Civil Engineer (Water) – Job at Zutari
Job Location : , South Africa, South Africa
Application Deadline : February 02, 2026
Role Introduction
- Our Global Design Centre (GDC) Water team are recruiting to support a key Australian client who has a growing water business. Specifically, the team is looking for engineers who wish to pursue a design-focused career in the water sector, for bulk conveyance and treatment infrastructure.
- We are looking to individuals who have a strong engineering background in bulk water or wastewater infrastructure projects and wish to become leading technical specialists in the water sector.
Role Responsibilities
- Perform complex engineering, designs, calculations, and analysis of water or wastewater infrastructure and systems.
- Be responsible for the design of water and wastewater infrastructure systems (specifically including pump stations, pipelines and treatment facilities), with key contributions on 3D models, technical drawings and details.
- Be responsible for producing other key deliverables on projects, such as technical reports, specifications, and procurement documentation.
- Assist with the management and delivery of water projects to a high quality within constrained timeframes.
- Sound knowledge in the use of a variety of civil engineering analysis software and apply. advanced skills with 3D engineering modelling software.
- Sound understanding and working knowledge of BIM processes.
- Confident, well-spoken, self-starter, disciplined, detail and deadline / delivery orientated.
- Be a team player that is willing to collaborate across multiple disciplines and international geographies.
- Excellent communication skills (proven ability to interact well with personnel at all organisational levels)
- Excellent organisational skills (ability to plan and implement) and time management skills.
Minimum Requirements
- BSc/BEng. degree (Civil Engineering).
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience on civil engineering projects, with an emphasis on bulk water/wastewater infrastructure.
- Must be AutoCAD proficient.
- A working knowledge of engineering design software and analytical tools applicable to the envisaged role.
Advantageous Experience and Competencies
- Construction related experience on bulk water/wastewater infrastructure projects.
- Capability in Autodesk suite of engineering software (e.g. Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, Navisworks or InfraWorks).
- Capability in using common data environments such as ACC/BIM360 or ProjectWise.
- Capability in transient (surge) analysis of pipelines.
- Capability in Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling
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