Water Resources Engineer

Our Client is seeking to employ a Civil Engineer in Water Resources in the Engineering Hydrology division.

The candidate will be directly accountable to the Head of Department and will be based at the Johannesburg office.

The candidate will be required to carry out hydrological analyses focused mainly on, but not limited to :

Acquisition and processing of hydrological data (rainfall, runoff, evaporation)

Hydrological parameters (e.g., MAP, MAE, MAR)

Catchment delineation

Surface water runoff calculations (e.g., MAR, seasonal and dry weather flows) for site-specific catchment areas

Flood peak runoff calculations (applying industry-acceptable deterministic, statistical, empirical, and dynamic modelling methods)

Water balance analysis and modelling (principles of conservation of mass, including dam sizing)

Reservoir and canal routing (dynamic water level analysis)

Floodline determination

Flood risk and flood hazard assessment

Water surface backwater profiling (applying the principles to be used in floodline modelling)

Flood attenuation (whether in reservoirs or upstream of culverts, applying the principles to determine attenuated volumes, reduced release peak flows, etc.)

Canal flow (applying hydraulic theory and principles for free surface flow)

Spillway design (hydraulic design and optimisation with flood routing and attenuation calculations)

Energy dissipating and erosion control structures

Dam break analysis

BSc Eng (civil) / BEng (civil)

Preferably MSc or MEng in Hydrology and Hydraulics

5 to 7 years relevant experience aligned with the responsibilities listed below

Valid South African drivers license.

Specialised :
Gold Sim, PCSWMM, HEC-RAS, UPFLOOD, WRSM

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Projects, AutoCAD (Civil 3D)

• Flo-2D
• QGIS / ArcGIS
• Model Maker

Programming / coding experience (Visual Basic, Python)