Water Modellers

**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 formidable team of 300+ water specialists, passionate about healthy and sustainable communities wherever we work. Using our deep knowledge and broader capability, we collaborate with our clients through city and regional offices operating in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Tamworth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Fiji.

Combining the capability of our expert water specialists with access to more than 4,000 multi-disciplinary specialists, we bring the best of Beca to our clients, to “Make Every Day Better”.

**The opportunity**

Our water modelling team supports a wide range of strategic planning projects across Australia and the Pacific, including water and wastewater network modelling, and water resource modelling. The team is an integral part of the broader strategic planning and advisory group, and contributes to strategy studies, options investigations and concept designs for potable water, wastewater, recycled water and surface water supply projects.

We work in partnership with a variety of urban and regional clients, with a strong focus on supporting regional councils, water utilities and state-based agencies, helping to make everyday better for our clients and the communities they serve.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Building and calibrating hydrological and hydraulic models for water and wastewater networks and water resource systems
- Analysing and assessing hydrologic, hydraulic, GIS and survey data
- Utilising GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS
- Undertaking modelling investigations, options assessments, master planning, growth and development studies, and operational / control systems design and validation
- Communicating model development and model outcomes with both internal and external stakeholders, including preparation of modelling reports
- Working in collaboration with other team members to deliver a variety of systems investigations, planning studies, feasibility and strategy studies, and concept designs

**About you**

You are a highly motivated Water Modeller looking to grow within the Water market, with a strong track record in successfully delivering modelling projects in a consulting environment. You hold a Bachelor of Civil or Environmental Engineering or another relevant qualification, and have five years or more of relevant work experience. You’ll have a solid grounding in the theory of water and wastewater network hydraulics, and/or water resource systems, and ideally experience using modelling software such as InfoWorks, MIKE, Source or Wathnet. Your experience spans technical delivery and client-facing activities, and you have a natural ability to build wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation ultimately leading to ongoing work and repeat business.

You love to learn, share knowledge and bring a fresh perspective to support the development of those around you. You constantly seek better practice to enhance the overall quality of our work and client experience.

**Water at Beca**

While water is the world’s most precious resource, at Beca, our people are our most precious resource. Together, we are transforming our world. We are passionate about what we do and the culture we’ve developed. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas, strategies and client solutions will be and the more we will represent our world. We know we are stronger when people from different backgrounds and perspectives work together. We are committed to growing an environment where our people have equal opportunity to build a career that reflects their abilities and passions, believe in their potential, feel they belong and can be their best selves.

Beca is proudly employee-owned. After a century of operation, employee ownership remains key to Beca’s future. It underpins our positive, purpose-driven and growth-oriented culture; it sets us apart from our competitors and gives meaning to our 'social contract'. That is, we’re accountable, we have each other’s backs, we don’t let each other down, and we strive for excellence in everything we do.

We recognise that one of the challenges people can face in building their careers is managing work and home life. At Beca, we encourage our people to find an arrangement that works for them whether that involves part-time, working from home or flexible working arrangements. We are open to discussing options on how this could work for you in roles across our Water teams.

**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 coll