Senior Flood Modelling Engineer — Hybrid Role

City of Gold Coast; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 111,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development courses

Fitness Passport access

Counselling sessions

Nutritionist session

Job summary

City of Gold Coast is seeking a Senior Hydraulic Engineer and flood modelling specialist to advance complex flood risk management and planning initiatives. You will apply hydrology, hydraulics, and numerical modelling to support resilient communities and informed land-use decisions.

The role collaborates with flood modelling specialists to ensure value-for-money outcomes and high safety/quality standards, leveraging FEDSS and GIS tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering.
• 5+ years in hydrologic and hydraulic modelling relating to flood studies and flood risk assessment.
• Analytical thinking and ability to address complex flood management problems and to provide fit-for-purpose modelling outcomes.
• Strong ability to communicate flood modelling information and outcomes to other professionals and the public.
• Preferably, experience in URBS and TUFLOW modelling and coding / programming with Python.
• Working experience in ArcGIS Pro and QGIS.

Responsibilities

• Undertake hydrologic and hydraulic modelling studies of the city’s catchments and river systems.
• Contribute to flood planning and policy development in managing the city’s vast floodplains and complex waterway systems.
• Operation of the City’s flood emergency decision support system (FEDSS) during severe weather events to provide flood intelligence for emergency management.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of flood modelling data, systems, methodologies and engineering practices associated to the City adopted flood policies
• Undertake GIS analyses, processing of modelling results, and prepare flood study reports.
• Work collaboratively and productively to ensure technical responses and customer services are provided in a timely manner to external and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering

Tools

URBS

TUFLOW

Python

ArcGIS Pro

QGIS

Job description

City of Gold Coast is seeking a Senior Hydraulic Engineer and flood modelling specialist to advance complex flood risk management and planning initiatives. You will apply hydrology, hydraulics, and numerical modelling to support resilient communities and informed land-use decisions.

The role collaborates with flood modelling specialists to ensure value-for-money outcomes and high safety/quality standards, leveraging FEDSS and GIS tools.