Senior Hydrologist

With a strong focus on water cycle management, our government client is seeking a highly skilled Hydrographer to join their team in Sydney.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in the field with the operation, maintenance and calibration of hydrometric instruments, as well as providing hydrometric data and related services from water and wastewater networks. Training and certification will be provided to ensure the candidate is equipped to perform their duties safely and effectively.

• Assist in undertaking field operations, including the collection, fault tracking and related services from hydrometric monitoring networks.
• Safely enter and exit confined spaces within the wastewater network to collect and calibrate data and instruments.
• Contribute to the calibration and maintenance of field instrumentation at monitoring points.
• Support data processing and validation tasks and archiving to the database.
• Interpret hydrometric data and provide timely reporting on water cycle information.
• Ensure all data is quality flagged in accordance with work procedures and project specifications as needed.
• Collaborate in field data collection and measurement in line with relevant work instructions and standards.
• Maintain specialised hydrometric measurement and monitoring equipment in accordance with work procedures.
• Utilise and review the document file reporting system for storage and reporting.
• Resolve data anomalies to agreed timeframes as per Monitoring Plan requirements.

• A relevant tertiary qualification or demonstrated experience working in a field or laboratory environment.
• Certification in Water Operations or willingness to obtain (desirable).
• A valid Driver's Licence.
• Effective written and communication skills.
• Experience using Microsoft suite of applications.
• HYDSTRA database skills and knowledge (desirable).
• Knowledge of the water cycle and wastewater systems, telemetry, hydrometric logging equipment and sensors, instrument calibration procedures and relevant Australian Standards (desirable).
• Relevant experience in undertaking hydrometric and/or related operations (desirable).

The salary for this position is estimated to be around $45 per hour, plus superannuation benefits.

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