Principal Civil Engineer – Stormwater Modelling and Water Sensitive Urban Design Job at Zutari

• The successful incumbent will join the Urban Water team in Zutari and will be based either in Cape Town or Tshwane, South Africa. He/she will be a Senior Engineer with the following key skills and responsibilities:

Key Skills and Responsibilities

• Technically competent in urban stormwater, flood risk assessments, hydraulic analysis and design and implementation of urban water engineering solutions.
• Specific skills in urban flood modelling and analysis, open channel flow hydraulics, engineering design of flood protection and erosion control measures, stormwater design and master planning.
• Experience in and an appreciation of the importance of nature-based solutions towards improved flood resilience and adaptation.  
• An understanding of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) as an engineering design approach which integrates various elements of the urban water cycle.
• Extensive experience in the use of appropriate hydrological and hydraulic modelling (1D and 2D) as well as geospatial analysis software.  
• Exposure to other elements of the urban water cycle including water conservation and demand management, non-revenue water, stormwater harvesting, mitigation of climate change impacts and sustainability in an urban water environment.
• Awareness and aptitude to implement new digital technologies and tools particularly relating to urban water management, the monitoring of stormwater, flood early warning systems, and flood risk mapping.
• Strong project management skills including financial management, time management, people management and experience of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in a consulting environment.  
• Excellent technical report-writing skills.
• Effective planning and time management.
• Working collaboratively within multidisciplinary and culturally diverse teams.
• Managing and mentoring junior staff.
• Experience in preparation of proposals, client engagement and winning work.
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong inter-personal and networking skills.
• Short-term project visits to African and Middle East countries might be required.

Minimum Requirements

• BSc Eng / B Eng in a related engineering field.
• A minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer registration with ECSA.
• Excellent written and verbal proficiency in English.

Preference will be given to applicants who possess:

• Master’s degree in an appropriate field.
• Knowledge of information technology applications and hydro-informatics in stormwater modelling and flood risk management.