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Experienced Flooding and Hydrology Engineer
BG&E Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Experienced Flooding and Hydrology Engineer
BG&E Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Join BG&E’s Expanding Flooding & Hydrology Team in QLD – Lead Projects, Shape Communities, Grow Your Career
- Develop your skillset with projects from major infrastructure to local government flood modelling
- Learn from our experienced and multi-disciplinary leaders
- Accelerate your career in a thriving, supportive national team with a career pathway towards Senior Engineer
- Be part of a national team with interstate opportunities
Due to continued growth and the award of many exciting new projects, a permanent full-time opportunity exists in our Brisbane office. Our QLD team is involved in major infrastructure projects, flood risk management and urban development.
As an Experienced Flooding and Hydrology Engineer at BG&E in BG&E’s QLD Flooding and Hydrology Team you will play a key role in conducting hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, assessing flood risk, and providing innovative solutions for flood management across a variety of sectors, including mining and resources, infrastructure and urban development. You will collaborate with BG&E’s multi-disciplinary teams and work directly with BG&E's clients and key stakeholders.
This role is intended to develop into a Senior Engineer role in the first two years.
Technical Project Work Including
- Contribute to technical project work across a range of projects including supporting multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget.
- Assist in conducting flood risk assessments and analysing flood behaviour to inform planning approvals and infrastructure design.
- Develop and interpret flood model results and help communicate findings to clients and stakeholders in a clear and professional manner.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including local authorities and regulatory bodies, to help meet project objectives.
- Prepare technical documentation, including reports, memos, and presentations, with guidance from senior team members.
- Learn from and work alongside experienced engineers, receiving mentorship and feedback to support your technical development.
- Stay up to date with current flood modelling techniques, tools, and industry standards.
- Contribute ideas to improve modelling practices and support innovation in flood risk management.
- Assist in preparation of fee proposal and tender submissions
- Support project management tasks for water and flooding projects, ensuring that budgets, timelines, and deliverables are met
- Keen to progress your learning and development towards your future Senior Engineer role by:
- Expanding your understanding of flood policy, state legislation and approval pathways which guides our work.
- Opportunities for experience on major infrastructure projects, local government studies and risk management projects
- Taking the lead through advancing your skills in project management of Flooding and Hydrology specific projects
- Continually developing your technical knowledge supported by our dedicated national support network
- Conference attendance and presentation opportunities and other industry events
- You have experience and a passion for hydrology and flood risk management and are able to demonstrate:
- Qualifications in Civil/Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science.
- More than 3 years’ experience in flood assessments, hydrology and hydraulic modelling in consulting practices in Australia (QLD preferred).
- A skilled modeller with ability to develop and interpret hydrology and hydraulic models.
- Understanding of the principles and approaches of Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2019, regional and local procedures.
- An understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modelling packages, such as RORB, URBS, WBNM, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS, and their advantages and limitations. Experience using 12d and DRAINS will also be highly considered.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to produce clear and meaningful reporting for communicating technical outcomes, presentations and present at client, stakeholder and community meetings.
At BG&E, we are united by a common purpose – we believe that truly great engineering takes curiosity, bravery and trust, and is the key to creating extraordinary built environments.
Our 800-strong team in 14 offices across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Middle East, design and deliver engineering solutions for clients in the Property, Transport, Ports and Marine, Water, Defence, Renewables and Resources sectors.
We work in partnership with clients and other stakeholders – to challenge conventional wisdom, pioneer new benchmarks in technical excellence, design safety into projects and leverage mutually-rewarding delivery models. BG&E’s projects are also shaped by changing demands in mobility, the impacts of climate change, emerging design trends and consideration of the entire lifecycle.
BG&E’s values are care and integrity, the pursuit of excellence, and one team. Our values inform our behaviours. Living our values every day is ‘The BG&E Way’.
Develop you Career
We are passionate about your career growth at BG&E and through our Career Development Framework, we actively promote training and mentoring, and seek to provide a diverse range of project opportunities to enhance your personal development.
Life at BG&E
- Market Competitive Salaries / Annual Employee Profit Share Bonus / Paid Parental Leave / Purchased Annual Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements / Free Flu Vaccinations / Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Friendly and social working environment / Fitness Sessions / Social Events
- Professional Development Support / Paid Chartered Engineer Status / Paid Professional Memberships / Length of Service Awards
- Learning and Development Initiatives and Programs / In-house specialist training / Conference and Event Support
Equality is part of BG&E’s DNA. We value who you are – it begins with our values and continues through our culture – and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise and celebrate difference and encourage our people and potential candidates to be comfortable in bringing your complete self to work.
Wellbeing, Health and Safety
BG&E are committed to creating a proactive and collaborative work environment, supporting the health, safety and wellbeing for all our employees and stakeholders. As an organization we strive to continually improve our risk management strategies to ensure best practice, provision of safe work environments for our employees, and safe systems of work consistent with legislative requirements.
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