Water Engineer
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 61737 - 98779
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We are seeking a Water Engineer to join our Water Management Team in New York City.
This role sits within our Water Management Practice in our Global Resilience Water Group where we work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world were feeling the effects of climate change rapid urbanization and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which were seeing large-scale unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent.
The coastal modeling team is seeking a water engineer with knowledge of riverine and coastal modeling to support flood resiliency projects nationwide. The water engineer will assist the coastal modeling team members with preprocessing model runs and post processing model results for various coastal resilience design projects both in New York City and across North America. The water engineer will be exposed to a variety of models that the team uses such as Delft3D HEC-RAS SWAN 2D and ADCIRC as well as model editing software like ArcGIS and SMS.
Role Accountabilities:
As a water engineer your duties will include the following:
- Work with coastal model team members to develop computer models using simulation software to analyze various flow conditions and geographies.
- Utilize GIS MATLAB and Python to manipulate bathymetry topography and other datasets to support project requirements.
- Analyze data and prepare comprehensive reports both static and dynamic to communicate results effectively.
- Technical report writing and editing that will need to be completed for the engineering design projects.
- Simultaneous involvement in various projects requiring your adeptness at multitasking.
- Some travel may be required for project site visits client meetings and other reasons depending on project staffing needs.
The ideal candidate possesses strong experience and proficiency in MS Office software coupled with exceptional attention to detail organizational skills and a strong work ethic. They demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities are self-motivated and excel at working both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
- A bachelors degree in engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Coastal Sciences or related field
- Completed coursework in watershed hydrology fluid mechanics or open channel hydraulics
- Familiarity working with GIS software (i.e. ESRI or QGIS) Familiarity working with hydrodynamic models (i.e. HEC-RAS)
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous internship experience
- Working towards masters in engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Coastal Sciences or related field
- Experience working in engineering design particularly related to the coastal restoration flood risk resilience or infrastructure projects
- Knowledge of engineering concepts theories and practices related to hydrology hydrodynamics and climate change
- One or more of the following:
- Proficiency with ESRI GIS software specifically ArcGIS Pro
- Proficiency with Python Matlab or related coding languages
Why Arcadis
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $61737 - $98779 per year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.
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About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more
