Lead CFDWind Engineer

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In Australia KBRs Infrastructure Solutions business employs over 1300 people with offices in each state. Our project delivery track record industry profile and strong relationships have enabled us to grow significantly and we continue to expand. This continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths career development and project exposure.

We are renowned for working in partnership with our clients and construction partners to deliver exceptional outcomes based on our collaborative approach and our One Team value. Creating a superb culture is also huge for us and a key part of our success and growth. Genuine collaboration across the business is integral to how we work. As a company KBR have created an open inclusive organisation where people matter are valued and cared about. By joining KBR you can be assured that you are joining a team that pulls in the same direction and shares common values

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior leader for our established Computational Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics team to drive technical excellence and continued growth across a diverse portfolio of complex projects. Operating across multiple market sectors including Buildings/Defence Water and Transport you will lead a high performing group of engineers embedded within an established national Engineering Sciences team.

In this role you will work closely with both existing and new clients ensuring high quality on time delivery while identifying and developing new opportunities for growth. You will champion innovation by exploring new research directions leveraging our inhouse cloud based high performance computing facility and utilise a broad suite of advanced software tools. You will also engage with industry through conferences technical papers and thought leadership helping to elevate the teams profile and attract world class talent.

As a key leader you will mentor and develop junior engineers collaborate across disciplines and enhance the teams capability in both physical and computational modelling. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our fluid mechanics practice and influence nationally significant projects.

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful you will bring:

• Experience in consulting ideally with crosssector exposure
• Experience across Buildings/Defence Water and Transport projects
• Postgraduate qualifications (PhD Masters or equivalent) preferred
• Proven ability and enthusiasm to lead an established engineering team
• Demonstrated team leadership and people development experience
• Strong business development capability and comfort working with clients
• Experience operating in a national engineering leadership capacity
• Expertise in both physical and computational modelling
• Experience working with gas and liquid systems including multiphase flows
• Proficiency with computational tools including open-source platforms (e.g. OpenFOAM FastEDDY) and commercial packages (e.g. ANSYS)
• Experience with cloudbased HPC environments
• Strong coding and scripting abilities to support modelling workflows
• You must currently hold or be able to obtain a Defence clearance

KBR we value you heres how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science technology and engineering solutions were committed to providing them with a supportive trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• 20 Days of annual leave per year the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times WFH Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities

Help shape tomorrow by applying today!

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