Coastal Flood Modeller

**Vacancy Intro**:
Haskoning Australia delivers tailor made engineering and scientific solutions to our clients across Australia, the Pacific and South East Asia. We are experts in the river, estuarine, coastal and maritime sectors, providing consultancy advice and civil and structural design services to clients in a number of relevant sectors, including (but not limited to): ports and harbours; coastal and flood defence; water management; land reclamation; dredging and material management; planning and policy setting; and all other forms of water’s edge development (i.e. energy, recreation, military, telecommunication etc).

We are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for generations to come. We firmly believe that the time for action is now, and we are actively seeking talented individuals like you to join us in this crucial fight against climate change.

Now is the time to join Royal HaskoningDHV We have a strong and growing pipeline of projects, including some high-profile maritime engineering projects in Australia and the Pacific region. We need your expertise to help us execute our client’s vision.

**What will you do**:
We are seeking a **Coastal Flood Modeller** to join our growing team in Sydney to deliver discipline specific flooding and stormwater management modelling and design engineering services. You will be part of a larger East Coast Water Management Team and working on a number of projects in Australia an in the APAC region.

**Core tasks**:

- Initiate, manage and supervise Coastal Flood Resilience assignments on projects that meet project requirements on time and within budget.
- Develop necessary local technical systems and standards, and integrate with broader Royal HaskoningDHV knowledge base.
- Consult and liaise with colleagues throughout Royal HaskoningDHV nationally and internationally in the Civil / Water Resources Engineering disciplines to share information, lessons learnt, innovative approaches to problem solving, and the like.
- Conduct appropriate investigations, studies, analyses, detailed design and documentation, and recommend actions.
- Provide technical advice to engineers from other disciplines and co-ordinate the activities of other engineers and designers.
- Provide training, guidance and mentoring to other professional staff.
- Show independence and performance in all skills and responsibilities.
- Contribute to the development of the client base within the office through the interaction with clients including strong face to face engagement.
- Identify issues and problems and develop appropriate and innovative solutions.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest developments and technical innovations in the disciplines required to deliver Flood Resilience and Water Resources projects.
- Ability to travel for one or two days to Newcastle or other NSW (or interstate) destinations on a regular basis (once every week or two), and potentially internationally (occasionally) for project assignments or meetings, as needed to meet client requirements.
- Project Management of up to 1-4 projects (depending on project size) including financial management, QA/QC, Project Forecasting, invoicing and client liaison as required to provide financially viable and profitable projects.

**Where you will work**:
Royal HaskoningDHV is an independent consultancy firm which integrates 140 years of engineering expertise with digital technologies and software solutions. Backed by the expertise of almost 6,000 colleagues working from offices in more than 25 countries across the world, we are helping organizations turn local and global issues related to the built environment into opportunities and make the transition to smart and sustainable operations. It is our mission to “Enhance Society Together”. We aim to make a positive impact on businesses, communities, and the environment in all our projects.

**What you bring**:

- Competency in a range of Water Resources, Coastal Flood Resilience Modelling and Coastal Risk Analytics Software, including MIKE, DEFLT3D (essential), 3Di, SWAN, LITPAK, 12D for the purposes of hydrodynamic, wave and extreme event analysis. Competency in a range of Design, GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS) and mapping software tools. Competency in Programming software: MATLAB, Python.
- Previous experience and working knowledge of hydrology, flood hydraulics, flood analytics, fluvial and coastal processes and coastal oceanography.
- Essential experience in flood related projects including Flood Studies and Floodplain Risk Management Studies, Flood Impact Assessments and Climate Change Impact Assessments for NSW Councils, or other Councils across Australia.

**Competencies**:

- Highly effective technical and practical skills in the disciplines of flood resilience (coastal and fluvial).
- Provides direction and advice on technical matters, teaches, mentors others in the team, as appropriate.
- Able to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work.
- Excellent