Principal Floodplain Engineer

• 100% Australian, employee-owned environmental consultancy
• Work on a range of exciting multidisciplinary catchment and floodplains projects
• Sustainability, making the world a better place, and people are central to our culture

The role

We seek an experienced Floodplain Engineer; a specialist in the Floodplains sector, to help grow our existing Regional NSW operation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Expand our enterprise in the NSW region.
• Delivering high-quality expert advice and managing stakeholders internally & externally.
• Tendering, performance and delivery of hydrological and hydraulic modelling studies.
• Managing your own projects with support from other teams as needed.
• Working on exciting and innovative technical reports.
• Acting as the team lead for shared group projects across the business.
• Recruiting new staff to your team in Sydney as needed and in line with the agreed business plan.

The right team member will have:

• 10+ years of experience in hydrological and hydraulic modelling.
• Knowledge of who’s who in the water industry in NSW and rapport to organically develop those relationships.
• Business insights, acumen, expertise.
• Significant teamwork skills and a strategic and collaborative approach.
• Advanced technical skills including flood (TUFLOW, MIKE) and hydrologic (RAFTS, URBS) modelling packages (although you might not be using these every day).
• Stellar customer service focus; an interest in creating excellent outcomes.
• Communications skills – to know when to consult, when to advise and when to guide.

Benefits for you:

• Be your own boss: this is a highly autonomous opportunity for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• People love working with us: we value your contribution and care about our teams! 
• Access to a diverse community of environmental consultants: opportunities for mentoring, coaching and professional development on day one of your onboarding! 
• Share the passion: since we are employee-owned, all staff have an opportunity to buy shares in the company.
• Bring your whole self to work: our team has a great sense of humour and love to work hard and have fun!