Water Resources Engineer

Career Circuit; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Civil Engineer specializing in Water Resources for their Johannesburg office. The ideal candidate will have a degree in civil engineering and extensive experience in hydrological analyses, including flood risk assessments and spillway design. Strong knowledge of relevant software such as GoldSim and AutoCAD is essential. This position requires 5 to 7 years of relevant experience and offers an opportunity to work on significant water management projects.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in hydrology or civil engineering.
• Must have a valid South African driver's license.
• Experience with flood attenuation and hydraulic design.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hydrological analyses focused on water resources.
• Perform floodline determinations and risk assessments.
• Design spillways and energy-dissipating structures.

Skills

Hydrological data acquisition

Flood peak runoff calculations

Reservoir and canal routing

Flood risk assessment

Canal flow design

Programming experience (Python, Visual Basic)

Education

BSc Eng (civil) or BEng (civil)

MSc or MEng in Hydrology and Hydraulics

Tools

GoldSim

PCSWMM

HEC-RAS

AutoCAD (Civil 3D)

Flo-2D

QGIS / ArcGIS

ModelMaker

Job description

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

Candidate Requirements :

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 : GoldSim, PCSWMM, HEC-RAS, UPFLOOD, WRSM

General :

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

• Flo-2D
• QGIS / ArcGIS
• ModelMaker

Advantageous :

Programming / coding experience (Visual Basic, Python)