Senior Hydrogeologist - Water Resources & ESG Projects (Hybrid)

ERM Taiwan Co. Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM Water Services, South Africa is seeking a mid-career hydrogeologist to lead groundwater projects across Africa, guiding delivery and client relationships within a global sustainability leader.

You will manage scopes, mentor junior staff, and contribute to environmental and social due diligence, ESIAs, and corporate water stewardship. Extensive fieldwork across Africa is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with Honours (Master's beneficial) in Hydrogeology, Geohydrology, Geology or a related earth science
• Seven or more years' consulting experience in hydrogeology, including hands-on delivery of aquifer-scale groundwater resource assessments
• Practical experience delivering groundwater studies for ESIAs prepared to lender standards, with a working understanding of the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles
• Demonstrated project management in a multi-project environment, managing scope, budget and programme, and coordinating input from others
• Strong written and verbal communication, including report writing for technical and non-technical audiences
• Registration with SACNASP, or eligibility to register
• Willingness to travel within Africa for fieldwork and client work

Responsibilities

• - Manage the day-to-day delivery of groundwater scopes: planning, budgets, programme, client liaison and quality of output
• - Deliver aquifer-scale groundwater resource assessments, including conceptual site models, recharge and yield estimation, abstraction and dewatering assessment, aquifer testing and interpretation, and groundwater quality characterisation
• - Prepare groundwater specialist studies and management plans for ESIAs, in line with international best practice and country-specific requirements
• - Deliver groundwater components of environmental and social due diligence for transactions, including contamination and abstraction risk
• - Contribute to corporate water risk and stewardship work, including site and catchment water risk analysis
• - Provide first-line technical direction and review to junior consultants, and mentor them as they develop
• - Support proposals, technical scoping and cost estimating, and maintain client relationships to build repeat business

Education

Bachelor's degree with Honours (Master's beneficial) in Hydrogeology, Geohydrology, Geology or a related earth science

Seven or more years' consulting experience in hydrogeology

Project management across multi-project environments

Strong written and verbal communication

Willingness to travel within Africa

Tools

MODFLOW

FEFLOW

Groundwater modelling

Job description

ERM Water Services, South Africa is seeking a mid-career hydrogeologist to lead groundwater projects across Africa, guiding delivery and client relationships within a global sustainability leader.

You will manage scopes, mentor junior staff, and contribute to environmental and social due diligence, ESIAs, and corporate water stewardship. Extensive fieldwork across Africa is anticipated.