull-time

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Job functionConsulting and Engineering
IndustriesBusiness Consulting and Services

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