Water Resources Engineer

SUMMARY:
Top engineering consultancy is seeking a Water Resources Engineer with experience in Goldsim to join their Johannesburg office,

POSITION INFO:
Requirements:

• BSc Eng (civil) / BEng (civil).
• Preferably MSc or MEng in hydrology and hydraulics.
• 4 to 8 years’ practical experience in work similar to that described below
• Experience in the development and assessment of water balances using GoldSim

Duties and Responsibilities:
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, etc.) 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.
• Surface water impact assessment.
• Flood risk and flood hazard assessment.
• Development and assessment of water balances using GoldSim

Hydraulics:
The candidate will be required to carry out hydraulic analyses and designs, focused mainly on, but not limited to:

• 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 the 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.

Software:

• General: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Projects, AutoCAD (Civil 3D).
• GoldSim, PCSWMM, HEC-RAS, UPFLOOD, WRSM2005, Flo-2D, QGIS/ArcGIS, ModelMaker.
• Programming / coding experience (Visual Basic, Python) will be an advantage.