BMT

Maritime engineering consultancy designing ships

Senior Water Resources Engineer

Water Resources EngineeringUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in engineering or another relevant area of study is required.
Experience developing, calibrating, and simulating flood models is required, including TUFLOW software experience.
A minimum of 5–7 years of relevant experience post-graduation is required.
Candidates must be working toward relevant registration with a recognized science, engineering, or environmental body.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
Technical report writing and review skills are required.
Candidates must be client-focused and commercially aware.

Responsibilities

Deliver engineering and scientific services across flood and water resources projects, working independently with minimal supervision.
Contribute to and manage small- to medium-sized projects for public and private sector clients, ensuring quality outcomes with support from senior leaders.
Apply technical expertise, plan and coordinate project activities, and mentor less experienced engineers and scientists.
Perform professional technical work requiring experience and knowledge.
Supervise and review the work of more junior engineers.
Make judgments and recommendations on technical matters within the area of expertise.
Provide strategic technical advice to internal and external clients.
Use advanced techniques in modifying or extending theories and practices to complete assignments.
Share knowledge and mentor more junior staff within the area of expertise.
Adhere to quality, safety, and environmental procedures and standards.
Liaise with current and potential clients for service delivery, networking, and business development.
Develop proposals and present them to clients when required.
Act as project manager on flood-related projects when required, managing scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
Demonstrate advanced knowledge of relevant software, systems, and processes.
Contribute to or author technical papers.
Maintain or work toward Chartered or Certified status.
Undertake flood studies, floodplain risk management studies, and site-specific studies.
Undertake flood risk and impact assessments, flood emergency response plans, and flood mitigation studies.
Write and review reports.
Contribute to team engagement initiatives.
Conduct community consultation.
Support business development through interactions with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders.
Carry out other reasonable duties required to achieve the role purpose.

Desired Qualifications

Experience working within a multi-site organization is desirable.
Experience working in a consulting capacity within the engineering or resources sector is desirable.
Experience in groundwater or water quality modeling is desirable.
Experience or interest in people management or leadership is desirable.
A driver's license is desirable.

While this role is advertised at the Senior level, we welcome applications from professionals at any stage of their career who have relevant Australian flood modelling and consulting experience using TUFLOW.

For candidates interested in leadership, this role can offer opportunities to mentor, lead projects and, depending on experience and aspirations, take on people management responsibilities.

The Senior Water Resources Engineer delivers high-quality engineering and scientific services across flood and water resources projects, working independently with minimal supervision. The role contributes to and manages small to medium-sized projects for public and private sector clients, ensuring quality outcomes with support from senior leaders. Responsibilities include applying technical expertise, planning and coordinating project activities, and mentoring less experienced engineers and scientists.

Location: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, or Northern NSW

Performs professional technical work requiring experience and knowledge.
Supervises and reviews the work of more junior engineers.
Makes judgements and recommendations on technical matters within area of expertise.
Providing strategic technical advice to internal and external clients.
Uses advanced techniques in the modification or extension of theories and practices to complete assignments.
Shares knowledge and acts as mentor to more junior staff within area of expertise.
Adheres to quality, safety, and environmental procedures/standards.
Liaises with clients, potential and current, for the purposes of service delivery, networking, and business development.
May be responsible for developing proposals and presenting to clients.
May act as Project Manager on a range of flood related projects, managing projects to scope and within time, cost and quality requirements.
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of relevant software, systems and processes.
May contribute to, or be the author of, technical papers.
Maintains, or is working towards, Chartered or Certified status.

Undertakes other specific tasks including:

Flood studies and floodplain risk management studies, site-specific studies
Flood risk and impact assessments, flood emergency response plans and flood mitigation studies
Report writing and review.
Contribution to team engagement initiatives.
Community Consultation.

Work winning is a team effort. As a consultant, your everyday interactions with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders help uncover new opportunities and build lasting relationships. Your insights and actions directly support BMT’s growth.

In addition to these duties, the post holder may be required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required, from time to time, to achieve the above role purpose.

Right to Disconnect: We respect your personal time and support a healthy work-life balance. Employees are not expected to respond to work communications outside of regular business hours unless otherwise agreed upon.

Essential:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other relevant area of study
Experience in developing, calibrating and simulating flood models (TUFLOW software experience required)
Minimum 5-7 years’ relevant experience post-graduation
Working toward relevant registration with recognised science / engineering/ environmental body
Strong organisation skills with strong attention to detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Technical report writing (and review) skills.
Client focused and commercially aware

Desirable:

Experience working within a multi-site organisation
Experience working within the engineering or resources sector in consulting capacity
Experience in groundwater or water quality modelling
Experience or interest in people management or leadership
Driver’s license

About the Company

BMT

Maritime engineering consultancy designing ships

BMT is an engineering and science consultancy focused on the maritime sector, providing ship design, environmental risk advice, and offshore infrastructure management. It serves as a technical partner for governments and industry, delivering analysis, engineering design, risk assessment, and program management. Since 1998 it has been employee-owned, preserving independence, with a legacy dating to a merger of BSRA and NMI and a track record on projects like the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. It aims to enable a safer, more sustainable world by advancing methanol- and hybrid-powered ships and offshore renewable energy.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $570K
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1985

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