About the position
Top engineering consultancy is seeking a Water Resources Engineer with experience in Goldsim to join their Johannesburg office,
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.
Desired Skills:
- Goldsim
- Civil Engineering
- Hydrological analyses
- Hydraulic analyses
- Water Balance modelling
