Urban Water Resources Modeller

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

An opportunity exists for a junior hydrologic/hydraulic modeller who has a passion for wastewater and stormwater collection and/or potable water distribution systems. We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, detail oriented, team player that is excited about taking on a new challenge.

If you are interested in helping to deliver urban water resources work, this is an exceptional opportunity to bring your capability to the Water Group and join a highly regarded and professional team.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Participate in a wide variety of urban water resources projects, from planning and conceptual design through detailed design, implementation, and operational support.
• Prepare technical reports and design briefs. 
• Coordinate with senior hydrologic/hydraulic modellers and project leaders to ensure that the projects’ needs are met, and priorities are understood. 
• Develop surface drainage, sewer collection, and water distribution system hydrologic/hydraulic models to assess performance, investigate deficiencies and generate/evaluate feasible remedial solutions.
• Assist and/or undertake field investigations in support of hydraulic model builds and conceptual/functional designs.
• Communicate results/interpretations via technical reporting and presentations.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Sound understanding of water and environmental related principles and engineering concepts, including hydraulics and hydrology
• Commitment to client satisfaction and the delivery of high-quality work products
• Experience with industry standard hydraulic/hydrologic tools/models. Familiarity with InfoWorks ICM (1D and 2D), PCSWMM, InfoWater Pro, WaterGems, and/or MIKE+ software packages (Please identify which software packages (noted or other) you are familiar with and to what extent).
• Experience analyzing and interpreting data and hydraulic model results (i.e., data/spreadsheet management).
• Experience working with GIS and/or AutoCAD to present and facilitate interpretation of results is preferred.
• Application of geospatial databases and big-data management including statistical analyses and advanced programming (GIS, Python, Ruby, SQL, Visual Basic, JavaScript, HTML, etc.).
• Highly skilled in common desktop packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Project, etc.)
• Experience authoring technical reports.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Exposure to developing/calibrating and interpreting hydraulic/hydrologic models would be considered an asset.
• Experience supporting and/or preparing proposals would be considered an asset.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, water resources, or environmental engineering.
• Eligible for registration and working towards P. Eng in Canada.
• Prior experience in a consulting or municipal engineering environment would be considered an asset.