Water Planning Engineer

Company Description

Egis is a global organisation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. With our head office based in Paris, we offer global career opportunities, as well as rewarding careers for our people locally. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we create innovative solutions with our clients worldwide.

Egis is an organisation with the capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services.  

We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.

Job Description

We are seeking a Water Planning Engineer with 2+ years of experience or a Senior Water Planning Engineer with 5+ years’ experience to join our Integrated Water Planning Team in Melbourne.

Qualifications

In this role, you will contribute to the hydraulic assessment and strategic planning of water supply and wastewater networks, supporting growth, regulatory compliance, network performance, and asset renewals. Your responsibilities will include master planning, options analysis, operational investigations, and the development of concept designs.

Main Duties:

• Undertake hydraulic modelling for water wastewater networks including model build, model calibration and system performance assessment.
• Apply sound hydraulic engineering principles to assess, define and resolve water and wastewater network issues
• Prepare technical reports and presentations to clearly communicate findings to clients.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior staff where appropriate.
• Assist with building and maintaining strong client relationships

About You

You are interested in a career in water/ wastewater planning and hydraulic modelling and are motivated to learn and work with a high-performing team. Ideally you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Process, Environmental Engineering or related field

• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience or a more experienced Senior Engineer with 5+ years’ experience in Water & Wastewater Network Planning and Design:

  • Detailed hydraulic assessments
  • Design experience advantageous

• Technical expertise in hydraulic principals hydraulic modelling including experience with one or more of the following software packages is advantageous:
  • InfoWorks WS Pro, InfoWorks ICM
  • WaterCAD/GEMS, SewerCAD/GEMS

Additional Information

The Benefits

• Competitive remuneration and benefits.
• A structured learning and development framework to align with career progression goals.
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote working options.
• An inclusive team culture that celebrates performance and rewards accordingly.
• Paid Primary and Secondary Carer Leave Policy, reflecting our commitment to work-life balance.
• Support structures like our Employee Assistance Program, professional mentoring, and buddy program for new starters.
• Opportunities to work on special interest projects.
• Opportunities to work across government, private and resource sectors.
• Opportunities to travel for work across multiple offices.
• Great cultural environment where teamwork and camaraderie are promoted and valued.
• Supportive leadership based on openness.

We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding in Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

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