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Jacobs Water Resources Engineer Dam Safety - Hydrology Consequences 
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane City 
111810802

17.08.2024
Your impact

The purpose of this role is to undertake hydrological, flood modelling and dam safety projects and to collaboratively work with other disciplines. You will be required to write proposals for, win and manage both complex and smaller projects.

You will have experience in delivering extreme flood hydrology studies for dam catchments, assessing the likelihood of dam crest flood events, and estimating the depth of dam overtopping associated with a probable maximum flood event (PMF).

You will be familiar with the ANCOLD consequence assessment guidelines, and experienced in applying these to assess consequence categories for dams, and calculating population at risk (PAR) and potential loss of life (PLL). You will be familiar with LifeSIM and other programs used to assess consequences of failure.

You will be responsible for:

Undertaking and leading a range of hydrology, flood modelling and dam safety projects

Completing office based hydrological, flood modelling and consequence assessments, including the use of a variety of modelling software packages

Preparation of risk assessments and method statements

Data collation and analysis.

Here's what you'll need

Degree in Engineering

Coaching and mentoring

Able to directly liaise with clients in a confident manner and lead meetings with clients.

Attain/maintain proficiency in the use of standard tools, techniques and equipment that are required for the undertaking, completion and delivery of your work

Liaison with clients, stakeholders and regulators.

Presenting information to stakeholders in meetings in a concise and effective manner.

Authoring complex assessments / reports

Report checking and review