Water Resources Engineer - Christchurch based
We’ve been around for 140 years. We drive inclusive sustainable development with our clients in areas that we master and can actively influence. Our people are keen to positively change the future and leave a legacy. We are commercial savvy engineers, project managers and consultants who design smart cities, airports, ports, buildings and more. We reinvent industries; co-create clean energy and fresh water by using smart data and digitizing information flows and models. More and more, we connect the digital with the real world at an accelerating pace. Working together with our clients and partners, we use data and algorithms to translate insights into foresights. We help our clients in their digital transformation and we support our clients’ business with better and faster execution of their ambitions. We enhance society together!
About us
Haskoning delivers tailor made engineering and scientific solutions to our clients across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. We are experts in the maritime, river, estuarine and coastal sectors, providing consultancy advice and civil and structural design services to clients in a number of sectors.
A high level of collaboration and action across all levels of staff, disciplines, teams and geographies is required to develop engineering and advisory services, foster new partnerships and enter and scale new and existing markets. The current ANZ and broader APAC teams include engineers, scientists, commercial advisors, modellers and other technical experts, working collaboratively across all elements of the water and maritime sectors (plus additional markets as relevant to Haskoning’s other Business Lines i.e. aviation, tunnels, renewables, decarbonisation, aviation, data centres, industry and transport).
What will you do
This role is pivotal to the continued growth of the NZ Water Resources Team. You will provide technical strengths in a variety of potential service and business areas. You will help us to build on our current team capability and portfolio reach in NZ, the Pacific and Australia, and to also link up to our other entity teams in South-East Asia and elsewhere around the world. You will help to align the team to capitalize on shifting market demands and opportunities and seamlessly align with Haskoning’s global and regional vision and mission.
You will work closely with the Technical Director and Senior Hydraulic Modeller in NZ with a view to enhancing our capacity and capability, with a primary focus on water resource management.
Based on your skill sets and proven experience you will be involved in a variety of areas such as:
- Climate resilience, adaptation and risk management
- Land drainage and catchment management
- River and coastal engineering
- Hydraulic and hydrodynamic modelling, and
- Other related market areas which we can competently service and assist with.
Your key focus areas will include:
- Deliver discipline specific water resources advice, engineering and project management, including investigating, analysing, designing and reporting (where required and as appropriate) on solutions and services.
- Undertake analysis and design assisted by computer modelling to assess flood risks and effects, support flood mitigation, river/creek/wetland restoration, and water resource management.
- Perform discipline specific engineering services such as:
- Initiate, manage and supervise Flood Resilience and Water Resources engineering projects.
- Prepare project documentation such as proposals, designs, estimates, budgets and schedules.
- 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 as required.
- Identify issues and problems and develop appropriate and innovative solutions.
- Demonstrate competency in a range of hydrologic and hydraulic modelling software, including TUFLOW (essential), HEC-RAS, and HEC-HMS, as well as competency in a range of design, GIS and mapping software tools. Competency in programming software such as MATLAB and Python is also required.
- Have a good conceptual understanding of relevant meteorological, hydrological, morphological, and ecological processes, to support and contextualize hydraulic modelling and engineering outcomes.
- Develop necessary local technical systems and standards and integrate with the broader Haskoning knowledge base.
- Consult and liaise with colleagues throughout Haskoning nationally and internationally in the Civil / Water Resources Engineering disciplines, to share information, lessons learnt, innovative approaches to problem solving, and the like.
Where you will work
Haskoning is a global, 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.
This role will be based in Christchurch.
What you bring
You will have started building a career and strong reputation within these particular markets and have a balanced blend of technical and commercial and project management skills. Further, you will be passionate about helping the team around you grow and develop through collaboration and teamwork. Specific things you will need include:
- Essential: Bachelor’s in Civil or Environmental Engineering
- Preferred: Master’s in Civil or Environmental Engineering
- Min 3 years’ experience in pluvial and fluvial flood risk assessment and flood risk analytics.
- Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills in the relevant disciplines.
- Provides input, direction and advice on technical matters, as appropriate.
- Able to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proficient in a range of hydraulic modelling packages, particularly TUFLOW.
- Understanding of hydrology, morphological processes, and ecological considerations.
What we offer you
- An opportunity to be part of a global and highly regarded company that aims to enhance society together through our people, expertise, partnerships, and innovations
- A flexible work-from-home policy and flexibility in determining, for example, your working hours
- lifelong learning by offering you plenty of training & development opportunities
- Competitive market remuneration and employee benefits
